Chords for Big Mama Thornton - Jail

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Big Mama Thornton - Jail chords
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[D] [D#] [Am]
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[E] Well, here I am again, [A]
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[E] _ _ Well, here I am again, [A] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [F#] sitting down in this old rotten [D] jail.
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[D] Oh, I say, here I am [F#] again, _ _
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[Am] _ sitting down [E] _
[D] in this [A] old rotten jail.
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_ [E] _ Oh, _ I [C#m] _ got [E] to sing, _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Dm] sing here, [Am] _ _
_ just [Bm] a [A] wasting time.
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_ _ _ [A] want somebody to help me, [Am] _ _ [G] _
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[Dm] _ _ [Am] help me, _ _ _ [F#] _ peace of [A] _ mind. _ _ _
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Somebody help me, _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] help [Am] me _ _ [A] find a peace of mind.
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_ [E] Sitting here looking [C#m] out through [Em] those bars.
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I know it [Gm] ain't [F#] nothing [Fm] _ [A] but a waste of _ time. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [A] I just want _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ [A] _ you to [B] let [D#m] me go [A] free.
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I just _ want _ _
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_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] you to [A] turn the key. _
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_ [E] _ _ Sitting in this old jailhouse.
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_ _ _ [D] I know [C#] it ain't nothing, _ [B] nothing [A] but a waste of time.
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You know, I [C] look left though in the cell.
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_ [Am] I say, brother, how [F#]
much [E] time [F#m] do you [Am]
have?
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[C] _ _ look _ [A] _
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_ _ in the [B] cell, next door to [A] mine.
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_ _ _ I say, [B] brother, how [F] much time [Am] do you have? _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] Well, I [E] got a long year. _ _
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ [E] Sitting there, _ baby, [D]
[A] here, just a wasting time. _
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_ _ I got [A] a _ year to go, _
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_ _ [A#] and I [D] know, _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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_ [A] and I [D] know.
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_ _ _ [F] And I just want to [G#] tell you, if [A] one day _ _ you
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_ _ let me, mama, go free.
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_ [E] Sitting in jail, _ _ _ sitting in jail, _ ain't nothing but a waste of [A] time.
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