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

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[Verse 1]
[D]I'm not in your town to stay
Said [A]the lady [D]old and gray
To [A]the warden of the peniten[D]tiary
I'm not in your time to stay,
and [A]I'll soon be on [D]my way
I'm just [A]here to get my baby out of jail
[D]Oh, war[G]den,
I'm just [A]here to get my baby out [D]of jail
I tried to raise my baby right I have
prayed both day and night
That [A]he wouldn't follow
the footsteps of [D]his dad
I have searched [A]both [F]far [A]and wide
[D]And I feared that he had died
But [A]at last I found my baby here [D]in jail
Oh, [A]warden, [G]at [A]last I found my baby here
[D]in jail
It [A]was just five years [D]today
When [A]his daddy [D]passed away,
he was found [A]beneath the snow so cold [D]an d white.
Was then I vowed to take his ring and his gold watch and chain,
When the county [A]laid
his daddy in the [D]grave.
Yes,
[G]Warden, [A]the
Count, he laid his daddy in [D]the grave
I will pawn [A]you [D]his watch,
I will pawn you his chain
I [A]will pawn you my diamond wedding [D]ring
will wash all your clothes,
I will wash all your floors
If [A]that will get my baby out of jail
[D]Yes, warden,
[G]if [A]that will get my baby out [D]of jail
Then I heard the warden say to [A]the lady,
[D]old and grey
I'll [A]go bring your darling
baby to [D]your side
Two [A]iron gates [D]swing wide apart
She held her darling to her heart
She kissed [A]a baby boy and then [D]she died
But [G]smiling, she kissed [A]a baby boy and then
she [D]died
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 jail
[D]Yes, warden,
[G]I'm [A]just here to get my baby out [D]of jail
Oh, warden, [G]I'm [A]just here
to get my baby [A]out of [D]jail