Hand Me Down My Walking Cane Chords by Norman Blake

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_ _ I got high, Lord, I got in jail.
Well, I [E] got high, and I got [A] in jail.
I [D] got high, and I got in jail.
I had [A] nobody for to go my bail.
My sins, they [E] have [A] overtaken me.
Hand me down my walking cane.
Lord, [E] hand me down my [A] walking cane.
_ [D] Hand me down my walking cane.
[A] I'm going to leave on the morning train.
My sins, [E] they have [A] overtaken me.
Well, the beans is tough.
Lord, the meat was fat.
Yes, the [E] beans is tough, and the [A] meat was fat.
Oh, the [D] beans is tough, and the meat was fat.
[A] Oh, good God, I couldn't eat that.
My sins, they have overtaken me. _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ It's a come on, Mom.
It's a go my bail.
Lord, come [E] on, Mom, and go [A] my bail.
Come [D] on, Mom, and go my bail.
Get me out of this nice little jail.
My sins, they [E] have [A] overtaken me.
Well, if I die in Tennessee, _ Lord, [E] if I die in [A] Tennessee,
_ or if [D] I die in Tennessee, ship me back my COD.
My sins, [E] they have [A] overtaken me.
_ Hand me down my bottle of corn.
Oh, [E] hand me down that [A] bottle of corn.
Oh, hand me [D] down that bottle of corn.
Gonna get drunk as sure as you're born.
My sins, [E] they have [A] overtaken me. _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ Yes, hand me down my walking cane.
Lord, [E] hand me down my [A] walking cane.
Oh, [D] hand me down my walking cane.
[A] I'm gonna leave on the morning train.
My sins, they have overtaken me. _ _ _ _ _ _
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