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	Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	Am
They took my bab	y	to Ho	lloway jail,

	G	F	Am
They took my bab	y,	down Holloway	jail,

	C	G	--	D7
She was a lady w	hen she went in	,

Am (F G) Am (Am G Am Am G Am x10

Now she's in jail, and it's giving me hell.

Am (F G) Am (Am G Am x 2)

She was just succeeding in the city,

Am (F G) Am (Am G Am x2)

She was just beginning to excel,

	C	G
And then a sp	iv named Frankie Sime	s

	C	D7
Led her to	a life of cri	me,

	D7	G	C
And led h	er on the downw	ard trail.

	Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	Am
	Frankie came home l	ate from work one	evening,

	Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	Am
	The C.I.D. were hot	on hi	s trail,

	C	G
Frankie promi	sed everyth	ing,

	C	D7
And then he went	and turned her in,

	D7	G	C
She went a	nd took the rap f	or him

	G	Am
Now she's impale	d in Holloway jai	l.

	Am	F	G	Am
They took my bab	y, down	Holloway j	ail,

	G	F	Am
They took my bab	y	to Holloway jail

	C	G---D7
There ain't no p	ity, there ain't no bail	,

	Am	F	G	Am	Am	G
And she assures	me	that it's	living hell.

	Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	Am
	She was young and	ever	so pretty	,

	Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	Am
	Now she looks so	old a	nd pale	,

	C	G
She neve	r sees the da	y,

	C	D7
She wast	es her life away	,

	D7	G	C
	Sitting in that	prison c	ell.

	Am	F	G	Am	G	Am
They took my bab	y	to Hollo	way jai	l,

	G	F	Am	G	Am
They locked my baby	in	Holloway jail	,

	C	G	--	D7
She was a lady wh	en she went in,

	Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	Am
Now she's in jai	l, and	it's givi	ng me he	ll.

	G	Am
She's impale	d, in Holloway jail.

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Holloway Jail

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