Please Mr Jailer chords by Wynona Carr

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:
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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:
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You put him in a death cell
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And then you changed your mind
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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
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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
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You don't even ask my name
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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
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Go free
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Go free
A#    D#
Go free
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Go free
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