WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Houndmouth - Penitentiary Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
( Cadd2 C )
G G6 C Cadd2 C G G6 C Cadd2 C
G G6 C Cadd2 C G G6 C D7sus2/C
[Verse 1]
G C Cadd2 C
I hid a batch in Frisco,
G C Cadd2 C
I couldn't score a job
G C Cadd2 C
So I did the next best thing
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2
and I learned how to rob
G C Cadd2 C
I took that train to Houston,
G C Cadd2 C
but I couldn't get away
G
From the five and dive,
C Cadd2 C
'bout the time,
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2
the constable would say
[Chorus]
G C D7sus2/C C
Come on down,
G C Cadd2 C C7
to the penitentiary
G C D7sus2/C C
Oh mama the law came
G C
crashing down on me
G C G G6 C
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
G C G G6 C D7sus2/C Cadd2
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
[Verse 2]
G C Cadd2 C
Playing stud in the evening',
G C D7sus2/C C
and solitaire at night
G C Cadd2 C
Leon's got the cigarettes,
G C G/B Am
and Capone has got the light
G C Cadd2 C
Now I'm shifting squares, with
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2 C
a man from Arkansas
G C Cadd2 C
He took my rook oh lord,
G C G/B Am
and my kings about to fall
[Chorus]
G C D7sus2/C C
Come on down,
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2 C
to the penitentiary
G C D7sus2/C C
Oh mama the law came
G C
crashing down on me
G C G G6 C
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
G C G G6 C D7sus2/C Cadd2
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
[Solo]
| G6 | C D7sus2/C Cadd2 Cmaj7 | G6 | C Cmaj7 |
| G6 | C Cmaj7 | G6 | C C (add#4) |
| G | Cmaj7/G | G | Cmaj7/G |
| G | Cmaj7/G | G | Cmaj7/G |
| 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 |
[Verse 3]
G C Cadd2 C
I'm calling' from a payphone,
G C D7sus2/C C
down around Lawrence bend
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2 C
I got me a pardon son
G C Cadd2
gonna do it all again
[Chorus]
G C
Come on down,
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2 C
to the penitentiary
G C
Oh mama the law came
G C C7
crashing down on me
G C
Come on down,
G C C7
to the penitentiary
G C
Oh mama the law came
G C
crashing down on me
G C D7sus2/C C
Come on down,
(Yoo-hoo-hoo)
G C
to the penitentiary
(yoo-hoo -hoo)
C7 G C
Oh mama the law came
(Yoo-hoo-hoo)
G C C (add#4)
crashing down on me
(yoo-hoo-hoo)
G