Send Me To The Electric Chair chords by Hoyt Axton

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (E major)  (F sharp minor)  (C major)  (B major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (Bdim)  (A major) Judge
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 (D major) Johanna,
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 (G major) hear my plea
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Before  (E minor) you open  (A major) up your court,  (D major)  (G major) yeah
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But  (A major)  (D major) I don't want no  (G major) sympathy
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Cause  (E major) I  done cut my good gal's throat
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 (A major) I  (E minor) caught her with  (A major) a  (D major) trifling
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man  (E flatdim)  (Cdim) 
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 (E minor) I   warned her  (A major) twice be
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 (D major) fore I  (E minor) had my  (E major) knife
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and I  (A major) went insane
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 (C major) And the  (E major) rest you ought to know  (A major) 
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 (D major) Judge,  (E major) please  (D major) Mr.  (B major) Judge
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Send  (E major) me to the  (A major) electric chair  (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Judge, Judge,  (E major) good  (B major) Mr. Judge
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Let  (E major) me go away from here
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 (A major) Oh, I  (E major) want to take  (D major) a  journey
to the devil down below,
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 (F major) I  (G major) done killed my gal,
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I wanna reap  (A flatdim) just what I  (Fdim) sow,
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 (G major) yeah.  (D major) 
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Judge, judge,  (E major) lordy,  (B major) lordy, judge,
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 (E major) send me  (E minor) to  the  (A major) electric chair.  (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Judge,  (A major) judge, yeah,  (B major) hear me, judge,
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send  (E major) me to the  (A major) electric chair.  (D major) 
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Mmm,  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) Judge,  (E major) Judge,  (A major) 
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 (D major) they  (B major) send me their judge
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Oh,  (E major) I loved her so  (A major) dear
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I  (D major) cut  (E major) her with  (Bdim) my     bar (B major) low,
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I  (A minor) got  (E major) her in  (D major) a side
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I  (G major) stood there laughing over her (E major) 
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while  (Fdim) she balled around an (E major) d  died  (B major) 
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 (D major) Judge,  (E major) Judge, oh  (B major)  (C major) yeah, Judge  (B major) 
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Send  (E major) me to the  (A major) electric chair  (D major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (F sharp minor)  (B major) 
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 (Fdim) I  (E major)  (A major) say now,  (D major) Judge,  (A major) Judge,
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 (F major) oh  (F sharp major) please Mr.  (B major) Judge,
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send  (E major) me  (A major) to the electric chair,  (D major)  (E major) oh
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 (D major) Judge,  (E major) Judge,
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Mmm,  (A major) good  (F sharp major) -kind  (B major) judge,
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burn  (E major) me cause I don't care
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 (A major) I  don't  (B minor) want no bald  (B major) -headed  (F sharp major) woman
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to go  (C major)  (D major) my bail
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I  (G major) don't wanna spend no ninety,
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ninety,  (B major) ninety -nine,  (E major) nine years in jail
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 (D major) Judge,  (E major) judge,  (A major) oh  (D major)  (F sharp major) please  (B major) judge,
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 (E major) send me to the  (A major) electric chair
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 (D major) I mean,  (B major) send  (E major) me to the  (A major) electric