Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues chords by
Blind Lemon Jefferson

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Key: C major

Verse 1
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Take Fort Worth for your dressing
and take Dallas all for your style
Take Fort Worth for your dressing,
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Dallas all for your style
If you wanna go to the state penitentiary,
go to Groesbeck for your trial

Verse 2
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I hung around Groesbeck, and
I worked in showers of rain
I say, I hung around Groesbeck,
I worked in hard showers of rain
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I never felt the least bit uneasy,
till I caught that penitentiary bound train

Verse 3
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I used to be a drunkard,
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I was rowdy everywhere I go
I used to be a drunkard and rowdy
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everywhere I go
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If I ever get out of this trouble I'm in, I won't
be rowdy no more

Verse 4
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Boys, don't be bad,
please don't crowd your mind
I said, boys, don't be bad and please
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C C 
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don't crowd your mind
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If you happen to get in trouble in Groesbeck,

Verse 5
they're gonna send you penitentiary flyin'
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I want you to stop and study, and
don't take nobody's life
I want you to stop and study,
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don't take nobody's life
They've got walls at the state penitentiary you
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can't jump, man they high as the sky
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ChordsC A Eb Am

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