• Song:

    Send Me To The Lectric Chair

  • Artist:

    Bessie Smith

  • Album:

    Empres Oh The Blues

Found this and transposed it so it matches the recording Bessie Smith did, kinda:  
http://www.allcountrytabs.com/tabs/bromberg-david/send-me-to-the-lectric-chair-12238.html

Credit to the original poster.

        C          C7    F       Ab
He said Judge your honor Hear my plea

C          G            C      G7
Before you open up your court

C       C7       F        Ab
I don't crave no sympathy

D          D              G      G
for what I have to report

G            G      C        C
I caught her with a gambling Joe

G            G              C       C
I had warned her about once before

D           D            D      D
I pulled my knife, and I went insane

D            D       G7      G+
the rest you already know

        C     C7    F         Ab
he said Judge Judge good kind judge

C              G       C      G7
send me to the lectric chair

        C     C7    F       Ab
he said Judge Judge hear me Judge

D          D         G     G
I want to get out of here

  C                             C
I want to take a journey to the devil down below

  F
I sliced up my sweet petootie

        Ab
I gotta reap just what I sow

   C     C     F       Ab
So Judge Judge here me Judge

    C              G       C     G7
and send me to the lectric chair


C          C7          F       Ab

C          G           C       G7

C          C7          F       Ab

D          D           G       G

C                      C

F                      Ab

C          C7          F       Ab

C          G           C       G7



He said Judge oh listen to me Judge
Please now send me to the lectric chair
He said Judge, your honor, mister, sir
I love that girl so dear
I don't want no bondsman to go my bail
and I don't want to spend no 99 years stuck in your stinkin jail
Judge judge here me judge
send me to the lectric chair


C          C7          F       Ab

C          G           C       G7

C          C7          F       Ab

D          D           G       G

C                      C

F                      Ab

C          C7          F       Ab

C          G           C       G7


He said Judge, aw Judge, Mr Sirica please
send me to the lectric chair
Aw Judge, Now Judge, Meister Judge
Burn me cause I don't care
First I cut her with my barlow
and then I kinda kicked her in the side
and then I stood there laughing on her
while she buckled up an died

So judge, judge here me Judge
and send me to the lectric chair
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