Cincinnati Jail Chords by Lonnie Mack

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_ [C] _ [G] _ I [Am] left the [G] town of Britain, it was a warm [C] summer [G] day.
Drove to [C] the [G] city, bought a guitar [C] I could play.
[Bb] While [Am] walking across [C] the street, a car [Bb] almost [Am] brought me down.
[G] I [C] hit it on [G] the fender, I said, you better [C] slow it [G] down.
[D] They jumped from the car [C] and they shot me in the leg.
[G] They put me [C] in the [Db] center [D] caddy [G] jail.
_ When I went [Am] before the [G] judge, he said, twenty [F] thousand [G] pounds.
Son, [C] you are [G] the bad guy, the good [C] guy wears [G] the [C] gun.
[F] They [Am] put me in [C] a cell, _
[F] [Am] still fall [F] my bed.
[G] A stupor pillow and my legs still full of [D] lead.
You can't get a [C] thing for the pain in the [G] Cincinnati [C] jail.
No, [Db] no, [Gm] no.
_ _ [G] Can't help _ _ _ the Cincinnati jail. _ _ _
_ _ [C] Can't help the _ _ _ [G] Cincinnati jail. _ _
_ _ [D] Now, if it wasn't for [C] a friend, you'd be in Cincinnati [G] jail.
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_ _ [G] you're going to Cincinnati, _ you better take a friend.
And watch [C] out for [G] good guys, they really [F] do you [C] in.
They say they're here to help you, but [Am] Hitler [C] said so [G] too.
They give [C] a what [G] you're doing, they just might [Am] shoot you [G] too.
[D] Your last rank [C] comes, you live to tell the [G] tale.
They'll [C] put you in [Db] the [D] Cincinnati jail.
_ [G] Can't [C] help, _ [G] _ _
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[C] _ _ can't help, _ _ _ _ [G] Cincinnati jail. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [D] Can't help, _ [C] _ _
_ [G] Cincinnati jail.
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