Chords for Bessie Smith - Pickpocket Blues - 1928

_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
My best _ man, my [G] best friend, _
[C] _ told me to _ [F] stop peddling [Bb] gin. _
_ They even told me to keep [G] my hands [Gm] _ [C] out of people's pockets [F] where their money was in.
[Bb] _ But I wouldn't listen or have [G] any shame, _
[C] _ long as someone else [Gb] would take [F] the blame. _
_ Now [Abm] _ _
[F] I can see _ _ it's all come home to me. _ _ _
[B] [Cm] I'm sitting [Dm] in the _
[Bb] jailhouse now. _ _ _
[Eb] I mean I'm in the _
[Bb] jailhouse now.
[C] _ _ _
[G] I [A] done stopped [Cm] _ running [F] around _
[G] with [C] this one and [F] these good looking browns.
[Bb] _ Anytime you see me I was good time bound [Eb] with this one, that one, [Bb] most all in town. _
[Eb] _ I'm in [E] the _ [Bb] jailhouse now.
_ _ [G] _ _
[C] I'm sitting in [F] the _ [Bb] jailhouse now.
_ _ I'm _
[F] sitting in the _ [Bb] jailhouse now. _ _ _
[Eb] I mean I'm [F] in the _ [Bb] jailhouse now.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ I done [E] stopped _ running [F] _ around [C] with all of my _
[F] _ good looking browns. _
[Bb] Anytime you see me I was good time bound [Eb] with this one, that [Bb] one, most all in town. _
[Eb] I'm in [Bb] the _ jailhouse now.
_ [G] _ _
[C] I'm sitting _ [F] in the jailhouse [Bb] now.
_ [Em] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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