Verse
D
Went out last night just to take a look around
C#
I met Little Sadie and I brought her down
D#
I ran right home and I went to bed
E
With a forty-four smokeless under my head
[Verse 2]
E
I began to think of what a deed I done
E
I grabbed my hat and I began to run
E
I made a good run but I run too slow
F
They overtook me down to Jericho
[Verse 3]
C
Standing on the corner just a-ringing my bell
C#
Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
D D#
He says, "Young man is your name Brown?
G#m
Remember you blowed little Sadie down?"
[Verse 4]
G#m
"Oh, yes sir my name is Lee
D#m
I murdered little Sadie in first degree"
C#m
"First degree, second degree
F#m C#
If you've got any papers, will you serve them to me?"
[Verse 5]
A E
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
E
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 Cm
The judge had the papers in his right hand
G Em
Forty-one days, forty-one nights
C Cm
Forty-one years with the ball and stripes... oh, no!
[Verse 7]
G Em
Went out last night to take a little round
Bm D7
I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down
G Bm
I ran right home and I went to bed
C Am Cm G
E forty-four smokeless under ... my ... head