Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
C majorC
They’re coming to arrest me mamma
Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
Taking me to Gaol
C majorC
I got nothing on me mamma
Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
Can’t you fix my bail?
Pre Chorus:
C majorC
They say that I am guilty mamma
Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
I must do my time
C majorC
All I drank was whiskey
Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
Now that ain’t such a crime
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
And if I went out dancing I don’t remember why
FF G+G
I woke up in the morning beneath a clear blue sky
FF C majorC
I might have met somebody who took me for a ride
C majorC FF
And when the show was over
C majorC
I had no place left to hide
C majorC
I had no place to hide
Verse 2:
C majorC
Its goddam Dark and lonely mamma
Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
locked in this cell
C majorC
You don’t get no mercy
Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
When they ring that bell
C majorC Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
Honey when they ring that bell
Pre Chorus:
C majorC
They say that I am guilty mamma
Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
I must do my time
C majorC
All I drank was whiskey
Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
Now that ain’t such a crime
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
And if I went out dancing I don’t remember why
FF G+G
I woke up in the morning beneath a clear blue sky
FF C majorC
I might have met somebody who took me for a ride
C majorC FF
And when the show was over
C majorC
I had no place left to hide
C majorC
I had no place to hide