Tom: Am
Am
Am F G Am Am G Am
They took my baby to Holloway jail,
G F Am
They took my baby, down Holloway jail,
C G D7
She was a lady when she went in,
Am F G Am Am G Am Am G Am x10
Now she's in jail, and it's giving me hell.
Am F G Am Am G Am x 2
She was just succeeding in the city,
Am F G Am Am G Am x2
She was just beginning to excel,
C G
And then a spiv named Frankie Simes
C D7
Led her to a life of crime,
D7 G C
And led her on the downward trail.
Am F G Am Am G Am
Frankie came home late from work one evening,
Am F G Am Am G Am
The C.I.D. were hot on his trail,
C G
Frankie promised everything,
C D7
And then he went and turned her in,
D7 G C
She went and took the rap for him
G D7
Now she's impaled in Holloway jail.
Am F G Am
They took my baby, down Holloway jail,
G F Am
They took my baby to Holloway jail
C G D7
There ain't no pity, there ain't no bail,
Am F G Am Am G Am
And she assures me that it's living hell.
Am F G Am Am G Am
She was young and ever so pretty,
Am F G Am Am G Am
Now she looks so old and pale,
C G
She never sees the day,
C D7
She wastes her life away,
D7 G C
Sitting in that prison cell.
Am F G Am G Am
They took my baby to Holloway jail,
G F Am G Am
They locked my baby in Holloway jail,
C G D7
She was a lady when she went in,
Am F G Am Am G Am
Now she's in jail, and it's giving me hell.
G D7
She's impaled, in Holloway jail.
