The Only Hell chords by
Johnny Paycheck

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Key: B major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
 
I can' tell my mama's
short on loving me
I guess that's why she let me go so far
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Mama tried to stop me short of stealing
G G 
 
I guess that's why I had to steal that car

Verse 2
G G 
 
She told me not to smoke it
C C 
 
But I did and it took me far away
D D 
 
And  I turned out to be
The only hell my mama ever raised
G G 
 

Verse 3
Well, I rolled into Atlanta,
stolen tags and almost out of gas
C C 
 
I had to get some money,
lately I'd learned how to get it fast
G G 
 
Those neon lights was calling me
C C 
 
and somehow I just had to get downtown
D D 
 
So I reached into the glove box,
G G 
 
another liquor store went down

Verse 4
G G 
 
And I said 'Precious memories', take
C C 
 
me back to the good ol' days'
D D 
 
Let me hear my men and sing,
G G 
 
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
C C 
 
but I turned on to the devil's ways
D D 
 
And I turned out to be the only hell

Interlude 1

my mama ever raised

Verse 5
Ab Ab 
 
Well, they put them handcuffs on me,
Lord, how I fought to resist
Db Db 
 
But the agents clamped 'em tighter,
'til that metal bit into my wrist
Ab Ab 
 
They took my belt and my billfold,
Db Db 
 
my fingerprints, and the profile of my face
Eb Eb 
 
And then they locked away the only hell
my mama ever ever raised
Ab Ab 
 

Verse 6
And I'd sing 'Precious memories', take
Db Db 
 
me back to the good ol' days'
Eb Eb 
 
Let me hear mama singing,
Ab Ab 
 
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
Db Db 
 
but I turned on to the devil's ways
Eb Eb 
 
And I turned out to be the only hell
Ab Ab 
 
A A 
 
my mama ever raised
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
D D 
 
but I turned on to the devil's ways
E E 
 
And I turned out to be the only
hell my mama ever raised
A A 
 

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TunerE A D G B E

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