Chords for Wanda Jackson Tennessee Women's Prison

_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Mama said that thirteen was [D] too young to paint [A] my lips, _ too young to run with me in twice [E] my years. _ _
_ _ But [A] when you're young and yearn to be a woman, [D] _ does your mother [A] know?
I couldn't [D] understand [A] her hang [E]-ups and [A] her _ fears.
_ _ [Gb] _ [A] A year went by and I got _ [D] _ Mama's foolish [A] advice.
_ _ At fourteen I was sure I knew [E] it all. _
_ _ It [A] wasn't like it was at home, _ [D] out on the [A] streets alone,
_ to make [D] ends meet [A] I lived [E] outside [A] the law. _
_ _ Now I'm living [D] in a cold [A] gray world, hearing crying [E]
in the night,
missing [D] even mommy [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] tight.
I [A] should have listened to my Mama and [D] seen the wisdom in [A] her eyes.
Then the Tennessee [D] _
[A] Women's Prison wouldn't be my Mama tonight.
_ _ [F] I'll _ _
[Bb] never get out of this [C] musty cell.
[Eb] I'll never be back [Bb] _ again.
Cause Mama has sure got smarter _ every day [C] since I've [F] been in.
I'm [Bb] gonna walk the straight and narrow if [Eb] I can just get my [Bb] parole. _
And the Tennessee [Eb] _ [F] Women's Prison won't own [Bb] my soul.
_ _ _ Now I'm living [Eb] in a cold [Bb] gray world, hearing [F] crying [Bb] in the night,
missing [Eb] even [Bb] mom and dad. _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] I'm [Eb] gonna walk the straight and narrow if I can [Bb] just get my parole.
And the Tennessee [Eb] _ [Bb] Women's Prison won't _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ own my _
[Bb] _ soul.
Now I'm living in a cold gray world, hearing crying in the night,
missing even mom and dad. _ _ _ _