Starkville City Jail
Ton : BbEnglish
Couplet
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F7The Bbtown had gone to F7Bbsleep and I was F7feeBblin' fairF7ly well. Bb
I Bb7strolEbled along Bb7the sideEbwalk 'neath the Bb7sweet Ebmagnolia Bb7trees; Eb
I F7was Bbwhistlin' pickin' F7floBbwers swayin' F7in Bbthe souF7thern Bbbreeze.
I Ffound myself C7surFrounded; one poC7liceFman said: "C7That's him. F
EbCome along Bb7wild Ebflowerchild. Don't Bb7you know Ebthat it's two a.Bb7m." E
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They're bound E7to get Fyou.
'Cause they got E7a curEfew.
And you go Gb7to the FStarkEbville D(dim)City jail. F7 Bb
Couplet
Well they threw me in the car and started driving into town;
I said: "What the hell did I do?" He said: "Shut up and sit down."
Well they emptied out my pockets took my pills and guitar picks.
I said: "Wait my name is..." "Aw shut up." Well I sure was in a fix.
The sergeant put me in a cell then he went home for the night;
I said: "Come back here you so and so; I ain't bein' treated right."
Refrain
Well they're bound to get you cause they got a curfew
And you go to the Starkville City Jail.
Couplet
I started pacin' back and forth and now and then I'd yell
And kick my forty dollar shoes against the steel floor of my cell.
I'd walk awhile and kick awhile and all night nobody came.
Then I sadly remembered that they didn't even take my name.
At 8 a.m. they let me out. I said: "Gimme them things of mine!"
They gave me a sneer and a guitar pick and a yellow dandelion.
Refrain
They're bound to get you cause they got a curfew
And you go to the Starkville City Jail.