Kinks	Muswell Hillbillies

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		 Am

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			Am

She's impaled, in Holloway jail.