• Song:

    Holloway Jail

  • Artist:

    Kinks

  • Album:

    Muswell Hillbillies

Holloway Jail
Kinks	Muswell Hillbillies
Am (x02210@1)		Am(F (x02210@1)     G)	         Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G AmThey (x02210@1)took my baby 		to Holloway jail, 
		G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F		Am (x02210@1)They took my baby,        down Holloway jail, 
	        C (x32010@1)      (G   --   D7)
She was a lady when she went in, 
		Am (x02210@1) (F	    G)	      Am (x02210@1)  (Am G (320003@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am  Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Amx10 (x02210@1)Now she's in jail, 	and it's giving me hell. 


Am (x02210@1)       	(F       	     G)         Am (x02210@1)   (Am G (320003@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am x 2)
She was just succeeding in the city, 
Am (x02210@1)       	(F       	     G)         Am (x02210@1)   (Am G (320003@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am x2)
She was just beginning to excel, 
	     C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)then a spiv named Frankie Simes 
	  C (x32010@1)D7Led (xx0212@1)her to a life of crime, 
         D7 (xx0212@1)G (320003@1)  CAnd (x32010@1)led her on the downward trail. 
Am (x02210@1)               (F       	     G)         Am (x02210@1)   Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G AmFrankie (x02210@1)came home late from work one evening, 
Am (x02210@1)       	   (F    G)       Am (x02210@1)   Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G AmThe (x02210@1)C.I.D. were hot on his trail, 
	     C (x32010@1)GFrankie (320003@1)promised everything, 
		C (x32010@1)     D7And (xx0212@1)then he went and turned her in, 
          D7 (xx0212@1)   G (320003@1)   CShe (x32010@1)went and took the rap for him
		G (320003@1) AmNow (x02210@1)she's impaled in Holloway jail. 


		Am(F (x02210@1)  G)	 AmThey (x02210@1)took my baby, down Holloway jail, 
		G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)     	AmThey (x02210@1)took my baby	 to Holloway jail
		C (x32010@1)      		(G---D7)
There ain't no pity, there ain't no bail, 
	       Am (x02210@1) 	(F	       G)	     Am (x02210@1)  (Am GAm) (320003@1)And she assures me 	     that it's living hell. 

Am (x02210@1)             (F   G)        Am (x02210@1)   Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G AmShe (x02210@1)was young and ever so pretty, 
Am (x02210@1)       	 (F   G)     Am (x02210@1)   Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G AmNow (x02210@1)she looks so old and pale, 
	C (x32010@1)    GShe (320003@1)never sees the day, 
	C (x32010@1)D7She (xx0212@1)wastes her life away, 
D7 (xx0212@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Sitting in that prison cell. 

		Am(F (x02210@1)  	G)     Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1) AmThey (x02210@1)took my baby 		to Holloway jail, 
		    G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  AmThey (x02210@1)locked my baby     in Holloway jail, 
	         C (x32010@1)        (G  -- D7)
She was a lady when she went in, 
		Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am   Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   AmNow (x02210@1)she's in jail, and it's giving me hell. 
	    G (320003@1)	AmShe's (x02210@1)impaled, in Holloway jail. 

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