Cane River Blues chords by Jason Eady
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Intro 1
(G major) (C minor) (C major) (F major)
Verse 1
(C minor) Down in Louisiana,
I got too much to lose
(F major) Down in Louisiana, I got too much to lose
(C minor) I (F major) (C major) (C minor) spent twenty (G major) years of living
With these old Cane River blues
(C minor) (C major)
Verse 2
(C minor)
I work at tending farming,
Jacob is my name (E flat major)
I (F major) work at tending farming,
Jacob is my name (C minor) (C major) (C minor)
I spent half (G major) my life
Gettin' blisters from cuttin'
sugar cane
(C minor) (C major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor)
Verse 3
I got me a son named Jimmie,
got me a wife named Marie
I got (F major) me a son named Jimmie,
got me a wife named Mar (C minor) ie (C major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor)
She said, "You're get (G major) ting old
workin' in the sun all day
But you done alright by (C minor) me"
(C major) (C minor)
Verse 4
She said, "Jimmie needs some schoolin'
so he doesn't end up like you"
She said, (F major) "Jimmie needs some schoolin' so he
doesn't (C minor) end (F major) up like (C minor) you" (C major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor) (C major)
(G major) But buyin' his books on the money I make
Is a damn hard thing (C minor) to do
Interlude 1
(C major) (C minor) (C major)
(C minor) (F major)
(C minor) (C major) (C minor) (G major) (C minor)
(C major) (C minor) (G major)
(C minor) Mr.
Verse 5
Jackson wants to see (C major) me an
(C minor) d he called me in at four
Mr. Jackson (F major) wants to see me and he
called me in at four (C major) (C minor)
He said, "I got (G major) me a combine, Jacob,
I don't need you anymore" (C minor)
(C major)
Verse 6
(C minor) Well, I got a brother named Virgil,
he sells crack cocaine
I (F major) got me a brother named Virgil,
he sells crack co (C minor) caine
(F major) Well, (G major) he got rich a long time ago
When he left that sugar (C minor)
Interlude 2
cane
(F major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor)
Verse 7
(C minor) Virgil said, "Hey Jacob I'll
make you a deal"
(F major) Virgil said, "Hey Jacob I'll
make you a (C minor) deal" (C major) (C minor)
I gotta get (G major) some goods to Opelousas
I need you behind the wheel
(C minor) (C major) (C minor)
Verse 8
We (G major) were (C minor) headed south on a two
lane road called Highway 190
We were (F major) headed south on a two lane
road called Highway (C minor) (C major) (C minor) (G major) 190
Mr. Trooper pulled us over outside of town
He said, "Step out nice an
(C minor) d slow" (G major) (C minor)
(C major) (C minor)
Verse 9
Mr. Trooper (C major) shot poor Virgil
(C minor) when he tried to run
Mr. Trooper (F major) shot poor Virgil
when he tried to run (C minor)
But I (G major) killed Mr. Trooper with Virgil's old shotgun (C minor)
(C major) (C minor)
Interlude 3
(C major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor)
(F major) (C minor) (F major) (C minor) (G major)
(C minor) (C major) (C minor)
Verse 10
(C minor) Down in Louisiana I got
nothing left to lose
(F major) Down in Louisiana I got
nothing left to lose (C minor)
Now I'm (G major) goin' to Angola with
these Cane River (C minor) blues (C major) (C minor)
(G major) Now I'm goin' to Angola with these
Cane River (C minor) blues
Outro 1
(C major) (C minor) (C minor) (C major)
Cane River Blues
Jason Eady
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