I’M HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL
 
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I'm not in your town to stay
 
Cry a lady old and grey
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To the warden of the penitentiary
 
I'm not in your town to stay
 
And I'll soon be on my way
    B7                              E
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
    A           B7                              E
Yes warden I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
     
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Tried to raise my baby right
 
I have prayed both day and night
        B7                                    E
That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad
 
I have searched both far and wide
 
And I feared that he had died
       B7                           E
But at last I found my baby here in jail
    A          B7                           E
Yes warden at last I found my baby here in jail

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I will pawn you his watch
 
I will pawn you his chain
       B7                          E
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
 
I will wash all your clothes
 
I will scrub all your floors
        B7                      E
If that will get my baby out of jail  
    A          B7                           E
Yes Warden if that will get my baby out of jail