Womens Prison Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

| A: x02220

 | s4: x02230 Asus4

| D: xx0232

| E: 022100

| A♯: 688766

| D♯: x68886

F: x|8|10|10|10|8

|A♯5: x133xx

|C♯5: x466xx

| p: Pull ogf

| x: Muted note

This song is made difficult by the half-step key change after the fourth verse. The switch from open

chords to bar chords is not very appealing, so it may sound better to keep the song in A major throughout.

Intro

Verse 1

AI'm in a women's prison

 With Dbars all aAround

 I Ecaught my darlin' cheatin'

 That's Dwhen I shot him Adown

I caught him in a honky-tonk

 With a Dgirl I used to Aknow

 The Edoor to my cell is open wide

 And a Dvoice cries out, "Oh, Ano!" Asus4 A G A Asus4 A

Verse 2

 The Ajudge says I'm guilty

 My Dsentence is to Adie

 I Eknow I've been forgiven

 But the Dprice of love is Ahigh

Chorus

 There's a Dcrowd outside screamin',

 "Let that murderer Adie"

 But aDbove all their voices

 I can hear my mama Ecry

Verse 3

 I'm Asittin' here on death row

 And, DLord, I've lost my Amind

 For Elove I've killed my darlin'

 And for Dlove I'll lose my Alife Asus4 A G A Asus4 A

Verse 4

 I can A♯hear the warden coming

 From the D♯clinging of his A♯keys

 But Fwhen they come to get me

 They'll have to D♯drag me off my A♯knees

The door to my cell swings open

 It's D♯time for me to A♯go

 The Fpriest is readin' my last rights

 He says, "D♯Dyin's part of livin', you A♯know"

Chorus

 There's a D♯crowd outside screamin',

 "Let that murderer A♯fry"

 But aD♯bove all their voices

 You can hear my mama Fcry A♯

Verse 5

A♯Now they've strapped me in the chair

 And D♯covered up my eyes

 And the Flast voice I hear on Earth

 Is my mama's A♯cry

"Amazing Grace how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now am found

Was blind, but now I see"

Played 8x:

A♯5 C♯5 C♯5

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