Back Water Blues (Alt. Take chords by Big Bill Broonzy
Verse 1
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It rained five days,
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and the clouds turned dark at night,
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dark at night.
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It rained five days, Lord,
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and the clouds turned as dark as night,
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Lord,
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and trouble taking place in love
in the lowland that night
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I got up one morning oh me
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I couldn't even get out my door.
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I got up one morning,
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told me I couldn't even get
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out of my door.
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Now, that's really enough trouble
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to make a poor man wonder where
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in the world to go.
Yes, I went and I stood up
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on a high, high old lonesome hill.
Yes, I went and I stood up
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on a high, high old lonesome hill.
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And all I could do was look down on the house,
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baby, where I used to live.
Yes, it thundered and it lightened
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And now in the wind,
the wind begin to blow
Yes, it thundered and lightning,
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Lord,
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and the wind began to blow.
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Now there were thousands and thousands of poor people
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at that time didn't have no place ago.
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Back Water Blues (Alt. Take
Big Bill Broonzy
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