A Week in a Country Jail
A Week in a Country Jail

A Week in a Country Jail chords by Tom T. Hall

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • C

  • Am

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • Am

  • D

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    One 
    time 
    I spent 
    a week 

    inside 
    little 
    country 
    jail 

    And I 
    don't guess 
    I'll 
    ever 
    live 
    it down 

    was 
    sittin' 
    at 
    a red 
    light 
    when 
    these 

    two men 
    came 
    and got 
    me 

    And said 
    that 
    I was 
    speed
    ing 

    through 
    their town 

    Verse 2
    Well, they 
    said,tomor
    row morning 

    you 
    can 
    see 
    the 
    judge 
    then 
    go. 

    They 
    let 
    me call 
    one 
    person 

    on 
    the phone 

    I thought 
    I'd 
    be there 
    overnight 

    so 
    I just 
    called 
    my boss 

    To 
    tell 
    him I'd 
    be 
    off 
    but 

    not 
    for long 

    Verse 3
    Well, they mo
    tioned 
    me 
    in
    side 

    a cell 
    with 
    seven 
    other 
    guys 

    One 
    little 
    barred 
    up window 
    in 
    the rear 

    My 
    cellmates said 
    if they 
    had 
    let 

    me bring 
    some 
    money 
    in 

    We 
    ought 
    to send 
    the jailer 
    for 
    some 
    beer 

    Verse 4
    Well, 
    had 
    to pay 
    him 
    double 
    'cause 

    he 
    was 
    the man 
    in charge 

    And the 
    jailer's 
    job 
    was 

    not 
    the best 
    in 
    town 

    Later 
    on 
    his 
    wife 
    brought 
    hot 
    bo
    logna, 

    eggs 
    and gravy 

    The first 
    day 
    I was 
    there 
    I turned 
    it down 

    Verse 5
    Well, 
    next 
    morning 
    they 
    just 
    let us 
    sleep 

    but 
    I was 
    up 
    real 
    early 

    Wonderin' 
    when I'd 
    get 
    my 
    re
    lease 

    Later 
    on 
    we 
    got 
    more 
    hot 
    bo
    logna, 

    eggs 
    and gravy 

    And 
    by 
    now 
    wasn't 
    quite 

    so 
    hard 
    to 
    please 

    Verse 6
    Two 
    days 
    later 
    when 
    thought 
    that 

    I had 
    been 
    forgotten 

    The sheriff 
    came 
    in 
    chewin' 
    on 
    a straw 

    He 
    said, 
    where 
    is 
    the guy 
    who 

    thinks 
    that 
    this 
    is 
    indianapolis? 

    I'd 
    like 
    to talk 
    to 
    him 
    about 
    the law. 

    Well, 
    I told 
    him 
    who 
    I was 
    and 
    told 
    him 

    was 
    working 
    steady 

    And I really 
    should 
    be 
    gettin' 
    on 
    my 
    way 

    That 
    part 
    about 
    me 
    bein' 
    who I 

    was 
    did 
    not 
    impress 
    him 

    He said, 
    the 
    judge'll be 

    here 
    any 
    day. 

    Verse 7
    The jailer 
    had 
    a wife 
    and 
    let 

    me tell 
    you 
    she 
    was 
    awful 

    But 
    she 
    brought 
    that 
    hot 

    bo
    logna 
    every 
    day 

    And 
    after 
    seven 
    days 
    she 
    got 

    to 
    lookin' 
    so 
    much 
    better 

    asked 
    her 
    if 
    she'd like 
    to 
    run 
    away 

    Verse 8
    The next 
    mornin' 
    that 
    old judge 

    took 
    every 
    nickel 
    that 
    I had 

    And 
    he said, 
    son, 

    let 
    this 
    teach 
    you 
    not 
    to race. 

    The jailer's 
    wife 
    was smilin' 

    from 
    the win
    dow 
    as 
    I left 

    In 
    thirty 
    minutes 
    was 
    out 

    Outro 1
    of state 




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