Marce Ridgeway - Mount Holly Jail
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste:
2nd traste
[Verse]
A
When you go to Mt. Holly its where you will sit.
E7
And its rum and to---bacco you’ll get not a bit
A D
There’s lice, lice as big as young quail and
E7 A
you're bound to get lousy in the mt. Holly jail
[Chorus]
A
And it’s hard times in the mt. holly jail
E7
Yes it’s hard times in the mt. holly jail
A D
Yes it’s hard times in Mt holly jail
A
Yes it’s hard hard times.
[Verse 2]
A E7
Now the food that they serve you is not very neat
A E7
Just some old tater scraps and some old dirty meat
A D
It’s fetched from the kitchen in an old slop pail
E7 A
That’s how they serve you in the mt. holly jail
[Chorus]
And it’s hard times in the mt. holly jail
E7
Yes it’s hard times in the mt. holly jail
A D
Yes it’s hard times in Mt holly jail
A
Yes it’s hard hard times.
[Verse 3]
A
There’s the sheriff’s chief deputy,I almost forgot
E7
he’s the biggest darn rascal in the whole damn lot;
A D
Your pockets he’ll pick and your clothes he will sell
E7 A
And drink up the money in the sheriff's hotel
[Chorus]
And it’s hard times in the mt. holly jail
E7
Yes it’s hard times in the mt. holly jail
A D
Yes it’s hard times in Mt holly jail
A
Yes it’s hard hard times.
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