Shelby County Jail

E                                 
I was leavin up through 
         B
mississippi, i was only passin 
through
        A            E            
But the police up in Memphis, they
     D      A       E
 can give a man the blues
And I didn't lose like i was 
                        B
supposed to, and that casino man got
 mad
         A              E         
Said the fat man to the law man, 
       D        A       E
get him back and you get half


[Chorus]
                A                 
 And I'm on the wrong side of the 
E
barbed wire
       B
im all alone and i can't make bail
           A             E        
It makes a man miss mississippi in
      D      A      E
 that shelby county jail


[Verse 2]
E                               B
Well the wardens new sunglasses sure
 do look like mine
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           A                  E   
You better bring your daddy's 
              D      A      E
money 'cross that shelby county line


[Chorus]
               A                
And I'm on the wrong side of the 
 E
barbed wire
       B
im all alone and i can't make bail
             A             E      
It'll make a man miss mississippi 
        D      A      E
in that shelby county jail


[Verse 3]
        A             D           
freight train, headin south where 
A      E
i want to
      A             D      A     
but i can't, til my thirty days 
   E
are through
       A                       
oh now what else can a poor boy 
             E
dooooo yeah yeah  (solo)


[Bridge]
               E
Shoulda stayed away from that casino
              B
can't go back home if you got won
         A                  E
im gonna kiss the ground in my home 
town
        B       A       E
when my time in here is done


[Chorus]
               A                
And I'm on the wrong side of the 
 E
barbed wire
       B
im all alone and i can't make bail
           A             E        
It makes a man miss mississippi in
      D      A      E
 that shelby county jail  x2