Back Water Blues chords by Irma Thomas

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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When it rained five days
C 
G 
And the skies turned dark at night
C 
When it rained five days
G 
And the skies turned dark at night
D 
There was trouble takin' place
C 
G 
In the lowland at night

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Verse 2

I woke up this mornin'

Couldn't even get out of my door

I woke up this mornin'

Couldn't even get out of my door

Enough trouble to make

a poor woman

Wonder where she's gonna go

Verse 3
G 
They rowed a little boat
C 
G 
About five miles across the farm
C 
Said they rowed a little boat
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About five miles across the farm
D 
I packed up all of my clothes,
C 
trowed them in
And they rowed me along
G 

Verse 4
Where it thundered and lightnin'
C 
G 
And the wind began to blow
C 
Said it thundered and lightnin'
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And the wind began to blow
D 
There was thousands of people
C 
They had no place to go
G 

Verse 5
I went out and stood up
C 
G 
On a high old lonesome hill
C 
I went out and stood up
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C 
On a high old lonesome hill
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D 
I looked down on the house
C 
Where I used to live
G 

Verse 6
D 
G 
Back water blues that calls me
C 
G 
To pack my things and go
C 
Back water blues that calls me
G 
To pack my things and go
D 
'Cause my house fell down
C 
And I can't live there no more
G 