Intro (CC)d2 GGCCCGGCCCdd2 GGCCCGGCD7sus2/C Verse 1 G C Cadd2 I hid a batch in Frisco, G C Cadd2 I couldn't score a job G C CadC2 So I did the next best thing G C Cadd22/C and I learned how to rob G C Cadd2 I took that train to Houston, G CCadd2 but I couldn't get away G From the five and dive, C CCdd2 'bout the time, G C DCadd2/C the constable would say Chorus G C DCsus2/C Come on down, G C C7dd2 to the penitentiary G C C7sus2/C Oh mama the law came G C crashing down on me G C G C6 Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo G C G Cadd22/C Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo Verse 2 G C CCdd2 Playing stud in the evening', G C C7sus2/C and solitaire at night G C Cadd2 Leon's got the cigarettes, G C AmB and Capone has got the light G C CCdd2 Now I'm shifting squares, with G C Cadd22/C a man from Arkansas G C CadC2 He took my rook oh lord, G C AmB and my kings about to fall Chorus G C DCsus2/C Come on down, G C Cadd22/C to the penitentiary G C D7Cus2/C Oh mama the law came G C crashing down on me G C G C6 Yoo-hoo-hoo, yoo-hoo-hoo G C G Cadd22/C 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 I'm calling' from a payphone, G C C7sus2/C down around Lawrence bend G C Cadd22/C I got me a pardon son G C Cadd2 gonna do it all again Chorus G C Come on down, G C Cadd22/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 C7sus2/C Come on down, (Yoo-hoo-hoo) G C to the penitentiary (yoo-hoo -hoo) CG C Oh mama the law came (Yoo-hoo-hoo) G C(add#4) crashing down on me (yoo-hoo-hoo) G