Betty And Dupree Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Gather 'round people let
me tell you 'bout [F#m]Dupree
Gather 'round [D]people [F#m]let[D]
me tell you 'bout Dupree
[F#m]And his [D]woman back in 1903
Betty was her name said she wanted
a [A]dia[D]mond ring
[G]Betty was her name said she wanted
a diamond [D]ring.[F#m][D]

[Verse 2]
[A]Dupree [G]told Betty you
can have most anything
[D]Jus[A]t lay do[D]wn pretty Betty
see what tomorrow brings
[G]Said lay down pretty Betty see
what to[D]morrow brings
[A]May bring sunshine it [G]may

[Verse 3]
bring your diamond ring.
[D]Dupree wen[A]t down- town a
'44 in his hand
[D]Dupree went down- town
a '44 in his hand
[F#m]Went f[D]or the jewelry
but he shot that [A]jewelry [D]man
Dupree said Betty here's your
diamond ring
Dupree said Betty
here's your diamond ring
Just to [G]please you pretty Betty I've done,
done a wicked thing.
Dupree told Betty I'm bound for Tennessee

[Verse 4]
[D]Dupree
told Betty I'm
bound for Tennessee
I'm sorry pretty Betty but that
[A]sheriff is a haunting me
They caught poor Dupree and
[G]put him into the jail
Caught poor Dupree put him in the [D]jail.

[Verse 5]
Atlanta prison [A]is where Betty
took [D]Dupree his mail
Dupree said judge I ain't been
here before
Dupree said judge I ain't been
here before
Judge told [G]Dupree I'm gonna see that you
don't come back no more.

[Verse 6]
They took him to [D]the scaffold a
black cap [A]upon his face
Took him to the scaffold a black cap
upon his face
Now the cold [G]cold ground is for
Dupree's resting place
[D]Betty [G]went [D]to [A]the graveyard singing
[D]near oh my God to thee
Betty went to the graveyard singing
near oh my God to thee.

[Verse 7]
Oh, mister [G]hangman look what you
done done to Dupree
She told the hack- driver to
drive his [D]wagon slow
Told the hack- [A]driver drive
your dead wagon slow
When you bury [G]my Dupree I ain't
gonna see him no more.

[Verse 8]
Sail on Dupree sail [D]on, sail
on Dupree sail on
Don't [A]mind you sailing
but you be gone so long
So [G]long Dupree poor boy so long,
Dupree poor boy
Don't mind [D]you sailing you'll be gone so
[F#m]long, sail on.[G][D]
Dupree poor boy...