Jimmie Rodgers - Nobody knows but me
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
CNobody knows 'bout the A7jailhouse blues,
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D7Till you get G7within four Cwalls,
CAnd the old jailer man turns that A7big black key,
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D7That's when your spirit fG7alls.
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Then you Cdrag yourself C7up to the bars
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and Fwhile you gaze out F#dimat the stars, D7this is what you G7say...
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[Chorus]
CWhy did I stray from the A7righteous path,
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D7Nobody G7knows but Cme,
CThere on the outside you A7all can laugh,
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D7I don't need your symG7pathy.
For Cafter I've paid for theC7 liquor I sold,
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I'll Fleave this place worth my F#dimweight in gold.
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CSo why did I stray from the rA7ighteous path,
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G7Nobody knows but Cme.
CNobody knows G7but Cme.
[Verse 2]
When Cyou realize that you're A7all alone,
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D7Sitting in a G7two by Cfour
Cthat little cell is just a A7taste of hell,
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D7If you ain't been there beG7fore.
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You are Clocked up tight, but they C7treat you fair.
You Fget ev'rything that you F#dimneed in there
D7that's just why you G7say...
[Chorus] (same as before)
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 symG7pathy.
For aCfter I've paid for the C7liquor I sold,
I'll Fleave this place worth my F#dimweight in gold.
CSo why did I stray from the A7righteous path,
D7Nobody G7knows but mCe.
CNobody knows G7but Cme.
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