Tennessee Womens Prison
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste:
2nd traste
[Intro]
G C G
G D G
[Verse 1]
G C G
Mama said that thirteen was too young to paint my lips
G D7
And too young to run with men twice my years
G C G
But when you're young and yearn to be a woman, what does your mother know?
G C G D G
I couldn't understand her hang-ups and her fears
[Verse 2]
G C G
A year went by and I got tired of Mama's foolish advice
G D7
At fourteen, I was sure I knew it all
G C G
It wasn't like it was at home out on the streets alone
G C G D G
To make ends meet, I lived outside the law
[Chorus]
G C G
Now I'm livin' in the cold grey world,
G D G
hearin' cryin' in the night
G C G
Missin' even Mom and Dad
G D7
and a man to hold me tight
G
I should've listened to my mama
C G
And seen the wisdom in her eyes
G C G
And the Tennessee Women's Prison
G D G D#7
wouldn't be my mama tonight
[Verse 3]
G# C# G#
If I ever get out of this musty cell, I'll never be back again
G# D#7
'Cause Mama has sure got smarter every day since I've been in
G# C# G#
I'm gonna follow the straight and narrow if I can just get my parole
G# C# G# D# G#
And the Tennessee Women's Prison won't own my soul
[Chorus]
G# C# G#
Now I'm livin' in the cold grey world,
G# D# G#
hearin' cryin' in the night
G# C# G#
Missin' even Mom and Dad
G# D#7
and a man to hold me tight
G#
I should've listened to my mama
C# G#
And seen the wisdom in her eyes
G# C# G#
And the Tennessee Women's Prison
G# D# G#
wouldn't be my mama tonight
[Outro]
G# C# G#
And this Tennessee Women's Prison
G# D# G#
wouldn't be my mama tonight
How to play Tennessee Womens Prison
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