Weekender Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]I went down to the county jail
And turned myself [D]in
Spending all my weekends here
Far from my good-timing friends
friend[G]s
Things just went from bad to worse
But I don't know [C]when
The only thing I [G]know for sure
Is I [D]ain't going back [G]again[C][G]

[Verse 2]
They [G]took me down to cellblock B
After stripping off my [D]clothes
Put me in a monkey suit
And threw me in the [G]throes
Like a rat in a maze
A cow in the herd
Or a sparrow with a broken [C]wing[Cm]
[C]Now I know the [G]reason why
The [D]caged bird has to [G]sing

[Verse 3]
'Cause I'm [D]just a weekender
In the [C]Davidson County [G]Jail
And [D]my old man, he ain't got the cash
To [C]even go my [G]bail
Should have listened to my mama
And quit my life [C]of sin
Be[G]fore I went [D]backsliding again
[G]

[Verse 4]
This bed is hard and the room is cold
And my cellmate's got [D]a cough
She takes her meds and sleeps all day
Got six more weeks til she's [G]off
She said she beat her boyfriend up
While high on crack co[C]caine
And now she sits and [G]watches
Her [D]life go down the [G]drain

[Verse 5]
'Cause she's [D]just a weekender
In the [C]Davidson County [G]Jail
[D]Her old man ain't got the cash
To [C]even go her [G]bail
She should have listened to her mama
And quit her life of [C]sin
Be[G]fore she went back[D]sliding again
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[D][C][G][D]
[C][G][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 6]
Walk into some [G]other room
They tried to make me [D]eat
Red-dyed gravy, gravy, cardboard bread
And something that looked like [G]meat
One tough girl from cellblock C
Picked a fight with the man at the [C]desk
Mighty soon was sent [G]back to her room
And I [D]bet you know the [G]rest

[Verse 7]
'Cause [D]we're all just weekenders
In the [C]Davidson County [G]Jail
[D]My old man ain't got the cash
To [C]even call my [G]bail
Should have listened to the good Lord
Maybe quit my life of [C]sin
Be[G]fore I went back[D]sliding [G]again
Before I went back[D]sliding again
[G]