Little Sadie chords by Crooked Still

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
  N.C.
Went out one night to make a little round
  N.C.
I met little Sadie and I shot her down
  N.C.
Went back home, jumped into bed
  N.C.
44 pistol under my head

Bm E Bm E

Verse:
   Bm                           E
I woke up in the morning about half past nine
     A                      F#m
The hacks and the buggies standing in line
 Bm                 E
Gents and gamblers standing around
 A             F#m          D             Bm E Bm E
Taking little Sadie to her burying ground

   Bm                       E
I began to think of what a deed I'd done
    A                F#m
I grabbed my hat and away I run
 Bm                    E
Made a good run, just a little too slow
     A      F#m      D       Bm E Bm E
They overtook me in jericho

Bm E G A

Verse:
  Bm                      E
Standing on the corner a reading a bill
       A                         F#m
And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
 Bm               E
He said miss is your name Brown
 A           F#m         D             Bm E Bm E
Remember the night you shot Sadie down

         Bm                   E
I said oh yes sir but my name is Lee
        A                          F#m
And I murdered little Sadie in the first degree
 Bm                E
First degree and second degree
 A             F#m       D             Bm E Bm E
Got any papers will you read 'em to me

         Bm                    E
So they took me downtown and dressed me in black
 A                     F#m
Put me on a train and started me back
 Bm                       E
All the way back to the Thomasville jail
 A      F#m         D          Bm E Bm E
Had no money for to go my bail

Solo:
(i'm not sure in this part)
Bm E G E A
Bm A F#m D

Bm A F#m D
Bm E

Verse:
    Bm                        E
The judge and the jury they took their stand
     A                      F#m
The judge had the papers in his right hand
Bm                E
Forty one days, forty one nights
 A           F#m             D             Bm E Bm E
Forty one years to wear the ball and stripes

Outro:
 Bm                    E
Went out one night to make a little round
   A                     F#m
I met little Sadie and I shot her down
Bm                E
Went back home, jumped into bed
 A          D        Bm A F#m D
44 pistol under my head

Bm A F#m D
D E Bm