Pickpocket Blues chords by Bessie Smith

SimplifiedC · C#dim · G · E · A …

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C
C#dim
G
E
A
D
Am
Abdim
Bm
F

Intro 1

C#dim

Verse 1
G 
My best man,
E 
my best friend
A 
D 
G 
D 
Told me to stop peddlin' gin
G 
E 
They even told me to keep my hands
A 
D 
Out of people's pocket where
Am 
D 
their money was in

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Verse 2

But I wouldn't listen or have any shame

Long as someone else

would take the blame

Abdim

Now I can see

it all come home to me

I'm

Verse 3

sittin' in the jailhouse now

I mean, I'm in the jailhouse now

Abdim

Verse 4
E 
D 
Abdim 
D 
done stop runnin'
Abdim 
D 
E 
A 
around   with this one
D 
And these good lookin' browns
G 
Any time you see me,
I was good time bound
C 
G 
D 
G 
With this one, that one, most all in town

Verse 5
C 
A 
G 
E 
I'm in the jailhouse now
A 
D 
G 
Abdim 
I'm sittin' in the jailhouse now
A 
D 
G 
I'm sittin' in the jailhouse now
C 
D 
I mean, I'm in the jailhouse
G 
C#dim 
A 
Bm 
now

Verse 6
D 
Abdim 
A 
D 
I done stop runnin' around
E 
A 
D 
With all of my good lookin' browns
G 
Any time you see me,
G 
I was good time bound
C 
G 
C 
With this one, that one, most all in town
A 
I'm in the jailhouse now