Viola Lee Blues --- Noah Lewis
[G7]I
wrote a letter; I mailed it in the…
Mailed it in the air,
indeedy.
I wrote a [C]letter;
I mailed it in the [G7]air.
You know by [F]tha-[C]at
--- I’ve got a friend some-[G7]where.
Fix supper [G7]mama,
let me go now.
Let me go to bed, indeedy.
Fix supper [C]mama,
and let me go to [G7]bed.
Drinkin’ white [F]lightni-[C]in’
--- it’s gone to my [G7]head.
The judge de-[G7]creed
it. The clerk he wrote it.
The clerk he wrote it down,
indeedy.
The judge de-[C]creed
it. The clerk he wrote it [G7]down.
Ain’t got no [F]money-[C]ey
--- must be jailhouse bound.
Some got [G7]six
months. Some got one solid…
Some got one solid year,
indeedy.
Some got [C]six
months. Some got one solid [G7]year.
Me and my [F]buddy-[C]y,
we both got lifetime[G7]here.
[G7]I
wrote a letter; I mailed it in the…
Mailed it in the air,
indeedy.
I wrote a [C]letter;
I mailed it in the [G7]air.
You know by [F]tha-[C]at
--- I’ve got a friend some-[G7]where.