I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]I'm not in your town to stay
Said the lady old and gray
To [D]the warden of the peniten[G]tiary
I'm not in your town to stay
And I'll soon be on my way
I'm just [D]here to get my baby out of [G]jail
Yes, [C]Warden, I'm just [D]here
to get my baby [G]out of jail
I've tried to raise my baby right
I have prayed both day and night
That he [D]wouldn't follow
the footsteps of his [G]dad
I have searched both far and wide
and I feared that he had died
But at last [D]I found m[G]y baby here in jail
Yes, [C]Warden,
at [D]last I found my baby here [G]in jail
It was just five years today
when his daddy passed away
He was found [D]beneath the snow
so cold [G]and white
T 'was then I vowed to keep his ring
and his gold watch and his chain
Then the county [D]laid his
daddy in [G]the grave
Yes, [C]warden, [D]the kind that laid
his gavet in [G]the grave
Then I heard the warden say
to the lady, old and gray
I'll go bring [D]your darlin',
baby, to [G]your side
Two iron gates one wide apart
She held her darlin' to her heart
She [D]kissed her baby boy
and then [G]she died
But [C]smilin'
She kissed her baby [G]boy
and [G]then she [G]died you