Old Judge Thayer
Old Judge Thayer

Old Judge Thayer easy guitar chords by Woody Guthrie

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    • Verse 1
    Old Judge 
    Thayer, 

    take 
    your 
    shackle 
    off of 
    me; 

    Old Judge 
    Thayer, take 
    your 

    shackle off 
    of 
    me. 

    Turn 
    your 
    key 
    and set me 
    free, 

    Old Judge 
    Thayer, 

    take 
    your shackle 
    off of 
    me. 

    The monkey unlocked 
    the 
    court
    house 
    door, 


    An' the elephant 
    oiled the 

    hardwood 
    floor; 

    In did 
    jump 
    the kangaroo, 

    An' in did 
    hop 
    the 
    rabbits, 
    too. 

    Next 
    in come 
    the two ba
    boons, 

    Next 
    in rolled 
    a dusty 
    storm, 

    Next 
    in waddled 
    the polar 
    bear 

    To keep the 
    judge 
    and jury 
    warm. 

    Ever'body 
    knows 
    Verse 2

    the mockingbird 

    Wrote down 
    ever' 
    word 

    he 
    heard; 

    The lawyers 
    all 
    were 
    foxy- 
    sly, 

    With 
    a foxy 
    nose 
    an' 
    a foxy 
    eye. 


    Verse 3

    The 
    'possum 
    used the 

    big stiff 
    broom, 

    Then he 
    polished 
    the new 
    spitoon; 

    Up did 
    smile 
    the cro
    codile, 

    Said, 
    "Here comes the 
    jury 

    down 
    the 
    aisle." 

    Verse 4
    Old momma 
    catfish 
    asked 
    the trout, 


    &QuotWhat's this 
    trial 

    here 
    all 
    about?" 

    Little baby 
    suckerfish upped 
    and said, 


    &QuotThe Judge 
    has caught him 

    a 
    couple 
    of 
    Reds." 

    Verse 5
    Well, the 
    rattlesnake 
    asked 
    the bumble 
    bee, 


    &QuotWho's this 
    Sacco 
    an' Vanzetti?" 

    &QuotAre they the 
    men," 
    asked 
    the momma 
    quail, 


    &QuotThat shot the 
    clerks 
    at 

    the Slater 
    Mill?" 

    The mosquito 
    sung out 
    Verse 6
    with his 
    wings, 

    Said, 
    "I was 
    there 
    an' seen 

    the whole 
    durn 
    thing; 

    Saw the 
    robbers 
    fire 
    their guns, 

    But I didn't 
    see these 
    men, 

    neither one." 

    Verse 7


    Well, 
    the big- eyed 
    owl 
    looked 
    around, 


    &QuotThey said that 

    Sacco's cap was 
    found 

    Down on 
    Pearl Street, 
    on 
    the 
    ground, 

    Where 
    the payroll 
    guards 
    both 
    got shot 

    down." 

    &QuotThat cap don't 
    fit on 
    Sacco's head," 

    Verse 8

    The big black 
    crow 
    flapped 
    up and 
    said, 


    &QuotThey tried that 
    cap 
    on 
    Sacco 
    here, 

    And 
    it fell 
    down 
    around 
    both 
    his 
    ears." 

    Well, 
    the camel 
    asked 
    the old 
    gir
    affe, 

    Verse 9

    &QuotDid these two 
    fellas 

    duck the 
    draft, 

    By runnin' 
    down 
    below 

    the Mexican 
    line? 

    To keep from 
    fightin' 
    on 

    the rich man's 
    side?" 

    The lumber 
    duck did 
    rattle 
    his bill, 
    Verse 10


    &QuotAll the ducks 
    and geese 

    are 
    flyin' 
    still 

    Down toward 
    Mexico's 
    warm 
    sun 

    To 
    try to 
    dodge 
    the rich man's 

    gun." 


    Verse 11

    Up did 
    waddle 
    a 
    lucey goose, 


    &QuotI think these 
    men 

    ought to be turned 
    loose. 

    But 
    Old Judge 
    Thayer

    , he swore 
    to his 
    friends 

    These 
    men'll 
    get a 
    chair or 

    the 
    noose." 

    Verse 12
    When the 
    guilty 
    ver
    dict 
    came, 

    An' 
    seven 
    years 
    in jail 
    they'd 
    laid, 


    When these 
    two men 
    there did 
    die, 

    The 
    animals 
    met on 
    the earth 

    and 
    sky. 

    Verse 13
    &QuotSee what 
    fear and 
    greed 
    can do, 

    See 
    how it 
    killed 
    these 
    sons 
    so true. 

    Us 
    varmints 
    has got 
    to get togeth
    er, too, 


    Before 
    Judge 
    Thayer 
    kills 
    me 
    and 
    you." 

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