Key: A minor
Verse 1
D
Gm
Goin' on a lonesome trail
Cm
F
Gonna journey up the Hudson
Gm
D
Gm
Goin' on a lonesome trail
Gm
F
Bb
Gm
D
Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail
Verse 2
and asked the warden
D
Gm
Why they called the jail the Sing Sing
Gm
F
Bb
Gm
D
And listen to them hammers ring"
Verse 3
court house
Bb
Gm
Papers sellin' for fifty cents
Cm
F
He turns in the court house
F
Bb
Gm
self defense
Verse 4
Tell me why you killed your man"
Cm
F
The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
Gm
F
Bb
Gm
And you can't understand"
D
Gm
You can send me up the river Or
Verse 5
Gm
Gm
D
Gm
old jail
Gm
D
Gm
Or send me to that mean old jail
F
Gm
I killed my man and I don't
F
Bb
Gm
F
need no bail
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ChordsGm D Cm F Bb
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