Backwater Blues chords by
Dave Van Ronk

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Key: Gb major

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

Verse 2
I woke up this mornin'
G G 
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Couldn't even get out of my door
D D 
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G G 
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I  woke up this mornin'
Couldn't even get out of my door
D D 
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A A 
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Enough trouble to make
G G 
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a poor man
D D 
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Wonder where he's gonna go

Interlude 1
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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C C 
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A A 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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They rowed a little boat About five miles

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

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

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

Verse 6
calls me
To pack my things and go
G G 
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Back water blues that calls me
D D 
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To pack my things and go
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Cause my house fell down
G G 
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And I can't live there
D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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no more
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Verse 7
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D D 
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Ooh, I  can't live there no more
G G 
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Ooh,
D D 
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I can't live there no more
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There ain't no place for
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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a poor man to go

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