Chords for Johnny Paycheck & Merle Haggard I'm The Only Hell IN THE CHILLICOTHE OHIO PRISON
Tempo:
116.75 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
C
E
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[B]
[Bm] [N]
Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen
[B] and ladies [A#] that happen to be here.
[B] I guess there's some ladies in the joint, and there used to be.
They've asked me to come out here and introduce this gentleman I've known for about 25 years.
on the streets, and he's been [G#] hard to handle.
[N] One of my favorite people in the world ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Paycheck.
[Bm] [N]
Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen
[B] and ladies [A#] that happen to be here.
[B] I guess there's some ladies in the joint, and there used to be.
They've asked me to come out here and introduce this gentleman I've known for about 25 years.
on the streets, and he's been [G#] hard to handle.
[N] One of my favorite people in the world ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Paycheck.
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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_ _ _ _ Thank _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ you very much ladies _ _ and gentlemen _
[B] _ and ladies [A#] that happen to be here. _
_ [B] I guess there's some ladies in the joint, and there used to be.
_ [N] _ _ _
_ _ They've asked me to come out here and introduce this gentleman I've known for about 25 years.
I've been doing time with him on the streets, and he's been [G#] hard to handle.
I've come up here to try one more time. _
[N] _ One of my favorite people in the world ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Paycheck. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Here
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_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
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_ we go! _ _ _
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Well, I can't tell my mama you're not loving me.
_ I guess that's why she let me go far.
_ [E] Hey mama cried and stopped me, sure as steel. _
[B] I guess that's why I had to steal that car.
[C#] _ [B] She told me not to smoke it, but I did.
It took me [E] far away.
_ [F#] Yeah, I turned out to be, all hell my mama [B] ever raised.
_ _ [F#] Born [B] _ _
in New Atlanta, _ drunk and almost out of gas. _ _
_ _ _ [E] Yeah, I had to get some money.
Lately I've learned to get it fast. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Those neon lights are calling me.
Somehow I had to get [E] downtown. _
_ [F#] I reached into the glove box, _ another liquor [B] store went down.
_ _ _ _ _ _
I got past these memories, take me back to the good [E] old days. _
[F#] I wanna hear my mama singing to me, rock the day that [B] clipped me. _ _
I got turned on to Jesus, [F#m] I turned on to the [E] evil ways. _
[F#] Yeah, I turned out to be, all hell my mama [B] ever raised. _
Born _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
in New Atlanta, _ drunk and almost out of gas. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] Yeah, I had to get some money.
Lately I've learned to get it fast. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Those neon lights are calling me.
Somehow I had to [F] get downtown.
_ [G] So I reached into the glove box, _ another liquor [C] store went down.
_ _ _ _ _
I got past these memories, take me back to the good [F] old days.
Mama _
[G] _ _ singing to me, rock the day that [C] clipped me. _ _
I got turned on to Jesus. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] I turned out to be, all hell my mama [C] ever raised. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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Take _ _ _ _ me back to the [F#] good old days. _
[G#] I wanna hear my mama singing to me, [Fm] rock the day that [C#] clipped me. _ _
I got turned on to Jesus.
I turned on to the [F#] evil ways. _
[G#] I turned out to be, all hell my mama [C#] ever raised. _ _
_ _ _ [G#] Yeah, I turned out to be, all hell my mama [C#] ever raised. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
You [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ ought to be looking for you guys all [C] day. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] Boy, I tell you.
It's gonna [Cm] open up on you now.
_ [D] _
[G] [C] I _ [F#] hope _
[D#] you all [F] gonna enjoy this.
It sounds to me like you are.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ Merle's [C#m] _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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_ _ _ _ Thank _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ you very much ladies _ _ and gentlemen _
[B] _ and ladies [A#] that happen to be here. _
_ [B] I guess there's some ladies in the joint, and there used to be.
_ [N] _ _ _
_ _ They've asked me to come out here and introduce this gentleman I've known for about 25 years.
I've been doing time with him on the streets, and he's been [G#] hard to handle.
I've come up here to try one more time. _
[N] _ One of my favorite people in the world ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Paycheck. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Here
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ we go! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Well, I can't tell my mama you're not loving me.
_ I guess that's why she let me go far.
_ [E] Hey mama cried and stopped me, sure as steel. _
[B] I guess that's why I had to steal that car.
[C#] _ [B] She told me not to smoke it, but I did.
It took me [E] far away.
_ [F#] Yeah, I turned out to be, all hell my mama [B] ever raised.
_ _ [F#] Born [B] _ _
in New Atlanta, _ drunk and almost out of gas. _ _
_ _ _ [E] Yeah, I had to get some money.
Lately I've learned to get it fast. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Those neon lights are calling me.
Somehow I had to get [E] downtown. _
_ [F#] I reached into the glove box, _ another liquor [B] store went down.
_ _ _ _ _ _
I got past these memories, take me back to the good [E] old days. _
[F#] I wanna hear my mama singing to me, rock the day that [B] clipped me. _ _
I got turned on to Jesus, [F#m] I turned on to the [E] evil ways. _
[F#] Yeah, I turned out to be, all hell my mama [B] ever raised. _
Born _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
in New Atlanta, _ drunk and almost out of gas. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] Yeah, I had to get some money.
Lately I've learned to get it fast. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Those neon lights are calling me.
Somehow I had to [F] get downtown.
_ [G] So I reached into the glove box, _ another liquor [C] store went down.
_ _ _ _ _
I got past these memories, take me back to the good [F] old days.
Mama _
[G] _ _ singing to me, rock the day that [C] clipped me. _ _
I got turned on to Jesus. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] I turned out to be, all hell my mama [C] ever raised. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Take _ _ _ _ me back to the [F#] good old days. _
[G#] I wanna hear my mama singing to me, [Fm] rock the day that [C#] clipped me. _ _
I got turned on to Jesus.
I turned on to the [F#] evil ways. _
[G#] I turned out to be, all hell my mama [C#] ever raised. _ _
_ _ _ [G#] Yeah, I turned out to be, all hell my mama [C#] ever raised. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
You [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ ought to be looking for you guys all [C] day. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] Boy, I tell you.
It's gonna [Cm] open up on you now.
_ [D] _
[G] [C] I _ [F#] hope _
[D#] you all [F] gonna enjoy this.
It sounds to me like you are.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ Merle's [C#m] _