Holloway Jail Chords - Kinks






Holloway Jail
KinksMuswell Hillbillies
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Am(F     G)         Am  Am G Am
They took my baby to Holloway jail, 
GFAm
They took my baby,        down Holloway jail, 
        C       (G   --   D7)
She was a lady when 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 spiv named Frankie Simes 
  CD7
Led her to a life of crime, 
         D7G   C
And led her on the downward trail. 
Am                 (F            G)         Am     Am G Am
Frankie came home late from work one evening, 
Am            (F    G)       Am     Am G Am
The C.I.D. were hot on his trail, 
     CG
Frankie promised everything, 
C     D7
And then he went and turned her in, 
          D7   G    C
She went and took the rap for him
G Am
Now she's impaled in Holloway jail. 


Am(F  G) Am
They took my baby, down Holloway jail, 
G      F     Am
They took my baby to Holloway jail
C       (G---D7)
There ain't no pity, there ain't no bail, 
       Am   (F       G)     Am    (Am G Am)
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 and pale, 
C     G
She never sees the day, 
CD7
She wastes her life away, 
D7GC
Sitting in that prison cell. 

Am(F  G)     Am    G   Am
They took my baby to Holloway jail, 
    G      FAmG  Am
They locked my baby     in Holloway jail, 
         C         (G  -- D7)
She was a lady when she went in, 
Am    FGAm   Am G   Am
Now she's in jail, and it's giving me hell. 
    GAm
She's impaled, in Holloway jail.