Verse
F
Went out last night just to take a look around
E
I met Little Sadie and I brought her down
F#
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
Ab
They overtook me down to Jericho
[Verse 3]
D#
Standing on the corner just a-ringing my bell
E
Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
F F#
He says, "Young man is your name Brown?
Bm
Remember you blowed little Sadie down?"
[Verse 4]
Bm
"Oh, yes sir my name is Lee
F#m
I murdered little Sadie in first degree"
Em
"First degree, second degree
Am E
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]
A#
Now, the judge and the jury, they took their stand
D# D#m
The judge had the papers in his right hand
A# Gm
Forty-one days, forty-one nights
D# D#m
Forty-one years with the ball and stripes... oh, no!
[Verse 7]
A# Gm
Went out last night to take a little round
Dm F7
I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down
A# Dm
I ran right home and I went to bed
D# Cm D#m A#
G forty-four smokeless under ... my ... head