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. -

- D PEAT 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. -

- D PEAT 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.