Tune down one 1/2 step...
Intro:
hold bend hold
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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.
