A Week In A Country Jail Chords by Tom T. Hall
Tempo:
112.75 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
One time I spent a [D] week inside [A] a little country jail
And I don't guess [D] I'll ever live it [A] down
I was sitting at a [D] red light when [A] these two men came and got me
And [D] said that I was speeding through their [E] town
Well [A] they said [D] tomorrow morning you can [A] see the judge then go
They let me call [D] one person on [A] the phone
I thought I'd be [D] there overnight so [A] I just called my boss
[D] To tell him I'd be off but not for [E] long
Well they [A] motioned me [D] inside a cell [A] with seven other guys
One little barred [D] up window in [A] the rear
My cellmate said if [D] they had let me [A] bring some money in
We [D] ought to send the jailer for [E] some beer
Well [A] I had to pay [D] him double cause [A] he was the man in charge
And the jailer's job [D] was not the best [A] in town
Later on his [D] wife brought hot [A] baloney, eggs and gravy
[D] The first day I was there I turned [E] it down
Well [A] next morning they [D] just let us sleep [A] but I was up real early
Wondering [D] when I'd get my [A] release
Later on [D] we got more hot [A] baloney, eggs and gravy
And [D] by now I wasn't quite so hard [E] to please
[A] Two days [D] later when I thought [A] that I had been forgotten
The sheriff came [D] in chewing on [A] a straw
He said where is [D] the guy who [A] thinks that this is Indianapolis
[D] I'd like to talk to him about [E] the law
[A] Well I told him who [D] I was and [A] told him I was working steady
And I really should [D] be getting on [A] my way
That part about [D] me being who [A] I was did not impress him
[D] He said the judge will be here [E] any day
[A] The jailer [D] had a wife and let [A] me tell you she was awful
But she brought that [Bm] hot baloney [A] every day
And after [D] seven days she got [A] to looking so much better
[D] I asked her if she'd like to [E] run away
[A] Well next morning that [D] old judge took [A] every nickel that I had
And he said son let [D] this teach you not [A] to race
Well the jailer's wife [D] was smiling from [A] the window as I left
[D] In thirty minutes I was out [E] of state
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[N]
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
One time I spent a [D] week inside [A] a little country jail
And I don't guess [D] I'll ever live it [A] down
I was sitting at a [D] red light when [A] these two men came and got me
And [D] said that I was speeding through their [E] town
Well [A] they said [D] tomorrow morning you can [A] see the judge then go
They let me call [D] one person on [A] the phone
I thought I'd be [D] there overnight so [A] I just called my boss
[D] To tell him I'd be off but not for [E] long
Well they [A] motioned me [D] inside a cell [A] with seven other guys
One little barred [D] up window in [A] the rear
My cellmate said if [D] they had let me [A] bring some money in
We [D] ought to send the jailer for [E] some beer
Well [A] I had to pay [D] him double cause [A] he was the man in charge
And the jailer's job [D] was not the best [A] in town
Later on his [D] wife brought hot [A] baloney, eggs and gravy
[D] The first day I was there I turned [E] it down
Well [A] next morning they [D] just let us sleep [A] but I was up real early
Wondering [D] when I'd get my [A] release
Later on [D] we got more hot [A] baloney, eggs and gravy
And [D] by now I wasn't quite so hard [E] to please
[A] Two days [D] later when I thought [A] that I had been forgotten
The sheriff came [D] in chewing on [A] a straw
He said where is [D] the guy who [A] thinks that this is Indianapolis
[D] I'd like to talk to him about [E] the law
[A] Well I told him who [D] I was and [A] told him I was working steady
And I really should [D] be getting on [A] my way
That part about [D] me being who [A] I was did not impress him
[D] He said the judge will be here [E] any day
[A] The jailer [D] had a wife and let [A] me tell you she was awful
But she brought that [Bm] hot baloney [A] every day
And after [D] seven days she got [A] to looking so much better
[D] I asked her if she'd like to [E] run away
[A] Well next morning that [D] old judge took [A] every nickel that I had
And he said son let [D] this teach you not [A] to race
Well the jailer's wife [D] was smiling from [A] the window as I left
[D] In thirty minutes I was out [E] of state
[A] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[N]
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Doo-doo-doo, _ doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo _ _
_ One _ time I spent a [D] week inside [A] a little country jail
And I don't guess [D] I'll ever live it [A] down
_ I was sitting at a [D] red light when [A] these two men came and got me
And [D] said that I was speeding through their [E] town
_ Well [A] they said [D] tomorrow morning you can [A] see the judge then go
They let me call [D] one person on [A] the phone
_ I thought I'd be [D] there overnight so [A] I just called my boss
[D] To tell him I'd be off but not for [E] long
Well they [A] motioned me [D] inside a cell [A] with seven other guys
One little barred [D] up window in [A] the rear
_ My cellmate said if [D] they had let me [A] bring some money in
We [D] ought to send the jailer for [E] some beer
_ Well [A] I had to pay [D] him double cause [A] he was the man in charge
And the jailer's job [D] was not the best [A] in town
_ Later on his [D] wife brought hot [A] baloney, eggs and gravy
[D] The first day I was there I turned [E] it down
_ Well [A] next morning they [D] just let us sleep [A] but I was up real early
_ Wondering [D] when I'd get my [A] release
_ Later on [D] we got more hot [A] baloney, eggs and gravy
And [D] by now I wasn't quite so hard [E] to please
_ [A] Two days [D] later when I thought [A] that I had been forgotten
The sheriff came [D] in chewing on [A] a straw
He said where is [D] the guy who [A] thinks that this is Indianapolis
[D] I'd like to talk to him about [E] the law
_ [A] Well I told him who [D] I was and [A] told him I was working steady
And I really should [D] be getting on [A] my way
_ That part about [D] me being who [A] I was did not impress him
[D] He said the judge will be here [E] any day
_ [A] The jailer [D] had a wife and let [A] me tell you she was awful
But she brought that [Bm] hot baloney [A] every day
And after [D] seven days she got [A] to looking so much better
[D] I asked her if she'd like to [E] run away
_ _ [A] Well next morning that [D] old judge took [A] every nickel that I had
And he said son let [D] this teach you not [A] to race
_ Well the jailer's wife [D] was smiling from [A] the window as I left
[D] In thirty minutes I was out [E] of state
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ Doo-doo-doo, _ doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo _ _
_ One _ time I spent a [D] week inside [A] a little country jail
And I don't guess [D] I'll ever live it [A] down
_ I was sitting at a [D] red light when [A] these two men came and got me
And [D] said that I was speeding through their [E] town
_ Well [A] they said [D] tomorrow morning you can [A] see the judge then go
They let me call [D] one person on [A] the phone
_ I thought I'd be [D] there overnight so [A] I just called my boss
[D] To tell him I'd be off but not for [E] long
Well they [A] motioned me [D] inside a cell [A] with seven other guys
One little barred [D] up window in [A] the rear
_ My cellmate said if [D] they had let me [A] bring some money in
We [D] ought to send the jailer for [E] some beer
_ Well [A] I had to pay [D] him double cause [A] he was the man in charge
And the jailer's job [D] was not the best [A] in town
_ Later on his [D] wife brought hot [A] baloney, eggs and gravy
[D] The first day I was there I turned [E] it down
_ Well [A] next morning they [D] just let us sleep [A] but I was up real early
_ Wondering [D] when I'd get my [A] release
_ Later on [D] we got more hot [A] baloney, eggs and gravy
And [D] by now I wasn't quite so hard [E] to please
_ [A] Two days [D] later when I thought [A] that I had been forgotten
The sheriff came [D] in chewing on [A] a straw
He said where is [D] the guy who [A] thinks that this is Indianapolis
[D] I'd like to talk to him about [E] the law
_ [A] Well I told him who [D] I was and [A] told him I was working steady
And I really should [D] be getting on [A] my way
_ That part about [D] me being who [A] I was did not impress him
[D] He said the judge will be here [E] any day
_ [A] The jailer [D] had a wife and let [A] me tell you she was awful
But she brought that [Bm] hot baloney [A] every day
And after [D] seven days she got [A] to looking so much better
[D] I asked her if she'd like to [E] run away
_ _ [A] Well next morning that [D] old judge took [A] every nickel that I had
And he said son let [D] this teach you not [A] to race
_ Well the jailer's wife [D] was smiling from [A] the window as I left
[D] In thirty minutes I was out [E] of state
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