G
Went out last night just to take a look around
  F#
I met Little Sadie and I brought her down
  G#
I ran right home and I went to bed
        A
With a forty-four smokeless under my head


[Verse 2]
A
I began to think of what a deed I done
A
I grabbed my hat and I began to run
A
I made a good run but I run too slow
     Bb
They overtook me down to Jericho


[Verse 3]
  F
Standing on the corner just a-ringing my bell
                             F#
Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
    G                             G#
He says, "Young man is your name Brown?
                                 C#m
Remember you blowed little Sadie down?"


[Verse 4]
C#m
"Oh, yes sir my name is Lee
G#m
I murdered little Sadie in first degree"
F#m
"First degree, second degree
          Bm                        F#
If you've got any papers, will you serve them to me?"


[Verse 5]
            D                           A
Well, they took me down town and they dressed me in black
      G                          D
They put me on a train and they sent me back
                    A
I had no one for to go my bail
       G                        D
They crammed me back into the county jail
(Oh, yes, they did)


[Verse 6]
          C
Now, the judge and the jury, they took their stand
     F                           Fm
The judge had the papers in his right hand
 C               Am
Forty-one days, forty-one nights
 F          Fm
Forty-one years with the ball and stripes... oh, no!


[Verse 7]
      C                Am
Went out last night to take a little round
  Em                         G7
I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down
   C                   Em
I ran right home and I went to bed
   F                   Dm        Fm      C
A forty-four smokeless under ... my ... head