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.