Verse
C
Went out last night just to take a look around
B
I met Little Sadie and I brought her down
C#
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
Eb
They overtook me down to Jericho
[Verse 3]
A#
Standing on the corner just a-ringing my bell
B
Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
C C#
He says, "Young man is your name Brown?
F#m
Remember you blowed little Sadie down?"
[Verse 4]
F#m
"Oh, yes sir my name is Lee
C#m
I murdered little Sadie in first degree"
Bm
"First degree, second degree
Em B
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
A# A#m
The judge had the papers in his right hand
F Dm
Forty-one days, forty-one nights
A# A#m
Forty-one years with the ball and stripes... oh, no!
[Verse 7]
F Dm
Went out last night to take a little round
Am C7
I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down
F Am
I ran right home and I went to bed
A# Gm A#m F
D forty-four smokeless under ... my ... head