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