Sing sing prison blues chords by
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
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Key: A minor
Verse 1
F#m
F#m

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Gonna journey up the Hudson
C#
C#

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F#m
F#m

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Goin' on a lonesome trail
Bm
Bm

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E
E

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Gonna journey up the Hudson
F#m
F#m

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C#
C#

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F#m
F#m

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Goin' on a lonesome trail
E
E

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They can put me in the Death House
F#m
F#m

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E
E

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A
A

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F#m
F#m

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C#
C#

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Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail
F#m
F#m

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I wrote
Verse 2
and asked the warden
C#
C#

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F#m
F#m

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Why they called the jail the Sing Sing
E
E

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I wrote and asked the warden
F#m
F#m

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Why the called the jail the Sing Sing
E
E

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He said, "Stand here by this rock pile
F#m
F#m

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E
E

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A
A

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F#m
F#m

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C#
C#

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And listen to them hammers ring"
F#m
F#m

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He turns in the
Verse 3
court house
A
A

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F#m
F#m

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Papers sellin' for fifty cents
Bm
Bm

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E
E

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He turns in the court house
F#m
F#m

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Papers sellin' for fifty cents
E
E

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All the judge tryin' to tell me
F#m
F#m

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My lawyer's pleadin'
E
E

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A
A

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F#m
F#m

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self defense
Verse 4
F#m
F#m

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The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
Tell me why you killed your man"
Bm
Bm

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E
E

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The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
F#m
F#m

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Tell me why you killed your man"
E
E

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I said, "Judge, you ain't no woman
F#m
F#m

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E
E

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A
A

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F#m
F#m

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And you can't understand"
C#
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F#m
F#m

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You can send me up the river Or
Verse 5
F#m
F#m

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C#
C#

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send me to that mean
F#m
F#m

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C#
C#

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F#m
F#m

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old jail
E
E

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You can send me up the river
F#m
F#m

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C#
C#

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F#m
F#m

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Or send me to that mean old jail
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E

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F#m
F#m

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I killed my man and I don't
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E

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A
A

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F#m
F#m

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E
E

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need no bail

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