Houndmouth - From the Hills Below the City
3. Penitentiary
Capo: 2
129 bpm
4/4
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You can very easily play this song as C, G, C, G the
whole way through, but it is more than that, if you
listen to this song, you can hear the extra little
notes that add to the song. I wrote them out here, If
it's too difficult, just play G or C. I wrote it out
extremely specifically. The only reason I wrote it
like this was for anybody that wanted it, but you
can very easily read it just using the major chords.
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E A D G B e
Cadd2: X 3 0 0 1 0
D7sus2/C: X 3 0 2 1 0
C7: X 3 2 3 1 0
Cmaj7/G: 3 3 2 0 0 0
G6: 3 2 0 0 3 0
G/B: X 3 0 0 1 0
G/G: X X 5 0 0 X
G/F#: X X 4 0 0 X
G/E: X X 2 0 0 X
G/D: X X 0 0 0 X
G/B: X 2 0 0 0 X
G/A: X 0 0 0 0 X
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[Intro]
( Cadd2 C )
G G6 C Cadd2 C G G6 C Cadd2 C
G G6 C Cadd2 C G G6 C D7sus2/C
[Verse 1]
G C Cadd2 C
I hid a batch in Frisco,
G C Cadd2 C
I couldn't score a job
G C Cadd2 C
So I did the next best thing
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2
and I learned how to rob
G C Cadd2 C
I took that train to Houston,
G C Cadd2 C
but I couldn't get away
G
From the five and dive,
C Cadd2 C
'bout the time,
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2
the constable would say
[Chorus]
G C D7sus2/C C
Come on down,
G C Cadd2 C C7
to the penitentiary
G C D7sus2/C C
Oh mama the law came
G C
crashing down on me
G C G G6 C
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
G C G G6 C D7sus2/C Cadd2
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
[Verse 2]
G C Cadd2 C
Playing stud in the evening',
G C D7sus2/C C
and solitaire at night
G C Cadd2 C
Leon's got the cigarettes,
G C G/B Am
and Capone has got the light
G C Cadd2 C
Now I'm shifting squares, with
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2 C
a man from Arkansas
G C Cadd2 C
He took my rook oh lord,
G C G/B Am
and my kings about to fall
[Chorus]
G C D7sus2/C C
Come on down,
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2 C
to the penitentiary
G C D7sus2/C C
Oh mama the law came
G C
crashing down on me
G C G G6 C
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
G C G G6 C D7sus2/C Cadd2
Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo
[Solo]
| G6 | C D7sus2/C Cadd2 Cmaj7 | G6 | C Cmaj7 |
| G6 | C Cmaj7 | G6 | C C (add#4) |
| G | Cmaj7/G | G | Cmaj7/G |
| G | Cmaj7/G | G | Cmaj7/G |
| G/G G/F# G/E G/D | G G/F# G/E G/D |
| G G/F# G/E G/D | G/E G/D G/B G/B G/A G |
[Verse 3]
G C Cadd2 C
I'm calling' from a payphone,
G C D7sus2/C C
down around Lawrence bend
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2 C
I got me a pardon son
G C Cadd2
gonna do it all again
[Chorus]
G C
Come on down,
G C D7sus2/C Cadd2 C
to the penitentiary
G C
Oh mama the law came
G C C7
crashing down on me
G C
Come on down,
G C C7
to the penitentiary
G C
Oh mama the law came
G C
crashing down on me
G C D7sus2/C C
Come on down,
(Yoo-hoo-hoo)
G C
to the penitentiary
(yoo-hoo -hoo)
C7 G C
Oh mama the law came
(Yoo-hoo-hoo)
G C C (add#4)
crashing down on me
(yoo-hoo-hoo)
G
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