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Im Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail

Everly Brothers

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 21:33:49 -0700 From: Collins Crapo Subject: CRD: /e/everly_brothers/im_here_to_get_my_baby_out_of_jail.crd I'M HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL written by K. Davis/H. Taylor performed by the Everly Brothers tab transcribed by Collins Crapo E / / / 2 / "I'm not in your town to stay" Said a lady old and gray B7 E To the warden of the penitentiary "I'm not in your town to stay And I'll soon be on my way B7 E I'm just here to get my baby out of jail A B7 E Oh, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail" Verse 2: "I tried to raise my baby right I have prayed both day and night That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad I have searched both far and wide And I feared that he had died But at last I've found my baby here in jail Oh, warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail" Verse 3: "It was just 5 years today When his daddy passed away He was found beneath the snow so cold and white 'Twas then I vowed to take his ring And his gold watch and his chain Then the county laid his daddy in the grave Yes, warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave" Verse 4: "I will pawn you his watch I will pawn you his chain I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring I will wash all your clothes I will scrub all your floors If that will get my baby out of jail Yes, warden, if that will get my baby out of jail" Verse 5: Then I heard the warden say To the lady old and gray: "I'll go bring your darlin' baby to your side" Two iron gates swang wide apart She held her darlin' to her heart She kissed her baby boy and then she died But smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died "I'm not in your town to stay" Said a lady old and gray B7 E I'm just here to get my baby out of jail A B7 E Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
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