Womens Prison

|  [A]: x02220
| s4: x02230  [Asus4]
|  [D]: xx0232
|  [E]: 022100
| [Bb]: 688766
| [Eb]: x68886
  F: x|8|10|10|10|8
|[Bb5]: x133xx
|[C#5]: 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 major throughout.

      /[G] [A]   s4    [A]      /[G] [A]   s4 [A]      /[G] [A]   s4    [A]        /[G] [A]   s4 [A]
e|-------0---0-0-0-----------0---0--0---------0-----------0---------0---0--0
B|-------2---3-3-3p2---------2---3--2---------2---3-3-3p2-----------2---3--2
G|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
D|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
A|-x-x---0-------------x-x---0----------x-x---0---------------x-x---0---0--0
E|-----3-------------------3----------------3---------------------3---------
[A]I'm in a women's prison
With [D]bars all a[A]round
I [E]caught my darlin' cheatin'
That's [D]when I shot him [A]down

I caught him in a honky-tonk
With a [D]girl I used to [A]know
The [E]door to my cell is open wide
And a [D]voice cries out, "Oh, [A]no!" [Asus4]       [A]           [G]             [A]                [Asus4]                      [A]

The [A]judge says I'm guilty
My [D]sentence is to [A]die
I [E]know I've been forgiven
But the [D]price of love is [A]high

There's a [D]crowd outside screamin',
"Let that murderer [A]die"
But a[D]bove all their voices
I can hear my mama [E]cry

I'm [A]sittin' here on death row
And, [D]Lord, I've lost my [A]mind
For [E]love I've killed my darlin'
And for [D]love I'll lose my [A]life [Asus4]       [A]           [G]             [A]                [Asus4]                      [A]

I can [Bb]hear the warden coming
From the [Eb]clinging of his [Bb]keys
But [F]when they come to get me
They'll have to [Eb]drag me off my [Bb]knees

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

There's a [Eb]crowd outside screamin',
"Let that murderer [Bb]fry"
But a[Eb]bove all their voices
You can hear my mama [F]cry   [Bb]

[Bb]Now they've strapped me in the chair
And [Eb]covered up my eyes
And the [F]last voice I hear on Earth
Is my mama's [Bb]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:
[Bb5]   [C#5] [C#5]

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