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