Weekender Funk Version chords by Margo Price

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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I went down to the county jail and turned myself in
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Spending all my weekends here, far from my good-timing friends
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Baby, things went bad and things went worse
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I guess you know the end
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The only thing I know for sure is I ain't going back again

Verse 2:
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They took me down to cellblock BB after stripping off my clothes
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Put me in a monkey suit and threw me in the throes
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Like a rat in a maze, a cow in the herd
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or a sparrow with a broken wing
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Now I know the reason why the caged bird has to sing


Chorus:
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Cause I'm just a weekender in the Davidson County Jail
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And my old man, he ain't got the cash to even go my bail
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Should have listened to my mama and quit my life of sin
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Before I went backsliding again


Verse 3:
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This bed is hard and the room is cold
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and my cellmate's got a cough
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She takes her meds and sleeps all day
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got six more weeks till she's off
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She said she beat her boyfriend up
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while high on crack cocaine
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And now she sits and watches her young life go down the drain

Chorus:
      E MajorE            D MajorD        A augmentedA
Cause she's just a weekender in the Davidson County Jail
E MajorE                 D MajorD      A augmentedA
Her old man ain't got the cash to even go her bail
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She should have listened to her mama and quit her life of sin
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Before she went backsliding again


Solo:
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E MajorE E D MajorD A augmentedA
A majorA A augmentedA A majorA D MajorD
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Verse 4:
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Walk into some other room, they tried to make me eat
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Red-eyed gravy, cardboard bread and something that looked like meat
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One tough girl from cellblock C majorC
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picked a fight with the man at the desk
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Mighty soon was sent back to her room and I bet you know the rest


Chorus:
      E MajorE             D MajorD        A augmentedA
Cause we're all just weekenders in the Davidson County Jail
E MajorE                D MajorD      A augmentedA
My old man ain't got the cash to even call my bail
      A augmentedA                     D MajorD
Should have listened to my mama, maybe quit my life of sin
 A augmentedA        E MajorE    A augmentedA
Before I went backsliding again
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Before I went backsliding again


Outro:
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