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Sing sing prison blues chords by 
Bessie Smith 
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Verse 1
Am
Gonna journey up the Hudson
E
Am
Goin' on a lonesome trail
Dm
G
Gonna journey up the Hudson
Am
E
Am
Goin' on a lonesome trail
G
They can put me in the Death House
Am
G
C
Am
E
Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail
Am
I wrote
Verse 2
and asked the warden
E
Am
Why they called the jail the Sing Sing
G
I wrote and asked the warden
Am
Why the called the jail the Sing Sing
G
He said, "Stand here by this rock pile
Am
G
C
Am
E
And listen to them hammers ring"
Am
He turns in the
Verse 3
court house
C
Am
Papers sellin' for fifty cents
Dm
G
He turns in the court house
Am
Papers sellin' for fifty cents
G
All the judge tryin' to tell me
Am
My lawyer's pleadin'
G
C
Am
self defense
Verse 4
Am
The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
Tell me why you killed your man"
Dm
G
The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
Am
Tell me why you killed your man"
G
I said, "Judge, you ain't no woman
Am
G
C
Am
And you can't understand"
E
Am
You can send me up the river Or
Verse 5
Am
E
send me to that mean
Am
E
Am
old jail
G
You can send me up the river
Am
E
Am
Or send me to that mean old jail
G
Am
I killed my man and I don't
G
C
Am
G
need no bail
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