Starkville City Jail Chords by Johnny Cash

The track was written & sung by Johnny Cash.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: A
• Chords: C, F, G
• BPM: 100
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: Starkville City Jail
• Artist: Johnny Cash
• Written by Johnny Cash
• Produced by Bob Johnston
• Album: At San Quentin
• Released Date: 4 June 1969

[Verse]

C
Well I left my motel room down 

At the Starkville Motel
   C
The town had gone to sleep and 

I was feelin' fairly well
   F
I strolled along the sidewalk 

'neath the sweet magnolia trees
   C
I was whistlin', pickin' flowers, 

Swayin' in the southern breeze
   G
I found myself surrounded 

One policeman said that's him
 F
Come along, wild flowerchild don't 

You know that it's 2 AM?
                  G
They're bound to get you
               F
Cause they got a curfew
                  G                C
And you go to the Starkville City jail
 
[Verse]

 C
Well they threw me in the car and 

Started driving into town
C
I said What the hell did I do? 

He said Shut up and sit down
F
Well they emptied out my pockets 

Took my pills and guitar picks
C
I said wait my name is aww 

Shut up well 

I sure was in a fix
  G
The sergeant put me in a cell then 

He went home for the night
  F
I said Come back here you so and so 

I ain't bein' treated right
                       G
Well they're bound to get you
                   F
Cause they got a curfew
                  G                  C
And you go to the Starkville City Jail
 
[Verse]

 C
I started pacin' back and forth, 

And now and then I'd yell
 C
And kick my forty dollar shoes against 

The steel door of my cell
 F
I'd walk awhile and kick awhile and 

All night nobody came
 C
Then I sadly remembered they 

Didn't even take my name
 G
At 8 AM they let me out 

I said gimme them things of mine
 F
They gimme a sneer and a guitar pick 

And a yella dandelion
                      G
Well they're bound to get you
                   F
Cause they got a curfew,
                   G             C
And you go to the Starkville City Jail
                   G             C
And you go to the Starkville City Jail

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