High Sheriff Blues chords by
Charley Patton

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Key: Bb major

Verse 1
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Get in trouble at Belzoni,
there ain't no use a- screamin'
Gm Gm 3
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And cryin'
C C 
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Get in trouble in Belzoni,
there ain't no use a- screamin'
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Gm Gm 3
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G G 
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And cryin'
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Mr. Will will take you,
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G G 
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back to Belzoni   jailhouse flyin'

Verse 2
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Le' me tell you folksies, how
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he treated me
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Le' me tell you folksies, how
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Gm Gm 3
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G G 
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he treated me
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An' he put me in a cellar,
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just as dark as  it could be

Verse 3
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There I laid one evenin',
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Mr. Purvis was standin' 'round
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There I laid one evenin',
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Gm Gm 3
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Mr. Purvis was standin' 'round
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Mr. Purvis told Mr. Will to,
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let poor Charley down

Verse 4
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It takes booze and blues, Lord,
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to carry me through
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Takes booze and blues, Lord,
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to carry me through
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But it did seem like years,
in a jailhouse where there is
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No boo'

Verse 5
I got up one mornin',
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feelin' awe, hmm
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I got up one mornin',
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feelin' mighty bad, hmm
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An' it might not a- been them
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G G 
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Belzoni jail I had
(Blues I had, boys)

Verse 6
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While I was in trouble,
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ain't no use a- screamin'
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When I  was in prison,
it ain't no use a- screamin and
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Gm Gm 3
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G G 
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Cryin'
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Mr. Purvis the onliest man could,
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ease that pain of mine

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