Am

                Am      F          G                 Am  Am G Am
They took my baby               to Holloway jail, 
                G       F              Am     
They took my baby,        down Holloway jail, 
                C              G        D7
She was a lady when she went in, 
                Am   F            G       Am    Am G Am  Am G Am x10
Now she's in jail,      and it's giving me hell. 

Am              F                  G         Am     Am G Am x 2
She was just succeeding in the city, 
Am              F                  G         Am     Am G Am x2
She was just beginning to excel, 
             C                    G
And then a spiv named Frankie Simes 
          C             D7
Led her to a life of crime, 
         D7             G         C
And led her on the downward trail. 
Am                 F               G         Am     Am G Am
Frankie came home late from work one evening, 
Am                 F    G       Am     Am G Am
The C.I.D. were hot on his trail, 
             C          G
Frankie promised everything, 
                C                    D7
And then he went and turned her in, 
          D7               G       C
She went and took the rap for him
                G                D7
Now she's impaled in Holloway jail. 

                Am      F       G    Am
They took my baby, down Holloway jail, 
                G      F                       Am
They took my baby        to Holloway jail
                C                       G   D7
There ain't no pity, there ain't no bail, 
               Am       F            G           Am    Am G Am
And she assures me           that it's living hell. 

Am               F   G        Am     Am G Am
She was young and ever so pretty, 
Am               F   G     Am     Am G Am
Now she looks so old and pale, 
        C            G
She never sees the day, 
        C               D7
She wastes her life away, 
D7              G      C
Sitting in that prison cell. 

                Am      F             G     Am    G   Am
They took my baby               to Holloway jail, 
                    G      F           Am     G  Am
They locked my baby     in Holloway jail, 
                 C               G     D7
She was a lady when she went in, 
                Am    F                G      Am   Am G   Am
Now she's in jail, and it's giving me hell. 
            G                   D7
She's impaled, in Holloway jail.