Old Judge Thayer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Old[E] Ju[A]dge[D] Thayer,
[A]take [D]you[A]r shackle off[D] of me;
Old Judge Thayer, take your
[A]shackle off [D]of me.
Turn your key and set me [A]free,
Old Judge Thayer,
take your shackle off of [D]me.
The monkey unlocked the [A]courthouse door,
An' the elephant oiled the
[D]hardwood floor;
In did jump the kangaroo,
[A]An' in did hop the rabbits, too[D].
Next in come the two ba[A]boons,
Next in rolled a dusty [D]storm,
Next in waddled the polar [A]bear
To keep the judge and jury [D]warm.
Ever'body [A]knows

[Verse 2]
the mockingbird
Wrote down ever' word
[D]he heard;
The lawyers all [A]were foxy- sly,
With a foxy nose an' a foxy [D]eye.
[A]
[D]

[Verse 3]
The 'possum [A]used the
big stiff broom,
Then he polished [D]the new spitoon;
Up did smile the crocodile,
[A]Said, "Here comes the jury
down the [D]aisle."

[Verse 4]
Old momma catfish asked [A]the trout,
&QuotWhat's this trial
here all [D]about?"
Little baby [A]suckerfish upped and said,
&QuotThe Judge has caught him
a couple of [D]Reds."

[Verse 5]
Well, the rattlesnake [A]asked the bumble bee,
&QuotWho's this Sacco an' Vanzetti?"
[D]&QuotAre they the men[A]," asked the momma quail,
&QuotThat shot the clerks at
the Slater [D]Mill?"
The mosquito [A]sung out

[Verse 6]
with his wings,
Said, "I was there an' seen
the whole [D]durn thing;
Saw the robbers [A]fire their guns,
But I didn't see these men,
[D]neither one."
[A][D][A]

[Verse 7]
[D]
Well, the big- eyed owl looked [A]around,
&QuotThey said that
Sacco's cap was [D]found
Down on Pearl Street, on the [A]ground,
Where the payroll guards both got shot
[D]down."
&QuotThat cap don't fit on [A]Sacco's head,"

[Verse 8]
The big black crow flapped up and [D]said,
&QuotThey tried that cap on [G]Sacco here,
And [A]it fell down around both his [D]ears."
Well, the camel asked the old gir[A]affe,

[Verse 9]
&QuotDid these two fellas
duck the [D]draft,
By runnin' down below
the Mexican [A]line?
To keep from fightin' on
the rich man's [D]side?"
The lumber duck did [A]rattle his bill,

[Verse 10]
&QuotAll the ducks and geese
are flyin' [D]still
Down toward Mexico's warm [G]sun[A]
To try to dodge the rich man's
[D]gun."
[A][D][A]
[D]

[Verse 11]
Up did waddle [A]a lucey goose,
&QuotI think these men
ought to be turned [D]loose.
But Old Judge Thayer
[A], he swore to his friends
These men'll get a chair or
the [D]noose."

[Verse 12]
[D]When the guilty [A]verdict came,
An' seven years in jail they'd [D]laid,
When these two men [A]there did die,
The animals met on the earth
and [D]sky.

[Verse 13]
&QuotSee what fear and greed [A]can do,
See how it killed these sons [D]so true.
Us varmints has got to get togeth[A]er, too,
Before Judge Thayer kills me and [D]you."