Penitentiary Lyrics

dd2
I hid a batch in Frisco,
I couldn't score a job
ad
So I did the next best thing
and I learned how to rob
I took that train to Houston,
but I couldn't get away
From the five and dive,
dd2
'bout the time,
the constable would say
horus
Come on down,
dd2
to the penitentiary
Oh mama the law came
crashing down on me
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
dd2
Playing stud in the evening',
and solitaire at night
Leon's got the cigarettes,
and Capone has got the light
dd2
Now I'm shifting squares, with
a man from Arkansas
ad
He took my rook oh lord,
and my kings about to fall
horus
Come on down,
to the penitentiary
us2/
Oh mama the law came
crashing down on me
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
| G6 | C D7sus2/C Cadd2 Cmaj7 | G6 | C Cmaj7 |
| G6 | C Cmaj7 | G6 | C C (add#4) |
| G/G G/F# G/E G/D | G G/F# G/E G/D |
| G G/F# G/E G/D | G/E G/D G/B G/B G/A G |
I'm calling' from a payphone,
down around Lawrence bend
I got me a pardon son
gonna do it all again
horus
Come on down,
to the penitentiary
Oh mama the law came
crashing down on me
Come on down,
to the penitentiary
Oh mama the law came
crashing down on me
Come on down,
(Yoo-hoo-hoo)
to the penitentiary
(yoo-hoo -hoo)
Oh mama the law came
(Yoo-hoo-hoo)
(add#4)
crashing down on me
(yoo-hoo-hoo)