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Womens Prison

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 29Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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| Tab Definitions:										  
|  A: x02220								  
| s4: x02230 (Asus4)						  
|  D: xx0232							  
|  E: 022100							  
| Bb: 688766								  
| Eb: x68886								  
  F: x|8|10|10|10|8						  
|Bb5: x133xx							  
|Db5: x466xx								  
|  p: Pull ogf							 
|  x: Muted note							
This song is made difficult by the half-step key change after the fourth verse. The switch from open
chords to bar chords is not very appealing, so it may sound better to keep the song in A major throughout.
INTRO:
      / G     As4          A/ G     As4       A/ G     As4            A/ G     As4 A  
e|-------0---0-0-0-----------0---0--0---------0-----------0---------0---0--0
B|-------2---3-3-3p2---------2---3--2---------2---3-3-3p2-----------2---3--2
G|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
D|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
A|-x-x---0-------------x-x---0----------x-x---0---------------x-x---0---0--0
E|-----3-------------------3----------------3---------------------3---------
VERSE 1:
AI'm in a women's prison
With Dbars all aAround
I Ecaught my darlin' cheatin'
That's Dwhen I shot him Adown
I caught him in a honky-tonk
With a Dgirl I used to Aknow
The Edoor to my cell is open wide
                           D      A   Asus4    A/ G    A   Asus4  A  
And a voice cries out, "Oh, no!"
VERSE 2:
The Ajudge says I'm guilty
My Dsentence is to Adie
I Eknow I've been forgiven
But the Dprice of love is Ahigh
CHORUS:
There's a Dcrowd outside screamin',
"Let that murderer Adie"
But aDbove all their voices
I can hear my mama Ecry
VERSE 3:
I'm Asittin' here on death row
And, DLord, I've lost my Amind
For Elove I've killed my darlin'
                         D      A   Asus4    A/ G    A   Asus4  A  
And for love I'll lose my life
VERSE 4:
I can Bbhear the warden coming
From the Ebclinging of his Bbkeys
But Fwhen they come to get me
They'll have to Ebdrag me off my Bbknees
The door to my cell swings open
It's Ebtime for me to Bbgo
The Fpriest is readin' my last rights
He says, "EbDyin's part of livin', you Bbknow"
CHORUS:
There's a Ebcrowd outside screamin',
"Let that murderer Bbfry"
But aEbbove all their voices
You can hear my mama FcryBb  
VERSE 5:
BbNow they've strapped me in the chair
And Ebcovered up my eyes
And the Flast voice I hear on Earth
Is my mama's Bbcry
"Amazing Grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see"
Played 8x:
Bb5   Db5 Db5
Bb

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Womens Prison

by The White Stripes

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

Bb5

Db5

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| Tab Definitions:

| : x02220

Asus4

| s4: x02230 ()

| : xx0232

| : 022100

| : 688766

| : x68886

F: x|8|10|10|10|8

Bb5

|: x133xx

Db5

|: x466xx

| p: Pull ogf

| x: Muted note

This song is made difficult by the half-step key change after the fourth verse. The switch from open

chords to bar chords is not very appealing, so it may sound better to keep the song in A major throughout.

INTRO:

G A A G A A G A A G A A

/ s4 / s4 / s4 / s4

e|-------0---0-0-0-----------0---0--0---------0-----------0---------0---0--0

B|-------2---3-3-3p2---------2---3--2---------2---3-3-3p2-----------2---3--2

G|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2

D|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2

A|-x-x---0-------------x-x---0----------x-x---0---------------x-x---0---0--0

E|-----3-------------------3----------------3---------------------3---------

VERSE 1:

I'm in a women's prison

D A

With bars all around

I caught my darlin' cheatin'

D A

That's when I shot him down

I caught him in a honky-tonk

D A

With a girl I used to know

The door to my cell is open wide

D A Asus4 A G A Asus4 A

And a voice cries out, "Oh, no!"

VERSE 2:

The judge says I'm guilty

D A

My sentence is to die

I know I've been forgiven

D A

But the price of love is high

CHORUS:

There's a crowd outside screamin',

"Let that murderer die"

But above all their voices

I can hear my mama cry

VERSE 3:

I'm sittin' here on death row

D A

And, Lord, I've lost my mind

For love I've killed my darlin'

D A Asus4 A G A Asus4 A

And for love I'll lose my life

VERSE 4:

I can hear the warden coming

Eb Bb

From the clinging of his keys

But when they come to get me

Eb Bb

They'll have to drag me off my knees

The door to my cell swings open

Eb Bb

It's time for me to go

The priest is readin' my last rights

Eb Bb

He says, "Dyin's part of livin', you know"

CHORUS:

There's a crowd outside screamin',

"Let that murderer fry"

But above all their voices

F Bb

You can hear my mama cry

VERSE 5:

Now they've strapped me in the chair

And covered up my eyes

And the last voice I hear on Earth

Is my mama's cry

"Amazing Grace how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now am found

Was blind, but now I see"

Played 8x:

Bb5 Db5 Db5

About Womens Prison Chords by The White Stripes

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The chords for "Womens Prison" show the original chord names (including A, Asus4, D, E, Bb, Eb). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.