Tom: G
G C G
Well it's Christmas in the jailhouse again
C D
And I've been looking all around for a face to call a friend
C D G D Em
It seems everybody in here should have a better place to be
C G D
Putting logs on the fire and presents under the tree
[Verse 2]
G C G
Well you should listen to some of these stories that we have told
C D
About the work we can't find and the women who have left us in the cold
C D G Em
It seems all them things we're promised like peace and har-mo-ny
C D G
They don't apply when you're doing time for B&E
[Chorus]
C D G
But everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C D G
It don't matter what stupid things you've done
C D G Em
Everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C D G
So come on baby let's have ourselves some fun
[Verse 3]
G C G
Tell your momma I didn't mean a single word I said
C D
About the funny way she walks or the watermelon size of her head
C D G Em
This time things will be different, of that there is no doubt
C D G
If she would just come on down here and bail me out
[Chorus]
C D G
But everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C D G
It don't matter what stupid things you've done
C D G Em
Everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C D G
So come on baby let's have ourselves some fun
[Verse 4]
G C G
Well I've traveled up and down and all across this land
C D
I've seen the very best and the very worst of man
C D G Em
My brothers are the drifters, the beggars, and the thieves
C D G
And I believe that baby was born for the ones like these
[Chorus]
C D G
And that's why everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C D G
It don't matter what stupid things you've done
C D G Em
Everybody deserves a Merry Christmas
C D G
So come on baby let's have ourselves some fun
[Outro]
C D G Em
And I know you've heard this story every year when the cold rolls in
C G D G
And that's why it's Christmas in the jailhouse again
