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