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