Chords for Blankenship Brothers - Lonesome Old Jail
Tempo:
106.5 bpm
Chords used:
F
Fm
Bb
C
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [C] [F]
I'm here in that lonesome old jail,
I need no one to call my pal.
[Bb] It's a lonely [F] slumber, man,
Far [C] away, in the [F] rest of his days,
Pray don't know what it's like,
To be alone every night.
[Bb] Now a day's hard to [F] get,
It [Ab] gets so long, so [F] near and dear.
[Ab] [F]
[Dm] [F] [D] [Fm]
[Bb] [Fm]
[C] [Fm]
[F] I've been a long, long time,
With no business alive,
But [Bb] it's time to spend it [Fm] all,
[Cm] Sitting here in [Fm] this old [F] cell,
Pray don't know what it's like,
To be alone
[Bb] every night.
Now a day's hard to [F] get,
It [Ab] gets so long, so near [F] and dear.
[Fm] [Ab] [Fm]
[F] [Ab] [Fm]
[Bb] [Fm]
[F] [C] [Ab] [Fm]
[F] I've been a long, long time,
With no business alive,
But [Bb] it's time to spend [F] it all,
[C] Sitting here in [F] this old cell,
Pray don't know what it's like,
To be alone every night.
[Bb] Now a day's hard [F] to get,
[C] It gets so long, so [F] near and dear.
I'm here in that lonesome old jail,
I need no one to call my pal.
[Bb] It's a lonely [F] slumber, man,
Far [C] away, in the [F] rest of his days,
Pray don't know what it's like,
To be alone every night.
[Bb] Now a day's hard to [F] get,
It [Ab] gets so long, so [F] near and dear.
[Ab] [F]
[Dm] [F] [D] [Fm]
[Bb] [Fm]
[C] [Fm]
[F] I've been a long, long time,
With no business alive,
But [Bb] it's time to spend it [Fm] all,
[Cm] Sitting here in [Fm] this old [F] cell,
Pray don't know what it's like,
To be alone
[Bb] every night.
Now a day's hard to [F] get,
It [Ab] gets so long, so near [F] and dear.
[Fm] [Ab] [Fm]
[F] [Ab] [Fm]
[Bb] [Fm]
[F] [C] [Ab] [Fm]
[F] I've been a long, long time,
With no business alive,
But [Bb] it's time to spend [F] it all,
[C] Sitting here in [F] this old cell,
Pray don't know what it's like,
To be alone every night.
[Bb] Now a day's hard [F] to get,
[C] It gets so long, so [F] near and dear.
Key:
F
Fm
Bb
C
Ab
F
Fm
Bb
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
I'm _ here in that lonesome old jail,
_ _ I need no one to call my pal.
_ _ [Bb] It's a lonely _ [F] slumber, man,
_ Far [C] away, in the [F] rest of his days,
Pray don't know what it's like, _
To be alone every _ night.
[Bb] Now a day's hard to [F] get,
It [Ab] gets so long, so [F] near and dear.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ [D] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I've been a long, long _ time,
_ With no business _ alive,
But [Bb] it's time to spend it [Fm] all,
_ _ [Cm] Sitting here in [Fm] this old [F] cell,
_ Pray don't know what it's like, _
To be alone _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] every night.
Now a day's hard to [F] get,
It [Ab] gets so long, so near [F] and dear.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I've been a long, long time,
_ With no business _ alive,
But [Bb] it's time to spend [F] it all,
_ _ [C] Sitting here in [F] this old cell,
_ Pray don't know what it's like, _ _ _
To be alone every _ night. _
[Bb] Now a day's hard [F] to get,
_ [C] It gets so long, so [F] near and dear.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm _ here in that lonesome old jail,
_ _ I need no one to call my pal.
_ _ [Bb] It's a lonely _ [F] slumber, man,
_ Far [C] away, in the [F] rest of his days,
Pray don't know what it's like, _
To be alone every _ night.
[Bb] Now a day's hard to [F] get,
It [Ab] gets so long, so [F] near and dear.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ [D] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I've been a long, long _ time,
_ With no business _ alive,
But [Bb] it's time to spend it [Fm] all,
_ _ [Cm] Sitting here in [Fm] this old [F] cell,
_ Pray don't know what it's like, _
To be alone _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] every night.
Now a day's hard to [F] get,
It [Ab] gets so long, so near [F] and dear.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I've been a long, long time,
_ With no business _ alive,
But [Bb] it's time to spend [F] it all,
_ _ [C] Sitting here in [F] this old cell,
_ Pray don't know what it's like, _ _ _
To be alone every _ night. _
[Bb] Now a day's hard [F] to get,
_ [C] It gets so long, so [F] near and dear.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _