[Intro]
D A E E
[Verse 1]
A E
I went down to the county jail and turned myself in
A
Spending all my weekends here, far from my good-timing friends
D
Things just went from bad to worse but I don't know when
A E A
The only thing I know for sure is I ain't going back again
[Verse 2]
A E
They took me down to cellblock B after stripping off my clothes
A
Put me in a monkey suit and threw me in the throes
D
Like a rat in a maze, a cow in the herd ar a sparrow with a broken wing
A E A
Now I know the reason why the caged bird has to sing
[Chorus]
E D A
Cause I'm just a weekender in the Davidson County Jail
E D A
And my old man, he ain't got the cash to even go my bail
A7 D
Should have listened to my mama and quit my life of sin
A E A
Before I went backsliding again
[Verse 3]
A E
This bed is hard and the room is cold and my cellmate's got a cough
A
She takes her meds and sleeps all day got six more weeks til she's off
D
She said she beat her boyfriend up while high on crack cocaine
A E A
And now she sits and watches her young life go down the drain
[Chorus]
E D A
Cause she's just a weekender in the Davidson County Jail
E D A
Her old man ain't got the cash to even go her bail
A7 D
She should have listened to her mama and quit her life of sin
A E A
Before she went backsliding again
[Solo]
(like the chorus)
E E D A
E E D A
A A A D
A E A A
[Verse 4]
A E
Walk into some other room, they tried to make me eat
A
Red-dyed gravy, cardboard bread and something that looked like meat
D
One tough girl from cellblock C, picked a fight with the man at the desk
A E A
Mighty soon was sent back to her room and I bet you know the rest
[Chorus]
E D A
Cause we're all just weekenders in the Davidson County Jail
E D A
My old man ain't got the cash to even call my bail
A7 D
Should have listened to the good Lord, maybe quit my life of sin
A E A
Before I went backsliding again
E A
Before I went backsliding again