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Tennessee Womens Prison Chords by Wanda Jackson

Tennessee Womens Prison chords by Wanda Jackson

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 2nd
  • Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: A

🎸 Intro:

G  C  G
G  D  G


🎸 Verse 1:
G                               C                 G
Mama said that thirteen was too young to paint my lips
        G                              D7
And too young to run with men twice my years
                G                              C                     G
But when you're young and yearn to be a woman, what does your mother know?
           G    C         G        D       G
I couldn't understand her hang-ups and her   fears
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🎸 Verse 2:
  G                               C                G
A year went by and I got tired of Mama's foolish advice
   G                              D7
At fourteen, I was sure I knew it all
          G                       C               G
It wasn't like it was at home out on the streets alone
   G         C       G        D        G
To make ends meet, I lived outside the law


🎸 Chorus:
        G             C         G
Now I'm livin' in the cold grey world,
        G      D      G
hearin' cryin' in the night
        G    C       G
Missin' even Mom and Dad
      G              D7
and a man to hold me tight
            G
I should've listened to my mama
             C             G
And seen the wisdom in her eyes
        G         C       G
And the Tennessee Women's Prison
         G     D      G     D#7
wouldn't be my mama tonight


🎸 Verse 3:
     G#                                    C#             G#
If I ever get out of this musty cell, I'll never be back again
       G#                              D#7
'Cause Mama has sure got smarter every day since I've been in
          G#                                      C#            G#
I'm gonna follow the straight and narrow if I can just get my parole
        G#        C#      G#           D#     G#
And the Tennessee Women's Prison won't own my soul


🎸 Chorus:
        G#            C#        G#
Now I'm livin' in the cold grey world,
        G#     D#     G#
hearin' cryin' in the night
        G#   C#      G#
Missin' even Mom and Dad
      G#             D#7
and a man to hold me tight
            G#
I should've listened to my mama
             C#            G#
And seen the wisdom in her eyes
        G#        C#      G#
And the Tennessee Women's Prison
         G#    D#     G#
wouldn't be my mama tonight


🎸 Outro:
         G#        C#      G#
And this Tennessee Women's Prison
         G#    D#     G#
wouldn't be my mama tonight

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