Tennessee Women's Prison Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Mama said that thirteen
was too [C]young to think my [G]lips
And too young to run with
me and twice my [D]years
But when you're [G]young and yearn to be
a woman [C]what does your mother [G]know
I couldn't under[C]stand her
[G]han[D]gups and her fea[G]rs
A year went by and I got tired
of [C]mama's foolish ad[G]vice
At fourteen I was sure I knew it [D]all
It wasn't [G]like it was at home
out [C]on the streets so [G]long
[C]Me I [G]lived out[D]side the [G]law
Now I'm livin' in the [C]cold grey [G]world
hear me cryin' [D]in the [G]night
Missin' even [C]mom and [G]dad and
a man to hold me [D]tight
I should've [G]listened to my mama
and seen [C]the visdom in her [G]eyes
And the Tennessee [C]women's [G]prison
wouldn't be my [D]mama tonight
[G]

[Verse 2]
[Eb]
If I [Ab]ever get out of this nasty cell
I'll [Db]never be back [Ab]again
Cause mama has sure got smarter
every [Eb]day since I've been in
I gonna [Ab]follow the straight and narrow
if I can [Db]just get my pa[Ab]role
And the Tennessee [Db]women's
[Ab]prison won't [Eb]own my [Ab]soul
Cause I'm livin' in the [Db]cold grey [Ab]world...
[Eb]An[Ab][Db][Ab][Eb][Ab]
[Db]d th[Ab]is[Db][Ab][Eb][Ab]
Tennessee [Db]women's [Ab]prison wouldn't be my [Eb]mama tonight
[Ab]