I Asked The Bossman chords by Lightnin' Hopkins
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Intro 1
(D major) (C sharp major) (D major)
Verse 1
We were down in Louisi (C sharp major)
ana (B flat minor) (D major)
Asked that Bossman to let my baby be
Down in Louisi (G minor) ana (D minor) (D major)
(G major) Asked to the (D major) Bossman, let
my baby be
You know that I was doing alright
(A major) But you (D major) (G major) Bossman,
takin' my little (C sharp major) old girl (D major) from me
Interlude 1
(A major) (C sharp major) (D minor) (D major) (A major)
(D major)
Verse 2
I said it ain't nothin' (D major) but a low down,
low down (G minor)
People let the low (D major) down, dirty shame
It's a low down, (G major) it's a low down
(D major) God (G major) knows it's a low down,
dirty (D major) shame
Whoa, too (A major) bad little woman (D major) (G major)
(D major) She got it bad with another man
Interlude 2
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 3
Wonder will I ever, (D major) Lord have mercy (D minor) (G major) (D major)
(G major) See my little Mar (D major) gie's face again
Lord, I wonder, will I ever, (G major) will I ever
See my little Mar (D major) gie's face again
I just want her to (A major) remember (G major)
Poor Lighnin',
once have (D major) been her friend
Interlude 3
(A major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 4
There been days I've been (D major) thinkin'
about my little Margie (C sharp major) (D major) (D minor)
(D major) Wonder (G major) in' if the little poor
(D minor) girl doin' (D major) just fine
There been days I've (G major) been thinkin'
about my little Mar (D major) gie (D minor) (G minor) (G major)
(D major) Wonder (G major) in' if the poor
(D major) child's doin' just fine
You (A major) know the Bossman's taken her
away from me (G major)
(D major) But on the papers (A major) she still (D major) is mine
And I couldn't help but to call
Interlude 4
her, I said
(A major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 5
(A major) Please release my (D major) little Margie,
(D minor) (D major) (G major) Bossman
And let her come (D major) back home to me
Please release my (G major) little Margie,
(D minor) (D major) (G major) Bossman
And let her come (D major) back home to me
You (D minor) know she, with all her (F major) powers
She could (A major) n't do no better (G major)
That's why poor Light (A major) nin' had to let
(D major) Margie be
Interlude 5
(G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
(G major)
(D major) (C major) (A major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 6
And like the song where
I used to (G major) sing
About everything I get, some (A major) body
takes it away from me (G major)
But I've got to (D major) say one more word
Release my little Margie (G major)
Bossman, please (D major) let her come
back to me
Release my (G major) little Margie (D major) (G major)
Bossman, please (D major) let her come
Verse 7
back to me
(D major)
Your know,
longer that my (A major) little Margie's gone
(G major) Old Lightnin's suffer
(D major) in' in misery
Outro 1
(D major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
I Asked The Bossman
Lightnin' Hopkins
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