C.W. Stoneking

Jailhouse Blues

C.W. Stoneking


Tom: G

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[Verse 1]


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You hear me singin

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Down in the bottom of the world

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A thousand miles from nowhere, dreamin' 'bout a girl

C
She used to love me but I went away

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They gon' keep me here til it's Judgement Day

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Lord, lord, lord, I got the Jailhouse Blues

[Verse 2]

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Ain't no tellin'

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What a man will do

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This old world, to make it through

C
Some would murder with a gun or a knife

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Some would lock a man away the rest of his life

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Lord, lord, lord, I got the Jailhouse Blues




G
I got the Jailhouse Blues

G                     C
Just as blue as I can be

C  D
My baby got a heart

D                  G
Like a rock in the bottom of the sea

G
I got the Jailhouse Blues

G              C
An' it ain't no lie, lawd
G                F# G                  F# G
Lock on the door.      I broke the law

G                   D     G
I got the Jailhouse Blues, (play it for me..)

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 3]

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They says a blind man

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Don't see nothin' when he dreams

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There's plenty things, wish I never seen

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I wish I never seen her askin' why

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When they come and taken me, the way that she cried

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Lord, lord, lord

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I got the Jailhouse Blues


[Chorus]

G
I got the Jailhouse Blues

G                     C
Just as blue as I can be

C  D
My baby got a heart

D                  G
Like a rock in the bottom of the sea

G
I got the Jailhouse Blues

G              C
An' it ain't no lie, lawd
G                F# G                  F# G
Lock on the door.      I broke the law

G         D         G
I got the Jailhouse Blues,

[Chorus]
G
I got the Jailhouse Blues

G                     C
Just as blue as I can be

C  D
My baby got a heart

D                  G
Like a rock in the bottom of the sea

G
I got the Jailhouse Blues

G              C
An it ain't no lie, lawd
G                F# G                  F# G
Lock on the door.      I broke the law

G          D        G     
I got the Jailhouse Blues

[Outro]
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