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[Verse 1] [Am]Gonna journey up the Hudson [E]Goin' on [Am]a lonesome trail Gonna [Dm]journey [G]up the Hudson [Am]Goin' on a lone[E]some [Am]trail They can [G]put me in the Death House Or [Am]keep me in the [G]Sing [C]Sing Jail[Am][E] I [Am]wrote [Verse 2] and asked the warden Why they called the [E]jail the [Am]Sing Sing I [G]wrote and asked the warden Why [Am]the called the jail the Sing Sing He said, [G]"Stand here by this rock pile And [Am]listen to them [G]hammers [C]rin[Am]g"[E] [Am]He turns in the [Verse 3] court house Papers sellin' for fifty [C]cents[Am] [Dm]He t[G]urns in the court house [Am]Papers sellin' for fifty cents All the [G]judge tryin' to tell me My [Am]lawyer's pleadin' self [G]defense[C][Am] [Verse 4] The judge said, "Listen, [Am]Bessie Tell me why you killed your man" The [Dm]judge said, [G]"Listen, Bessie [Am]Tell me why you killed your man" I said, [G]"Judge, you ain't no woman And [Am]you can't [G]und[C]erstand"[Am] [E]You can sen[Am]d me up the river Or [Verse 5] [Am] send me to that [E]mean [Am]old [E]jail[Am] You can send me [G]up the river Or [Am]send me to that [E]mean old [Am]jail [G]I killed my man[Am] and I don't [G]need [C]no bail[Am][G]
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