Viola Lee Blues chords by Grateful Dead

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

G7


Verse 1:

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

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

Instrumental:

G C G F C G


Verse 2:

         G
Some got six month some got one solid.

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


Instrumental:

G


Verse 3:

          G
I wrote a letter I mailed in the,

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