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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Em Em 
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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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Em Em 
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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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Em Em 
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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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D D 
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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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Em Em 
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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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D D 
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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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Em Em 
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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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B B 
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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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Em Em 
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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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