Sing sing prison blues

Sing sing prison blues easy guitar chords by Bessie Smith

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  • Verse 1
    Gonna 
    journey 
    up 
    the Hudson 

    Goin' on 
    a lonesome 
    trail 

    Gonna 
    journey 
    up 
    the Hudson 

    Goin' 
    on 
    a lone
    some 
    trail 

    They can 
    put me 
    in the 
    Death 
    House 

    Or 
    keep me 
    in the 
    Sing 
    Sing Jail 

    wrote 
    Verse 2
    and asked 
    the warden 

    Why they 
    called the 
    jail 
    the 
    Sing Sing 

    wrote 
    and asked 
    the warden 

    Why 
    the 
    called 
    the jail 
    the Sing 
    Sing 

    He said, 
    "Stand here 
    by this 
    rock pile 

    And 
    listen 
    to them 
    hammers 
    ring" 

    He turns in the 
    Verse 3
    court house 

    Papers 
    sellin' for 
    fifty 
    cents 

    He 
    turns in the 
    court house 

    Papers 
    sellin' for 
    fifty 
    cents 

    All the 
    judge 
    tryin' to 
    tell me 

    My 
    lawyer's 
    pleadin' 

    self 
    defense 

    Verse 4
    The 
    judge 
    said, 
    "Listen, 
    Bessie 

    Tell 
    me why 
    you 
    killed your 
    man" 

    The 
    judge 
    said, 
    "Listen, 
    Bessie 

    Tell me 
    why 
    you 
    killed your 
    man" 

    I said, 
    "Judge, 
    you ain't no 
    woman 

    And 
    you can't 
    understand" 

    You can 
    send me 
    up the 
    river 
    Or 
    Verse 5

    send me 
    to that 
    mean 

    old 
    jail 

    You can 
    send me 
    up the 
    river 

    Or 
    send me 
    to that 
    mean 
    old 
    jail 

    I killed my 
    man 
    and I don't 

    need 
    no bail 

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