I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail

Everly Brothers

Written by Karl Davis and Harty Taylor

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
I'm not in your town to stay

Verse 2

Said a lady old and grey
   G7                C
To the warden of the penitentiary

Verse 3

I'm not in your town to stay

Verse 4

And I'll soon be on my way
    G7                              C
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
   F            G7                              C
Oh warden   I'm just here to get my baby out of jail

Verse 5

I tried to raise my baby right

Verse 6

I have prayed both day and night
        G7                                   C
That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad

Verse 7

I have searched both far and wide

Verse 8

And I feared that he had died
       G7                           C
But at last I found my baby here in jail
   F          G7                           C
Oh warden  at last I found my baby here in jail

Verse 9

It was just five years today

Verse 10

When his daddy passed away
       G7                                 C
He was found beneath the snow so cold and white

Verse 11

Twas then I vowed to take his ring

Verse 12

And his gold watch and his chain
         G7                           C
Then the county laid his daddy in the grave
    F           G7                           C
Yes warden  the county laid his daddy in the grave

Verse 13

I will pawn you his watch

Verse 14

I will pawn you his chain
       G7                          C
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring

Verse 15

I will wash all your clothes

Verse 16

I will scrub all your floors
        G7                      C
If that will get my baby out of jail
    F          G7                           C
Yes Warden  if that will get my baby out of jail

Verse 17

Then I heard the warden say

Verse 18

To the lady old and grey
        G7                              C
I'll go bring your darling baby to your side

Verse 19

Two iron gates swang wide apart

Verse 20

She held her darling to her heart
    G7                               C
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
    F            G7                               C
But smiling  she kissed her baby boy and then she died

Verse 21

I'm not in your town to stay

Verse 22

Said a lady old and grey
    G7                              C
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
    F           G7                              C
Yes warden  I'm just here to get my baby out of jail