{"id":28609,"date":"2026-01-06T22:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28609"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:34:41","slug":"tijuana-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/tijuana-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Tijuana Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Tijuana Jail:The Kingston Trio.\r\n#12 in 1959.\r\n \r\nINTRO: G<\/span> C<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n \r\n#1.\r\nG<\/span>           C<\/span>                  G<\/span>\r\nWe went one day, about a month ago,\r\n                 D<\/span>          G<\/span>\r\nto have a little fun in Mexico.\r\n         C<\/span>                G<\/span>\r\nWe ended up in a gambling spot,\r\n                 D<\/span>                        G<\/span> G7<\/span>\r\nwhere the liquor flowed and the dice were hot.\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\nG7<\/span>          C<\/span>                  G<\/span>\r\nSo, here we are in the Tijuana Jail.\r\n             D<\/span>                  G<\/span>\r\nAin't got no friends, to go our bail.\r\nG7<\/span>             C<\/span>                    G<\/span>        G7<\/span>\r\nSo, here we'll stay, cause we can't pa-a-a-a-ay.\r\n              D<\/span>                   G<\/span>\r\nJust send our mail to the Tijuana Jail.\r\n \r\n#2.\r\n\r\nG<\/span>              C<\/span>                   G<\/span>\r\nI was shootin' dice, rakin' in the dough,\r\n           D<\/span>                  G<\/span>   G7<\/span>\r\nand then I heard that whistle blow.\r\nG7<\/span>            C<\/span>                 G<\/span>\r\nWe started to run when a man in blue,\r\n                   D<\/span>                      G<\/span>\r\nsaid, 'Senor, come with me.. cause I want you.'\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\nG7<\/span>          C<\/span>                  G<\/span>\r\nSo, here we are in the Tijuana Jail.\r\n             D<\/span>                  G<\/span>\r\nAin't got no friends, to go our bail.\r\nG7<\/span>             C<\/span>                    G<\/span>        G7<\/span>\r\nSo, here we'll stay, cause we can't pa-a-a-a-ay.\r\n              D<\/span>                   G<\/span>\r\nJust send our mail to the Tijuana Jail.\r\n \r\n#3.\r\nG<\/span>                 C<\/span>                          G<\/span>\r\nJust five hundred dollars and they'll set us free.\r\n                   D                        G G7\r\nI couldn't raise a penny, if you threatened me.\r\nG7          C                        G\r\nI know five hundred don't sound like much,\r\n                D                 G\r\nbut just try to find, somebody to touch.\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\nG7          C                  G\r\nSo, here we are in the Tijuana Jail.\r\n             D                  G\r\nAin't got no friends, to go our bail.\r\nG7             C                    G        G7\r\nSo, here we'll stay, cause we can't pa-a-a-a-ay.\r\n              D                   G\r\nJust send our mail to the Tijuana Jail.\r\n \r\nOUTRO:\r\nG7          C                  G\r\nSo, here we are in the Tijuana Jail.\r\n             D                  G\r\nAin't got no friends, to go our bail.\r\nG7             C                    G        G7\r\nSo, here we'll stay, cause we can't pa-a-a-a-ay.\r\n              D                   G\r\nJust send our mail to the Tijuana Jail.\r\n \r\n \r\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.\r\n
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The Tijuana Jail:The Kingston Trio. #12 in 1959. INTRO: G C D G #1. G C G We went one day, about a month ago, D G to have a little fun in Mexico. C G We ended up in a gambling spot, D G G7 where the liquor flowed … CLICK TO VIEW SONGTijuana Jail<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28610,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28609\/revisions\/28610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}