Little Sadie chords by Clarence Ashley

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Verse 1
Em 
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 (E minor)  (D major) 
Em 
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Em 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
Went out one night
for to make a little round
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I met little  (D major) Sadie and I shot
Em 
her  (E minor) down
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 (D major) Went back home and I got in my bed
Em 
 (E minor) Forty four pistol under my head
Wake up next morning 'bout a half past nine

Verse 2
The hacks and the buggies
Em 
 (E minor) 
all standing in line
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Em 
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Gents and  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) the gamblers
standing all round
Taking little Sadie to her burying ground

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Verse 3

Then I begin to think what a deed I'd done

I grabbed my hat and away I run

Made a good run but

a little too slow

They overtook me in Jericho

Verse 4
I was standing on the corner,
reading the bill
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When up stepped the  (D major) sheriff from
Em 
Thomas (E minor) ville
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He said, young  (D major) man,
Em 
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ain't  (E minor) your name  (D major) Brown?
Em 
Remem (E minor) ber the night you shot Sadie
down?
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Em 
 (D major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
 (D major)  (E minor) 

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) I said, yes, sir, my name is Lee
I murdered little Sadie in the
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 (D major) first degree
And first degree and the second degree
Em 
If you  (E minor) got any papers, won't you read 'em to
me?
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Em 
D 
Em 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
D 
Em 
 (D major)  (E minor) 

Verse 6
Em 
 (E minor) 
They took me downtown
and dressed me in black
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Put me on the  (D major) train
Em 
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and started me  (E minor) back  (D major) 
Em 
They  (E minor) crammed me back
in that Thomasville jail
And I had no money for to go my bail
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That  (D major) 

Verse 7
Em 
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 (E minor)  (D major) 
Em 
 (E minor) judge and the jury, they
took their stand
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The judge had the  (D major) pa pers in
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 (E minor) his right hand
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Forty one days and  (D major) forty one nights
Em 
 (E minor) Forty one years to wear the ball and
the stripes
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 (D major) 
Em 
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Em 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 