{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2557311,"song":"Jay Hugh","artist":"Sister Sadie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11514576-jay-hugh-chords-by-sister-sadie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2557311?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Jay Hugh (Sister Sadie)\r\n\r\nNo intro\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDee Dee Mae they called her, was the bride of O. Jay Hugh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe made her a widow at the age of forty-two[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe was a burdened, tortured soul, gypsy life he lived\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she worked those fields of cotton just to keep twelve babies fed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh they say he knew the Bible but he chose to ignore[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]                                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cause he longed for the bottle, every ounce and every pore[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe knew her love was stronger for her heart was pure and true\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she made her home from a broke-down shack no thanks to Jay Hugh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd at night he cried, Lord, I don't always do my best [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPlease forgive the way I am I'm just a better sinner...than the rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOne night while out wandering he stumbled to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe lawman came and picked him up just outside of town[/tab]\r\n\r\nToo much booze and liquor was what the lawman claimed\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo they took him to that one-room jail where he'd meet his fate[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDee Dee Mae she couldn't sleep a wink at all that night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was a bitter cold December that the air just wouldn't hide[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith the matches that they left for him while shivering in the cold\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe built that fire to keep him warm it raged out of control[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd at night he cried, Lord, I don't always do my best [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                    \r\nPlease forgive the way I am I'm just a better sinner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOohh help  Lord, I don't always do my best[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPlease forgive me I'm your child-- I'm just a better sinner...than the rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, accident or suicide the mystery's still unsolved[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRumor soon got spread around that night he hadn't touched a drop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that old jailhouse still stands today off the old one ninety-five[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can hear the haunting echoes as my great-grand daddy fought for his life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDee Dee Mae they called her, was the bride of O. Jay Hugh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe made her a widow at the age of forty-two[/tab]","plain_text":"Jay Hugh (Sister Sadie)\n\nNo intro\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nHe was a burdened, tortured soul, gypsy life he lived\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm  Am\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nHe knew her love was stronger for her heart was pure and true\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm  Am\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nToo much booze and liquor was what the lawman claimed\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm  Am\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nWith the matches that they left for him while shivering in the cold\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm   F  G  D\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Am","E7","D","F","G","C","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}