Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie Mctell Chords
Chords: D7, D7/C, G7, A9, A7
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Genre: blues, folk, traditional
[Verse]
D7 D7/C
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
G7 D7
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
A9 A7 D7
Have you got the nerve to drive Papa McTell from your door?
[Verse]
D7
My mother died and left me reckless, my daddy died and left me wild, wild,
wild
G7 D7
Mother died and left me reckless, Daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
A9 A7 D7
No, I'm not good lookin' but I'm some sweet woman's angel child
[Verse]
D7
She's a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way
G7 D7
She's a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way
A9 A7 D7
When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm going away to stay
[Verse]
D7
I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever seen
G7 D7
I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever seen
A9 A7 D7
Treat me like I was a king and she was a dog-gone queen
[Verse]
D7
Sister, tell your Brother, Brother tell your Auntie, now Auntie,
tell your Uncle, Uncle tell my Cousin, now Cousin tell my friend
G7 D7
Goin' up the country, Mama, don't you want to go?
A9 A7 D7
May take me a fair brown, may take one or two more
[Verse]
D7
Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop
You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got them boiler hot
G7 D7
You can reach over in the corner, Mama, and hand me my travelin' shoes
A9 A7 D7
You know by that, I've got them Statesboro blues
[Verse]
D7
Mama, Sister got 'em, Auntie got 'em
Brother got 'em, friends got 'em, I got 'em
G7 D7
Woke up this morning, we had them Statesboro blues
A9 A7 D7
I looked over in the corner, Grandma and Grandpa had 'em too
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