Jimmie Rodgers - Nobody knows but me

^CNobody knows 'bout the ^A7jailhouse blues, ^D7Till you get ^G7within four ^Cwalls,

^CAnd the old jailer man turns that ^A7big black key, ^D7That's when your spirit f^G7alls.

Then you ^Cdrag yourself ^C7up to the bars and ^Fwhile you gaze out ^G7at the ^Cstars ^G7this is ^D7what you ^Gsay...

^CWhy did I stray from the ^A7righteous path, ^D7Nobody ^G7knows but ^Cme,

^CThere on the outside you ^A7all can laugh, ^D7I don't need your sym^G7pathy.

For a^Cfter I've paid for the ^C7liquor I sold, I'll ^Fleave this place worth my ^G7weight in ^Cgold.

^A7So why did I stray from the ^D7righteous path, ^G7Nobody knows but ^Cme.

^CNobody knows ^G7but ^Cme. VERSE 2: When ^Cyou realize that you're ^A7all alone, ^D7Sitting in a ^G7two by ^Cfour

^Cthat little cell is just a ^A7taste of hell, ^D7If you ain't been there be^G7fore.

You are ^Clocked up tight, but they ^C7treat you fair. You ^Fget ev'rything that you ^G7need in ^Cthere ^G7that's just ^D7why you ^Gsay...

^CWhy did I stray from the ^A7righteous path, ^D7Nobody ^G7knows but ^Cme,

^CThere on the outside you ^A7all can laugh, ^D7I don't need your sym^G7pathy.

For a^Cfter I've paid for the ^C7liquor I sold, I'll ^Fleave this place worth my ^G7weight in ^Cgold.

^A7So why did I stray from the ^D7righteous path, ^G7Nobody knows but ^Cme.

^CNobody knows ^G7but ^Cme. Edited and transposed from tab shown at: http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/j/jimmie-rodgers/nobody-knows-but-me-crd