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Old Judge Thayer chords by 
Woody Guthrie 
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Key: Eb major•BPM: 64
Verse 1
D
E
A
D
Old Judge Thayer,
A
D
A
D
take your shackle off of me;
Old Judge Thayer, take your
A
D
shackle off of me.
A
Turn your key and set me free,
Old Judge Thayer,
D
take your shackle off of me.
A
The monkey unlocked the courthouse door,
An' the elephant oiled the
D
hardwood floor;
In did jump the kangaroo,
A
D
An' in did hop the rabbits, too.
A
Next in come the two baboons,
D
Next in rolled a dusty storm,
A
Next in waddled the polar bear
D
To keep the judge and jury warm.
A
Ever'body knows
Verse 2
the mockingbird
Wrote down ever' word
D
he heard;
A
The lawyers all were foxy- sly,
D
With a foxy nose an' a foxy eye.
A
D
Verse 3
A
The 'possum used the
big stiff broom,
D
Then he polished the new spitoon;
Up did smile the crocodile,
A
Said, "Here comes the jury
D
down the aisle."
Verse 4
A
Old momma catfish asked the trout,
&QuotWhat's this trial
D
here all about?"
A
Little baby suckerfish upped and said,
&QuotThe Judge has caught him
D
a couple of Reds."
Verse 5
A
Well, the rattlesnake asked the bumble bee,
&QuotWho's this Sacco an' Vanzetti?"
D
A
&QuotAre they the men," asked the momma quail,
&QuotThat shot the clerks at
D
the Slater Mill?"
A
The mosquito sung out
Verse 6
with his wings,
Said, "I was there an' seen
D
the whole durn thing;
A
Saw the robbers fire their guns,
But I didn't see these men,
D
neither one."
A
D
A
Verse 7
D
A
Well, the big- eyed owl looked around,
&QuotThey said that
D
Sacco's cap was found
A
Down on Pearl Street, on the ground,
Where the payroll guards both got shot
D
down."
A
&QuotThat cap don't fit on Sacco's head,"
Verse 8
D
The big black crow flapped up and said,
G
&QuotThey tried that cap on Sacco here,
A
D
And it fell down around both his ears."
A
Well, the camel asked the old giraffe,
Verse 9
&QuotDid these two fellas
D
duck the draft,
By runnin' down below
A
the Mexican line?
To keep from fightin' on
D
the rich man's side?"
A
The lumber duck did rattle his bill,
Verse 10
&QuotAll the ducks and geese
D
are flyin' still
G
A
Down toward Mexico's warm sun
To try to dodge the rich man's
D
gun."
A
D
A
D
Verse 11
A
Up did waddle a lucey goose,
&QuotI think these men
D
ought to be turned loose.
But Old Judge Thayer
A
, he swore to his friends
These men'll get a chair or
D
the noose."
Verse 12
D
A
When the guilty verdict came,
D
An' seven years in jail they'd laid,
A
When these two men there did die,
The animals met on the earth
D
and sky.
Verse 13
A
&QuotSee what fear and greed can do,
D
See how it killed these sons so true.
A
Us varmints has got to get together, too,
D
Before Judge Thayer kills me and you."
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