Chords for Bessie Smith - Send Me To The 'lectric Chair

He's got [Abm] a soul, [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ he's got [Ab] a _ [Eb]
heart, _ he's got a [Bb] heart.
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_ Judge your _ honor, [Abm] _
hear my plea, _ _ [B]
before you open up your _ court.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] But I don't [G] want _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
sympathy, _ cause [A] I [F] done took my good [Bb] man's throne.
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_ [Fm] I caught [Bb] him with [Eb] a tribal chain, _ [Fm] I warned him [Bb] five [Eb] before.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Gm] I had my [C] knife [Bb] and [G] went _ insane, [C] and the rest [F] you ought [Bb] to _ know. _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Db] _ Judge, _ judge, [Ab] _ please [B] Mr.
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Judge, [Eb] send me this _ message.
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_ _ _ _ Judge, _ [Ab] _
good Mr.
_ Judge, [A] let me go away _ [Bb] from here.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I want a signature _ _ _ _ _ _ below, _ I don't give _ _ _ a read, just what I [Abm] saw.
_ Oh Judge, _ _ Judge, _ Lordy, Lordy _ [Eb] Judge, send me to be led to [Bb] jail.
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Judge, _ _ _ _ [Abm] Judge, send me _ Judge, _ [Eb] send me to [Bb] be led [Eb] to jail.
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Judge, [Em] Judge, [B] send me that [F] Judge, [G] I love him _ [Bb] so _ dear. _ _
_ [Cm] I put him in my bottle, I keep him in the sun, I [Ab] scrub their legs _ while he's waddled round in [Abm] dust.
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Oh [Eb] Judge, _ _ _ [B] Judge, _ _ Lordy Judge, [F] send me to be _ led to [Bb] jail.
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Judge, [B] _ _ [Ab] Judge, sweet Mr.
_ _ Judge, send me _ there.
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