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Blind man chords by Charlie Daniels

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • B

    2
  • Am

  • A

Intro 1
Em
D
G
Em
C
B
Em
D
G
Em
C
B
On a
Verse 1
Em
cold concrete sidewalk,
on the corner of 5th and Main,
D
G
Em
Since an old black blind man,
and no one knows his name
Am
B
Em
He plays the same old guitar,
D
he plays the same old tune
G
Em
And when the people pass him by,
some are heard to say
C
G
D
Play, let the blind man play, hey, hey
Em
He was a cotton picker
D
down in Alabama
G
Em
Daddy never amounted to much,
died by his own hand
C
B
Em
He lost his sight one terrible night
by the hand of the Ku Klux Klan
D
G
Em
Burnt his eyes with a brandin' iron,
some were heard to say
C
D
Em
Play, let the blind man play
D
Maybe you'll be around
Em
another day
C
Dreamin' about those little things
G
D
Em
you know you'll never see
Am
C
So play, let the blind man play
D
Em
Let the blind man play
D
A
Em
Hey, hey, hey
The years were kind while
the man was blind
D
But he knew his time was due
G
Em
And no one cried when the
blind man died
With a name that no one knew
Am
B
Em
They made his coffin
out of knotted vine
With a wreath of laurel too
D
G
Em
His upper tab was short and sweet
and all it said was play, play,
C
D
Em
let the blind man play
D
Maybe you'll be around
Em
another day
C
Dreaming about those little things
G
D
Em
you know you'll never see
Am
C
So play, let the blind man play,
D
Em
let the blind man play
D
Maybe you'll be around
Em
another day
C
Dreamin' about those little things
G
D
you know you'll never see
Em
Am
C
So play, let the blind man play,
D
Em
D
A
Em
let the blind man play, hey, hey
D
G
Em
C
B
Em
D
Play that guitar, blind man
G
Em
C
B
Em
D
Oh
G
Em
C
Em
D
G
Em
C
B
Em
G
You
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