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In Search of Little Sadie

by Bob Dylan (Traditional)

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Diatonic
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 6   -6   -7    7   6   -6  -6 -7 -7   7			<br />Went out last night to take a little round.<br />6 -5  -5 -4 -4  5-4  -4  4   4      4    3<br />I met my little Sadie and I brought her down.<br />6  -6  -7    7    6  -6  -6 -7  -7 <br />I ran right home and I went to bed<br /> 6   -5  6 6   6     -5  6    -5 5  5   6<br />With a forty-four smokeless under my head.<br /> <br />6  -6 -6 -7  7    -6  -7  7   -7   7 <br />I began to think what a deed I'd done.<br />6     -6   6   6  -5 -5 -5 5  5  -4 <br />I grabbed my hat and I began to run.<br />6  -6  -6  -7  -7  -6 -7 7   -7  -6<br />I made a good run but I ran too slow;  <br /> 6    -5 -5 5  5  -4  -4 -5 5 -4<br />They overtook me down in Jericho<br /> <br /> 6  -6   5  -5 6 -6  6 -7  -6  6   -7<br />Standing on a corner a ringin' my bell,<br /> 6    6     -5   5 5    -4   -4  5  -4<br />Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville.<br /> 6   6    -6    -6 -7  -7   -7   7<br />He said 'Young man is you name Brown?<br /> 6 -6 6   -5   -5     5 5   -4 4   -4 <br />Remember you blowed little Sadie down."<br /> <br />  6  -6  -7  6   -6  -7  7<br />"Oh yes sir, my name is Lee.<br /> 6 -6  -7    7  7  7 -7 -6  6   -5    5  -4<br />I murdered little Sadie in the first degree.<br /> 7    -7  7   6   -6  6  -6 6<br />First degree and second degree.<br /> 6    -6    6  -5-5 5  5    6   6   -5    -5  5  -4<br />If  you've got any papers will you serve them to me?"<br /> <br /> 6     -6   6  -5   6   -5     5    5    6    -5  -5  5 <br />Well they took me down town  and they dressed me in black,<br />  6  -6  6  6  -5   -5   6  -5   -5   5  -4<br />They put me on a train and they sent me back.<br /> 6  6 -6  6   6  -5 -5  5   -4<br />I had no one for to go my bail;<br /> 6      -5   -5   -5  5 5  6   -5  5   -4<br />They crammed me back into the county jail.<br /> 6   -6   6   -5<br />Oh, yes they did.<br /> <br />  6   -6   6   6   -6 6  5    5     -5   6<br />The judge and the jury they took their stand.<br /> 6    -6   6   -5  5   5  6  5    -5   -4<br />The judge had the papers in his right hand.<br /> -6 -7  7   -7    -6 -7   7   -7<br />Forty-one days, forty-one nights;<br /> -6 -7  7    -7   6  6    6   -6   -6  -7    -6<br />Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes;<br /> 7  -6<br />Oh, no!<br /> <br /> 6   -6   -7    7   6   -6  -6  6  6   -6<br />Went out last night to take a little round.<br />6  -6  6  6   -5 5  5  5   -5    5   -4 <br />I met little Sadie and I blowed her down.<br />6  -6   -7    7   6  6   6  -6  6 <br />I ran right home and I went to bed,<br />6  -6 6  -6    -5   5   -6 6 -5   6<br />A forty-four smokeless under my head.	
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