Womens Prison chords by The White Stripes

Chords with lyrics

| Tab Definitions:
| A: x02220
| s4: x02230 (Asus4Asus4)
| D: xx0232
| E: 022100
| Bb: 688766
| Eb: x68886
 F: x|8|10|10|10|8
|Bb5: x133xx
|Db5: x466xx
| p: Pull ogf
| x: Muted note

This song is made difficult by the half-step key change after the fourth verse. The switch from open
chords to bar chords is not very appealing, so it may sound better to keep the song in A augmentedA major throughout.

INTRO:
   /A
e|-------0---0-0-0-----------0---0--0---------0-----------0---------0---0--0
BB|-------2---3-3-3p2---------2---3--2---------2---3-3-3p2-----------2---3--2
G+G|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
D MajorD|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
A augmentedA|-x-x---0-------------x-x---0----------x-x---0---------------x-x---0---0--0
E MajorE|-----3-------------------3----------------3---------------------3---------
VERSE 1:
A augmentedA
I'm in a women's prison
   A augmentedA
With bars all around
 E MajorE
I caught my darlin' cheatin'
    A augmentedA
That's when I shot him down

I caught him in a honky-tonk
    A augmentedA
With a girl I used to know
  E MajorE
The door to my cell is open wide
   A augmentedA
And a voice cries out, "Oh, no!"

VERSE 2:
  A augmentedA
The judge says I'm guilty
  A augmentedA
My sentence is to die
 E MajorE
I know I've been forgiven
    A augmentedA
But the price of love is high

CHORUS:
     D MajorD
There's a crowd outside screamin',
          A augmentedA
"Let that murderer die"
   D MajorD
But above all their voices
          E MajorE
I can hear my mama cry

VERSE 3:
  A augmentedA
I'm sittin' here on death row
   A augmentedA
And, Lord, I've lost my mind
  E MajorE
For love I've killed my darlin'
    A augmentedA
And for love I'll lose my life

VERSE 4:
   Bb majorBb
I can hear the warden coming
     Bb majorBb
From the clinging of his keys
  FF
But when they come to get me
        Bb majorBb
They'll have to drag me off my knees

The door to my cell swings open
   Bb majorBb
It's time for me to go
  FF
The priest is readin' my last rights
     Bb majorBb
He says, "Dyin's part of livin', you know"

CHORUS:
     Eb MajorEb
There's a crowd outside screamin',
          Bb majorBb
"Let that murderer fry"
   Eb MajorEb
But above all their voices
           Bb majorBb
You can hear my mama cry

VERSE 5:
Bb majorBb
Now they've strapped me in the chair
  Eb MajorEb
And covered up my eyes
    FF
And the last voice I hear on Earth
       Bb majorBb
Is my mama's cry

"Amazing Grace how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now am found

Was blind, but now I see"

Played 8x:
Db5Db5