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