Eighteen Hundred And Ninety-One chords by Blind Blake

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Verse 1
G 
Bb 
A 
A 
D 
 (G major)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (A major)  (D major) 
In 1891,
G 
before I wake I'd rather  (G major) be hung
D 
In  (D major) 1892, I bought a shop box
G 
and cut  (G major) waking too
D 
In  (D major) 1893, somebody had a job
G 
was looking  (G major) for me
D 
In  (D major) 1894, I swear by gosh
G 
I wouldn't  (G major) wake no more
Couldn't do it boy You shall be free

Verse 2

lazy, boy

You shall be free

When the good Lord sets you free

Verse 3

In 1895, before I wake around

to be buried alive

In 1896,

Verse 4

then me and my way

could have never mixed

Verse 5

In 1897, there they found me

dodging old wake forever

In 1898,

Verse 6

they found me hanging

around the white folks gate

Hangin' round the gates, tryin' to rake

Verse 7
D 
 (D major) 
up a plant
How to get the food from
G 
the white  (G major) folks,
high in the wood and wick, boy
Who shall be free?
I'm too lazy, boy
E 
Who shall be  (E major) free?
D 
When the good  (D major) Lord set you free
G 
D 
 (G major) There goes a  (D major) big, big fish
by the name of a whale
Swallowed Brother Jonah
G 
from his  (G major) head and tail
D 
Jo (D major) nah began to scratch,
then the whale began to dash
G 
He throw Brother Jonah in the sweet  (G major) potato pot,
D 
she eatin'  (D major) sweet potato
G 
 (G major) Who shall be free?
He got a belly full
E 
You shall be  (E major) free
D 
When the good  (D major) Lord sets you free
G 
D 
 (G major) Now I  (D major) know one man
by the name of O 'Leich
He tried to get to heaven on
G 
the  (G major) tail of a kite
D 
The  (D major) kite tail popped, and O 'Leich fell
G 
And Spacer going to heaven I  (G major) went to
B 
G 
The  (B major) devil got him,  (G major) boy
You shall be free
E 
Holy devil You shall  (E major) be free
D 
G 
D 
When the good  (D major) Lord sets you  (G major) free  (D major) 
F 
Bb 
E 
 (F major) A   (B flat major) big, big fellow  (E major) was sitting on the log
With his finger on the trigger
A 
and  (A major) his eyes on the hog
E 
Bb 
The  (E major) fella finger -slipped,  (B flat major) 
E 
boy,  (E major) the gun say, bam
A 
He grabbed that hog by  (A major) his right hand
Get your poke chop You shall be free
He's livin' greasy, boy
F#m 
You shall be  (F sharp minor) free
E 
When the  (E major) good Lord sets you free
A 
E 
 (A major) Now, boys,  (E major) I don't see the
use of me wakin' so hard
When I've got a gal in
A 
the white folk's  (A major) yard
E 
Killin'  (E major) those chicken
and she bringin' me the head
Why don't you think I'm wakin'?
A 
I'm  (A major) lyin' in the bed
Eatin' chicken head
You shall be free
A 
F#m 
Eatin' chicken head,  (A major) you shot me  (F sharp minor) free
E 
A 
A 
When  (E major) the good Lord set you free  (A major)  (A major) 