Backwater Blues chords by Lonnie Johnson
Verse 1
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When it rained
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five days,
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sky turned dark at night.
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When it rained five days,
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sky turned dark at night.
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And trouble takin' place,
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in the lowlands that night.
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Verse 2
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I woke up this morning,
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Am
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couldn't even get out of my door.
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I woke up this morning,
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couldn't even get out of my door.
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There's so much of trouble,
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make a poor man wonder where he wants to go.
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Verse 3
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They rowed a little boat,
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about five miles closed of home.
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They rowed a little boat,
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about five miles closed of home.
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I packed up all my things throwed ‘em in,
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and they rowed me along.
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Well it thunders
Verse 4
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and lightened,
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the wind begin to blow.
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Thunders and lightened,
the wind begin to blow.
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And thousands of people,
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ain't got no place to go.
Verse 5
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I when upon some high, some high,
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high lonesome hill.
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And looked down on the house
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where I used to live.
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Verse 6
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Back- water blues done ‘caused me to pack my
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things and go.
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‘Cause my house fell down
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and I can't live there no mo'.
Verse 7
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Mmmmmm, I
can't move no more.
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Ohhhhhhhh, I can't move no more.
There's no place for a poor,
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poor man to go.
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Backwater Blues
Lonnie Johnson
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