Booster Blues (2474-1) chords by Blind Lemon Jefferson

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Verse 1
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Honey, my left
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foot itchin', somethin's goin' on wrong
My right foot itchin' mean I just
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can't be here long

Verse 2
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I thought I'd write,
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but it's the best to telephone
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I say I thought I would write,
it's best to telephone
For that fast mail train can
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carry your sugar so far from home

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Verse 3

Girl, I can't live right,

I ain't gon' try no more

Well, I can't live right,

ain't gon' try no more

This woman's left town and she ain't

comin' back no more

I went to the depot and I set my suitcase

Verse 4
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down
Well I went to the depot and set
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my suitcase down
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I thought about my baby and
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the tears come rollin' down
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I said, "Ticket Agent, how long

Verse 5
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is your train been gone?"
Oh, I said, "Ticket Agent,
how long's your train been gone?"
Say, "Yonder go the train that your fair
brown left here on"

Verse 6
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I couldn't buy no ticket but I walked on through the door
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I couldn't buy me no ticket but I walked
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on through the door
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Well my baby's left town,
she ain't comin' here no more

Verse 7
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I got up this mornin', my sho' enough on my mind
I say, I got up this mornin' with
my sho' enough on my mind
Had to raise a conversation with the
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landlady to keep from cryin'

Verse 8
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Excuse me,
woman, I won't say this no more
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I say excuse me, woman,
I won't say this no more
I'm fixin to leave town
and hang crepe on your door