{t:LITTLE SADIE }
{st:(AKA Bad Lee Brown, East St. Louis Blues, Late One Night, Penitentiary Blues) }
Dm F Dm C Am
1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | |
|---------T-9-8---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---8-9-T-------T-|-9-8-------------|-----8---T---8---|-----------------|
|-T---------------|-----T-9-7---7-8/|-9-----9-9---9---|-T-9-7-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------T-7-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C A7 Dm
5 | | | | 6 | | | | 7 | | | | 8 | | | |
|---------5-4-3-0-|---------0---5-6-|-8-5-----5-------|-5---5---------0-|
|-5-4-3-----------|-4-3-------------|-----8-5---8-6-5-|-6---5-----------|
|-------5---------|-----5-2---------|-----------------|---------7---7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Dm F Dm C Am
17| | | | 18 | | | | 19 | | | | 20 | | | |
|-1-3-1-0---0-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------3---3-1-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2-1p0-----------|---------0-2-0---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------3-0---0-1-|-2-1-2-3-------3-|-2-0-------------|
|-----------------|-----------4-----|-----------------|-----3-2-0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-3/5-|
C A7 Dm
21| | | | 22 | | | | 23 | | | | 24 | | | |
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----0-3-1-0---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------5-8-|---8-6---------3-|-1---------------|
|---------------5-|-8\7-5---5-7-----|-----------------|---2p0-----------|
|-----------5-7---|-------7---------|-----------------|-------3-0-------|
|-3---3-5/7-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
/4 means slide up to this note. \3 means slide down to this note. 3p2 means pull off from 3 to 2.
0h3 means hammer on from 0 to 3. T means tenth fret
#The intermediate player should be able to perform this break in approximately 6.5 seconds.
{eot}
[Dm]Went out one [F]night to make my [Dm]rounds,
[C]Met little Sadie and I blowed her [Am]down.
[C]I run right home and I went to bed,
[A7]A forty-four smokeless under my [Dm]head.
[Dm]I began to [F]think what a deed I'd [Dm]done,
[C]Grabbed my hat and away'd I [Am]run;
[C]Made a good run, just a little too slow,
[A7]They overtook me in Jeri[Dm]cho.
[Dm]Standin' on the [F]corner, readin' a [Dm]bill
[C]Up stepped the sheriff from Thomas[Am]ville;
[C]Says, "Young man, is your name Lee Brown?
[A7]Remember the night you blowed Sadie [Dm]down?"
{colb}
[Dm]"Yes, Oh [F]yes, my name is [Dm]Lee
[C]I murdered little Sadie in the first de[Am]gree,
[C]First degree and the second degree,
[A7]Got any papers, you can read 'em to [Dm]me."
[Dm]Took me down[F]town and dressed me in [Dm]black,
[C]Put me on the train and they sent me [Am]back.
[C]Had no one to go my bail,
[A7]Crammed me back into the county [Dm]jail.
[Dm]Judge and the [F]jury they took their [Dm]stand,
[C]Judge had his papers in his right [Am]hand,
[C]Forty-one days, forty one nights,
[A7]Forty-one years to wear the ball and the [Dm]stripes.
#With the chords
#you might not agree,
#But what the heck-
#The tab is free!
#Mac