Chords for Dinah Washington Sings
Tempo:
145.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
A
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Right here I'd like to do a tune from an album called Dinah Sings Bessie Smith.
I imagine [F] back in [C] 1927, [A]
[D] you could hear Bessie [G] saying something like this.
[C]
[Bm] Judge, your [Gm] honor, [A] hear my [Am] plea.
[G] Before you open [C] up your court, [G]
[C] [Bm] I don't want [Gm] no sympathy.
[A] Because [D] I just cut my good [G] man's throat.
I [Bm] caught him [E] with one of them [Am] traveling jeans.
[Bm] I [E] warned him lots of [Am] times before.
This time I pulled my knife [Gb] and [G] I went insane.
[Ab] [Am] Now the rest [D] you [G] already know.
[C] So judge, [Bm]
[Gm] please Mr.
[A] Judge, [D]
[D] send me to the electric [C] chair.
[G] [C]
[E] Judge, [Gm] please Mr.
[A]
Judge, I just want to get away from [Em] here.
[G] I want [C] to take a [Eb] journey [C] to the [Ab] devil down below.
[F]
[Ab] I killed my man, [D] I want to reap [E] what I've [C] sowed.
Judge, [Db] [Bb] please Mr.
[A] Judge, [D] send me to [G] the electric
[C] chair.
[G]
[C] [E]
[Bb] [A] Lordy, lordy, judge, [D]
[G] send me to the [C] electric chair.
[G] [C]
[E] Please judge and [Gm] jury, [A]
[D] you know I loved him so [G] dear.
But [C] I [Eb] cut him with
[Abm] my bylaw.
[F]
Kept him in his side, [B] stood and laughed while he died.
[C] So judge, [B] [Bb] lordy, [A] lordy, judge, [D] send [G] me to the electric [C] chair.
[G] One more time [C] I'm pleading, [E]
pleading, [A] pleading.
Judge, send [G] me to the electric [C] chair.
[G] [C]
Uh [Bm]-huh, uh [Gm]-uh, [A] oh well.
[D] Go ahead and burn me, cause I [G] don't care.
I don't want no [Eb] bonds money [C] to [Dbm] go my bail.
[B] Don't want to [Abm] spend no ninety-nine [G] years in jail or so.
[C]
[B] Judge, judge, [Bb] please [A] Mr.
Judge, [D] just send me, well, [Dm] me to the [C] electric chair.
[Em] [F] [G] [C] [N]
Right here I'd like to do a tune from an album called Dinah Sings Bessie Smith.
I imagine [F] back in [C] 1927, [A]
[D] you could hear Bessie [G] saying something like this.
[C]
[Bm] Judge, your [Gm] honor, [A] hear my [Am] plea.
[G] Before you open [C] up your court, [G]
[C] [Bm] I don't want [Gm] no sympathy.
[A] Because [D] I just cut my good [G] man's throat.
I [Bm] caught him [E] with one of them [Am] traveling jeans.
[Bm] I [E] warned him lots of [Am] times before.
This time I pulled my knife [Gb] and [G] I went insane.
[Ab] [Am] Now the rest [D] you [G] already know.
[C] So judge, [Bm]
[Gm] please Mr.
[A] Judge, [D]
[D] send me to the electric [C] chair.
[G] [C]
[E] Judge, [Gm] please Mr.
[A]
Judge, I just want to get away from [Em] here.
[G] I want [C] to take a [Eb] journey [C] to the [Ab] devil down below.
[F]
[Ab] I killed my man, [D] I want to reap [E] what I've [C] sowed.
Judge, [Db] [Bb] please Mr.
[A] Judge, [D] send me to [G] the electric
[C] chair.
[G]
[C] [E]
[Bb] [A] Lordy, lordy, judge, [D]
[G] send me to the [C] electric chair.
[G] [C]
[E] Please judge and [Gm] jury, [A]
[D] you know I loved him so [G] dear.
But [C] I [Eb] cut him with
[Abm] my bylaw.
[F]
Kept him in his side, [B] stood and laughed while he died.
[C] So judge, [B] [Bb] lordy, [A] lordy, judge, [D] send [G] me to the electric [C] chair.
[G] One more time [C] I'm pleading, [E]
pleading, [A] pleading.
Judge, send [G] me to the electric [C] chair.
[G] [C]
Uh [Bm]-huh, uh [Gm]-uh, [A] oh well.
[D] Go ahead and burn me, cause I [G] don't care.
I don't want no [Eb] bonds money [C] to [Dbm] go my bail.
[B] Don't want to [Abm] spend no ninety-nine [G] years in jail or so.
[C]
[B] Judge, judge, [Bb] please [A] Mr.
Judge, [D] just send me, well, [Dm] me to the [C] electric chair.
[Em] [F] [G] [C] [N]
Key:
C
G
A
D
E
C
G
A
_ _ _ Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Right here I'd like to do a tune from an album called Dinah Sings Bessie Smith.
_ _ I imagine [F] back in _ [C] 1927, _ [A] _ _
_ [D] you could hear Bessie [G] saying something like this.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bm] Judge, your [Gm] honor, _ _ [A] hear my [Am] plea.
_ _ [G] Before you open [C] up your court, [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bm] I don't want [Gm] no sympathy.
[A] _ Because [D] I just cut my good [G] man's throat. _ _
_ I [Bm] caught him [E] with one of them [Am] traveling jeans. _ _ _
[Bm] _ I [E] warned him lots of [Am] times before.
_ _ This time I pulled my knife [Gb] _ and [G] I went insane. _
[Ab] _ _ [Am] Now the rest [D] you _ [G] already know. _ _ _ _
[C] So judge, _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Gm] please Mr.
[A] Judge, _ _ _ [D] _
[D] send me to the electric [C] chair. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[E] Judge, _ _ _ [Gm] please Mr.
[A]
Judge, _ I just want to get away _ from [Em] here.
_ _ [G] _ I want [C] to take a [Eb] journey _ _ [C] to the [Ab] devil down below.
[F] _ _
[Ab] I killed my man, [D] I want to reap [E] what I've _ [C] sowed.
Judge, [Db] _ _ _ [Bb] please Mr.
[A] Judge, _ _ [D] _ send me to [G] the electric _
_ [C] chair.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [A] Lordy, lordy, judge, [D] _
_ [G] send me to the [C] electric chair. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] Please judge and [Gm] jury, _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ you know I loved him so [G] dear. _ _ _
But [C] I [Eb] cut him with _ _
_ [Abm] my bylaw.
_ [F] _
Kept him in his side, [B] stood and laughed while he died.
[C] So _ _ judge, [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ lordy, [A] lordy, judge, _ [D] _ send [G] me to the electric [C] chair.
_ _ [G] One more time [C] I'm pleading, [E] _ _ _
pleading, _ [A] pleading.
Judge, _ _ send [G] me to the electric _ [C] chair.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
Uh [Bm]-huh, _ uh [Gm]-uh, _ [A] oh well.
_ [D] Go ahead and burn me, cause I [G] don't care. _ _
I don't want no [Eb] bonds money _ [C] to _ [Dbm] go my bail.
[B] Don't want to [Abm] spend no _ ninety-nine [G] years in jail or so.
[C] _ _
[B] Judge, _ judge, [Bb] _ please [A] Mr.
Judge, [D] just send me, _ _ well, _ [Dm] me to the [C] electric chair.
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [N] _
Right here I'd like to do a tune from an album called Dinah Sings Bessie Smith.
_ _ I imagine [F] back in _ [C] 1927, _ [A] _ _
_ [D] you could hear Bessie [G] saying something like this.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bm] Judge, your [Gm] honor, _ _ [A] hear my [Am] plea.
_ _ [G] Before you open [C] up your court, [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bm] I don't want [Gm] no sympathy.
[A] _ Because [D] I just cut my good [G] man's throat. _ _
_ I [Bm] caught him [E] with one of them [Am] traveling jeans. _ _ _
[Bm] _ I [E] warned him lots of [Am] times before.
_ _ This time I pulled my knife [Gb] _ and [G] I went insane. _
[Ab] _ _ [Am] Now the rest [D] you _ [G] already know. _ _ _ _
[C] So judge, _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Gm] please Mr.
[A] Judge, _ _ _ [D] _
[D] send me to the electric [C] chair. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[E] Judge, _ _ _ [Gm] please Mr.
[A]
Judge, _ I just want to get away _ from [Em] here.
_ _ [G] _ I want [C] to take a [Eb] journey _ _ [C] to the [Ab] devil down below.
[F] _ _
[Ab] I killed my man, [D] I want to reap [E] what I've _ [C] sowed.
Judge, [Db] _ _ _ [Bb] please Mr.
[A] Judge, _ _ [D] _ send me to [G] the electric _
_ [C] chair.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [A] Lordy, lordy, judge, [D] _
_ [G] send me to the [C] electric chair. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] Please judge and [Gm] jury, _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ you know I loved him so [G] dear. _ _ _
But [C] I [Eb] cut him with _ _
_ [Abm] my bylaw.
_ [F] _
Kept him in his side, [B] stood and laughed while he died.
[C] So _ _ judge, [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ lordy, [A] lordy, judge, _ [D] _ send [G] me to the electric [C] chair.
_ _ [G] One more time [C] I'm pleading, [E] _ _ _
pleading, _ [A] pleading.
Judge, _ _ send [G] me to the electric _ [C] chair.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
Uh [Bm]-huh, _ uh [Gm]-uh, _ [A] oh well.
_ [D] Go ahead and burn me, cause I [G] don't care. _ _
I don't want no [Eb] bonds money _ [C] to _ [Dbm] go my bail.
[B] Don't want to [Abm] spend no _ ninety-nine [G] years in jail or so.
[C] _ _
[B] Judge, _ judge, [Bb] _ please [A] Mr.
Judge, [D] just send me, _ _ well, _ [Dm] me to the [C] electric chair.
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [N] _