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