National Defense Blues chords by 
Lead Belly 
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Key: Ab major•
Intro 1
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I had a little woman
Verse 1
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workin' on that Na tional Defense
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I had a little woman workin'
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on that Na tional Defense
That woman got to the place,
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where act like she did not have no sense
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Just because she was workin',
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makin' so much dough
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Just because she was workin',
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mak in' so much dough
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That woman got to the place,
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did not love me no more
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Every payday would come,
Verse 2
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her check was big as mine
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Every payday would come,
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her check was big as mine
That woman thought that Defense was
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gonna last all the time
Verse 3
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That Defense is gone,
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just listen to my song
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That De fense, it is gone,
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just listen to my song
Since that Defense been gone,
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that woman done lose her home
Verse 4
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SPOKEN:
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Yes, she is ... yeah ... . well all right,
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then
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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I will tell you the truth and it's got
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to be the fact
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I will tell you the truth
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and it's got to be a fact
Since that Defense has gone,
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that woman losed her Ca dillac
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Outro 1
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