Viola Lee Blues chords by Grateful Dead

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

G7G7


Verse 1:

      G+G
The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it.

Clerk he wrote it down indeed-e.
    C majorC              G+G
Judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it down.
          FF  C majorC            G+G
Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound.

Instrumental:

G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G


Verse 2:

     G+G
Some got six month some got one solid.

Some got one solid year indeed-e.
     C majorC              G+G
Some got six month some got one solid year.
       FF  C majorC          G+G
But me and my buddies all got lifetime here.


Instrumental:

G+G


Verse 3:

     G+G
I wrote a letter I mailed in the,

Mailed it in the air indeed-e.
     C majorC           G+G
I wrote a letter I mailed in the air.
        FF   C majorC           G+G
You may know by that I have got a friend somewhere.