Found this and transposed it so it matches the recording Bessie Smith did, kinda:
Credit to the original poster.
G G7 C Eb
He said Judge your honor Hear my plea
G D G D7
Before you open up your court
G G7 C Eb
I don't crave no sympathy
A A D D
for what I have to report
D D G G
I caught her with a gambling Joe
D D G G
I had warned her about once before
A A A A
I pulled my knife, and I went insane
A A D7 G+
the rest you already know
G G7 C Eb
he said Judge Judge good kind judge
G D G D7
send me to the lectric chair
G G7 C Eb
he said Judge Judge hear me Judge
A A D D
I want to get out of here
G G
I want to take a journey to the devil down below
C
I sliced up my sweet petootie
Eb
I gotta reap just what I sow
G G C Eb
So Judge Judge here me Judge
G D G D7
and send me to the lectric chair
G G7 C Eb
G D G D7
G G7 C Eb
A A D D
G G
C Eb
G G7 C Eb
G D G D7
He said Judge oh listen to me Judge
Please now send me to the lectric chair
He said Judge, your honor, mister, sir
I love that girl so dear
I don't want no bondsman to go my bail
and I don't want to spend no 99 years stuck in your stinkin jail
Judge judge here me judge
send me to the lectric chair
G G7 C Eb
G D G D7
G G7 C Eb
A A D D
G G
C Eb
G G7 C Eb
G D G D7
He said Judge, aw Judge, Mr Sirica please
send me to the lectric chair
Aw Judge, Now Judge, Meister Judge
Burn me cause I don't care
First I cut her with my barlow
and then I kinda kicked her in the side
and then I stood there laughing on her
while she buckled up an died
So judge, judge here me Judge
and send me to the lectric chair
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