Yazoo City Jail chords by Don Nix
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Verse 1
(G major) I was (B minor) (C major) (G major) (B minor) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) stuck without bail
(B minor) in the (C major) Yazoo City Jail (G major)
Where (B minor) I met a man (C major) who was cryin' (G major)
In that cold dark cell
(B minor) The (C major) story he could tell
(G major) I (B minor) knew by his (C major) face he was not ly (G major) in'
And we wro (B minor) te it on the (C major) wall
The (B minor) story of it all
(C major) Fell (B minor) asleep and dreamed
(C major) the birds were fly (G major) ing
Now (B minor) that he's gone, (C major)
the (B minor) words still linger on
(C major) Pointing (B minor) the cold gray (C major) stone
at one surround (G major) ing
Well his name was Jackson Hill
(B minor) He'd (C major) come up from Mobile (G major)
Hard (B minor) times had fallen (C major) all around (G major) him
There was hunger, there was pain
(B minor) And sleep (C major) ing in the rain
(G major) He (B minor) swore to me he did (C major) not need to (G major) kill
Only once (B minor) did I see him smile
(C major) As he (B minor) spoke of a baby child
(C major) And (B minor) he remembered well
(C major) who was lay (G major) ing in me
And (B minor) sometimes late at night, (C major)
before (B minor) the morning light
(C major) I couldn't swear (B minor) that I
heard (C major) old Jackson pray (G major)
And he'd say, (C major) God (D major) please forgive (G major) me
I seem (C major) to have (D major) lost my (G major) way,
(C major) God please (D major) forgive (G major) me,
and (A minor) take me (F sharpdim) home (E minor) someday (D major)
They took (G major) him from the cell, (B minor)
transferred (C major) him from the jail (G major)
Took (B minor) him to the state (C major) house
down in Jack (G major) son
On the 13th of July,
(B minor) they took (C major) old Jackson's (G major) life
There's (B minor) many things
I (C major) did not mean to ask (G major) you
But you (B minor) wrote along the wall
(C major) The (B minor) story of it all
(C major) Fell (B minor) asleep and dreamed
(C major) the birds were (G major) flying
Oh, and (B minor) now he's gone
(C major) But the (B minor) words still linger on (C major)
Caught (B minor) in the cold grave (C major) stone
that once surroun (G major) ded you
Yazoo City Jail
Don Nix
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