Sing sing prison blues chords and lyrics - BESSIE SMITH

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[Verse 1]
[Am]Gonna journey up the Hudson
[E]Goin' on [Am]a lonesome trail
Gonna [Dm]journey [G]up the Hudson
[Am]Goin' on a lone[E]some [Am]trail
They can [G]put me in the Death House
Or [Am]keep me in the [G]Sing [C]Sing Jail[Am][E]
I [Am]wrote

[Verse 2]
and asked the warden
Why they called the [E]jail the [Am]Sing Sing
I [G]wrote and asked the warden
Why [Am]the called the jail the Sing Sing
He said, [G]"Stand here by this rock pile
And [Am]listen to them [G]hammers [C]rin[Am]g"[E]
[Am]He turns in the

[Verse 3]
court house
Papers sellin' for fifty [C]cents[Am]
[Dm]He t[G]urns in the court house
[Am]Papers sellin' for fifty cents
All the [G]judge tryin' to tell me
My [Am]lawyer's pleadin'
self [G]defense[C][Am]

[Verse 4]
The judge said, "Listen, [Am]Bessie
Tell me why you killed your man"
The [Dm]judge said, [G]"Listen, Bessie
[Am]Tell me why you killed your man"
I said, [G]"Judge, you ain't no woman
And [Am]you can't [G]und[C]erstand"[Am]
[E]You can sen[Am]d me up the river Or

[Verse 5]
[Am]
send me to that [E]mean
[Am]old [E]jail[Am]
You can send me [G]up the river
Or [Am]send me to that [E]mean old [Am]jail
[G]I killed my man[Am] and I don't
[G]need [C]no bail[Am][G]