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Chorus:
A# F# F A#
Please, Mr Jailer, won't you let my man go free
A# F# F A
Please, Mr Jailer, won't you let my man go free
Verse 1:
D# A# D# A#
That night in October, 1953
D# A# C# F
How could he be in 'Frisco, he was home with me?
Chorus:
A# F# F A#
Please, Mr Jailer, won't you let my man go free
Verse 2:
D# A#
You put him in a death cell
D# A#
And then you changed your mind
D# A#
Then when you reprieved him
C# F
You gave him 99
Chorus:
A# F# F A#
Please, Mr Jailer, won't you let my man go free
Yeah, yeah
A# F# F A#
Please, Mr Jailer, won't you let my man go free
Verse 3:
D# A#
I know that no other
D# A#
one will ever do
D# A#
And I know the answer's
C# F
all up to you
Chorus:
A# F# F A#
Please, Mr Jailer, won't you let my man go free
Verse 4:
D# A#
I've been down here so often
D# A#
You don't even ask my name
D# A#
And if you keep him all his life
C# F
I'll be here just the same
Chorus:
A# F# F A#
Please, won't you let my man go free
Yeah, yeah
A# F# F A#
Please, Mr Jailer, won't you let my man go free
Verse 5:
D# A
That night in October,
D# A#
1953
D# A
How could he be in 'Frisco,
C# F
he was home with me?
Chorus:
A# F# F A#
Please, Mr Jailer, won't you let my man go free
Outro:
A# D#
Go free
A# D#
Go free
A# D#
Go free
A# D#
Go free
A# D#
Go free
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