G D
I got high and I got in jail, I got high and I got in jail,
C G
I got high and I got in jail, wasn't nobody to throw my bail.
D G
My sins, they have overtaken me.
G D
- Hand me down my walkin' cane, hand me down my walkin' cane,
C G
Hand me down my walkin' came, I'mma gonna leave on the mornin' train.
D G
My sins, they have overtaken me. -
- REPEAT Chorus CHORDS -
G D
If I die in Tennessee, if I die in Tennessee,
C G
If I die in Tennessee won't you ship me back by C.O.D.
D G
My sins, they have overtaken me.
G D
- Hand me down my walkin' cane, hand me down my walkin' cane,
C G
Hand me down my walkin' came, I'mma gonna leave on the mornin' train.
D G
My sins, they have overtaken me. -
- REPEAT Chorus CHORDS -
G D
Hand me down my bottle of corn, hand me down my bottle of corn,
C G
Hand me down my bottle of corn, I'm gonna get drunk as sure as you were born.
D G
My sins, they have overtaken me.