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