Sing sing prison blues chords by
Bessie Smith

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Key: A minor•

Verse 1

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Gonna journey up the Hudson

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Goin' on a lonesome trail

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Gonna journey up the Hudson

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Goin' on a lonesome trail

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They can put me in the Death House

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Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail

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I wrote

Verse 2

and asked the warden

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Why they called the jail the Sing Sing

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I wrote and asked the warden

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Why the called the jail the Sing Sing

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He said, "Stand here by this rock pile

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And listen to them hammers ring"

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He turns in the

Verse 3

court house

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Papers sellin' for fifty cents

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He turns in the court house

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Papers sellin' for fifty cents

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All the judge tryin' to tell me

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My lawyer's pleadin'

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self defense

Verse 4

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The judge said, "Listen, Bessie

Tell me why you killed your man"

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The judge said, "Listen, Bessie

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Tell me why you killed your man"

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

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And you can't understand"

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You can send me up the river Or

Verse 5

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send me to that mean

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old jail

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You can send me up the river

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Or send me to that mean old jail

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I killed my man and I don't

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need no bail

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