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