Verse
A
Went out last night just to take a look around
G#
I met Little Sadie and I brought her down
A#
I ran right home and I went to bed
B
With a forty-four smokeless under my head
[Verse 2]
B
I began to think of what a deed I done
B
I grabbed my hat and I began to run
B
I made a good run but I run too slow
C
They overtook me down to Jericho
[Verse 3]
G
Standing on the corner just a-ringing my bell
G#
Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
A A#
He says, "Young man is your name Brown?
D#m
Remember you blowed little Sadie down?"
[Verse 4]
D#m
"Oh, yes sir my name is Lee
A#m
I murdered little Sadie in first degree"
G#m
"First degree, second degree
C#m G#
If you've got any papers, will you serve them to me?"
[Verse 5]
E B
Well, they took me down town and they dressed me in black
A E
They put me on a train and they sent me back
B
I had no one for to go my bail
A E
They crammed me back into the county jail
(Oh, yes, they did)
[Verse 6]
D
Now, the judge and the jury, they took their stand
G Gm
The judge had the papers in his right hand
D Bm
Forty-one days, forty-one nights
G Gm
Forty-one years with the ball and stripes... oh, no!
[Verse 7]
D Bm
Went out last night to take a little round
F#m A7
I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down
D F#m
I ran right home and I went to bed
G Em Gm D
B forty-four smokeless under ... my ... head