I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I'm not in your town to stay
said a lady old and gray
To the [A]warden of the [D]penitentiary
I'm not in your town to stay and
I'll soon be on my way
I'm just [A]here to get my baby out of [D]jail
[A]Oh, [G]warden, I'm just [A]here
to get my baby out of jail
[D]

[Verse 2]
I tried to raise my baby right,
I have prayed both day and night
That he'd [A]wouldn't follow
the footsteps of his [D]dad
I have searched both far and wide,
and I feared that he had died
But at [A]last I found my baby here in [D]jail
[A]Oh, [G]warden,
[A]at last I found my baby here in [D]jail

[Verse 3]
It was [D]just five years today,
when his daddy passed away
He was [A]found beneath the
snow so cold and [D]white
Twas then I vowed to take his ring,
and his gold watch and his chain
When the [A]county laid his
daddy in the [D]grave
[A]Yes, [G]warden,
the [A]county laid his daddy in the grave
[D]

[Verse 4]
I will pawn you his watch,
I will pawn you his chain
I will [A]pawn you my diamond wedding [D]ring
I will wash all your clothes,
I will scrub all your floors
If [A]that will get my baby out of [D]jail
Yes, [G]warden,
if [A]that will get my baby out of jail
[D]

[Verse 5]
Then I heard the warden say
to the lady old and gray
I'll go [A]bring your darling
baby to your [D]side
Two iron gates swing wide apart,
she held her darling to her heart
She [A]kissed her baby boy and then she [D]died
But [G]smiling,
she [A]kissed her baby boy and then she died
[D]

[Verse 6]
I'm not in your town to stay
said a lady old and gray
I'm just [A]here to get my baby out of [D]jail
Yes, [G]warden, I'm just [A]here
to get my baby out of jail
[D]