Jim Lee: Part 1 chords by Charley Patton

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Verse 1
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A 
Went away up
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the river some forty mile or more
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I think I heard that big
Jim Lee whistle blow
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She blow so lonesome,
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like she wasn't gonna blow no more
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A 
It blowed just like my baby
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gettin' on board

Verse 2
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Dm 
I'm a poor old boy an' a long
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way from home
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And you causin'  me to leave
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my plumb good home
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My Mama she is dead' and
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Dm 
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my father well could be
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A 
I ain't got nobody to feel
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and care for me

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Verse 3
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A 
If you don't want me just
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give me your hand
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A 
And I'll get a woman quick as
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you can get a man
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I've got a kid on the wheeler
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D 
and a brown down in town
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Got a plumb good man bringing
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down these gals of mine

Verse 4
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A 
Dm 
I laid my head in a steamer
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woman's arm s
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And she laid her nappy head in mine
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When I got arrested
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what do you reckon was my fine?
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Says they give all coons

Verse 5
eleven twenty- nine
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It was moonshine,
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don't pay me no mind
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'Cause I did not let no coons
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have mine
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Well the big Jim Lee keep
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a- backing up and down
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Keep standin' by the shore,
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D 
man, if you're water bound