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Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair  Bessie Smith

Found this and transposed it so it matches the recording Bessie Smith did, kinda:
 
 http://www.allcountrytabs.com/tabs/bromberg-david/send-me-to-the-lectric-chair-12238.html

Credit to the original poster.
He said [C]Judge your [C7]honor [F]Hear my [Ab]plea
[C]Before you [G]open up your [C]court[G7]
[C]I don't [C7]crave no [F]sympathy[Ab]
[D]for what I [D]have to report[G] [G]
[G]I caught her [G]with a [C]gambling [C]Joe
[G]I had warned [G]her about once [C]before[C]
[D]I pulled my [D]knife, and I [D]went in[D]sane
[D]the rest you [D]already [G7]know[G+]
he said [C]Judge [C7]Judge [F]good kind [Ab]judge
[C]send me to the [G]lectric [C]chair[G7]
he said [C]Judge [C7]Judge [F]hear me [Ab]Judge
[D]I want to g[D]et out of [G]here[G]
I [C]want to take a journey to the [C]devil down below
I [F]sliced up my sweet petootie
I gotta [Ab]reap just what I sow
So [C]Judge [C]Judge [F]here me [Ab]Judge
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bessie_smith/send_me_to_the_lectric_chair_crd.html )
and [C]send me to the [G]lectric [C]chair[G7]
[C] [C7] [F] [Ab]  
[C] [G] [C] [G7]  
[C] [C7] [F] [Ab]  
[D] [D] [G] [G]  
[C] [C]  
[F] [Ab]  
[C] [C7] [F] [Ab]  
[C] [G] [C] [G7]  
He said Judge oh listen to me Judge
Please now send me to the lectric chair
He said Judge, your honor, mister, sir
I love that girl so dear
I don't want no bondsman to go my bail
and I don't want to spend no 99 years stuck in your stinkin jail
Judge judge here me judge
send me to the lectric chair
[C] [C7] [F] [Ab]  
[C] [G] [C] [G7]  
[C] [C7] [F] [Ab]  
[D] [D] [G] [G]  
[C] [C]  
[F] [Ab]  
[C] [C7] [F] [Ab]  
[C] [G] [C] [G7]  
He said Judge, aw Judge, Mr Sirica please
send me to the lectric chair
Aw Judge, Now Judge, Meister Judge
Burn me cause I don't care
First I cut her with my barlow
and then I kinda kicked her in the side
and then I stood there laughing on her
while she buckled up an died
So judge, judge here me Judge
and send me to the lectric chair

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