Tune down one 1/2 step...

Intro:
                             hold bend    hold
                              |---|       |---|
eb||----5---5---5---5----5-----------------------------|
bb||----5---5---5---5----5--4b5-5r4p2----4b5 5r4p2-----|
Gb||----6---6---6---6----6-----------4------------4----|  etc.
Db||----7---7---7---7----7-----------------------------|
Ab||----7-------7---7----7-----------------------------|
Eb||--5-------5---5-----5------------------------------|

(Chord names reflect standard tuning)

Fast strumming...

A (x02220@1)
It was late last night I made my rounds;
  D (xx0232@1)                           AI (x02220@1)met my woman and I blowed her down.
       D (xx0232@1)                   AI (x02220@1)went on home and I went to bed.
  E (022100@1)                         AI (x02220@1)laid my pistol up under my head.

AEarly (x02220@1)next morning, by the rising sun,
  D (xx0232@1)                      AI (x02220@1)woke up and a started to run.
  D (xx0232@1)                      AI (x02220@1)made a run but I run too slow;
   E (022100@1)                         AA (x02220@1)man overtook me down in Jericho.

AI (x02220@1)was standing on the corner reading my daddy's will
D (xx0232@1)                                      A'Long (x02220@1)came a man they call him Bad Texas Bill.
    D (xx0232@1)                                    AHe (x02220@1)said, "Uhh, Captain, is your name Lee Brown?
  E (022100@1)                                           AI (x02220@1)believe that you the rascal blowed yer woman down."

AI (x02220@1)said, "Yes sir, Captain, my name is Lee.
            D (xx0232@1)                           AAnd (x02220@1)if you got any blues, boy sing 'em to me."
      D (xx0232@1)                             A (x02220@1)"Well I guess Lee, that you know the best
           E (022100@1)                                       AYou (x02220@1)better come with me the judge will tell you the rest."

(play intro licks on break)

AWhen (x02220@1)I was arrested, I was dressed in black.
D (xx0232@1)                                  APut (x02220@1)me on a train and they brung me back.
  D (xx0232@1)                                 AJury (x02220@1)found me guilty in the first degree
     E (022100@1)                                AAnd (x02220@1)they laid me down in the penitentiary.

(intro licks again)

AYes (x02220@1)the judge found me guilty an' the jury too.
   D (xx0232@1)                                     AI (x02220@1)cried "Lord in Heaven, have some mercy on me!"
     D (xx0232@1)                         AI'll (x02220@1)be here fer the rest of my life,
E (022100@1)                     AAll (x02220@1)I done was kill my wife.