NOBODY KNOWS BUT ME
JIMMIE RODGERS
VERSE 1:
Nobody knows bout the jailhouse blues,
Till you get within four walls,
And the old jailer man turns that big black key,
That s when your spirit falls.
Then you drag yourself up to the bars
and while you gaze out at the stars
this is what you say...
CHORUS:
Why did I stray from the righteous path,
Nobody knows but me,
There on the outside you all can laugh,
I don t need your sympathy.
For after I ve paid for the liquor I sold,
I ll leave this place worth my weight in gold.
So why did I stray from the righteous path,
Nobody knows but me.
Nobody knows but me.
VERSE 2:
When you realize that you re all alone,
Sitting in a two by four
that little cell is just a taste of hell,
If you ain t been there before.
You are locked up tight, but they treat you fair.
You get ev rything that you need in there
that s just why you say...
CHORUS:
Why did I stray from the righteous path,
Nobody knows but me,
There on the outside you all can laugh,
I don t need your sympathy.
For after I ve paid for the liquor I sold,
I ll leave this place worth my weight in gold.
So why did I stray from the righteous path,
Nobody knows but me.
Nobody knows but me.
Edited and transposed from tab shown at:
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