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

Gonna journey up the Hudson
D#
D#

G#m
G#m

Goin' on a lonesome trail
C#m
C#m

F#
F#

Gonna journey up the Hudson
G#m
G#m

D#
D#

G#m
G#m

Goin' on a lonesome trail
F#
F#

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

F#
F#

B
B

G#m
G#m

D#
D#

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

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

G#m
G#m

Why they called the jail the Sing Sing
F#
F#

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

Why the called the jail the Sing Sing
F#
F#

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

F#
F#

B
B

G#m
G#m

D#
D#

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

He turns in the
Verse 3
court house
B
B

G#m
G#m

Papers sellin' for fifty cents
C#m
C#m

F#
F#

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

Papers sellin' for fifty cents
F#
F#

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

My lawyer's pleadin'
F#
F#

B
B

G#m
G#m

self defense
Verse 4
G#m
G#m

The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
Tell me why you killed your man"
C#m
C#m

F#
F#

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

Tell me why you killed your man"
F#
F#

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

F#
F#

B
B

G#m
G#m

And you can't understand"
D#
D#

G#m
G#m

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

D#
D#

send me to that mean
G#m
G#m

D#
D#

G#m
G#m

old jail
F#
F#

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

D#
D#

G#m
G#m

Or send me to that mean old jail
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

I killed my man and I don't
F#
F#

B
B

G#m
G#m

F#
F#

need no bail

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ChordsG#m D# C#m F# B

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