Red River Blues chords by
Big Bill Broonzy
Brownie Mcghee
Sonny Terry

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Key: E major

Verse 1
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I remember the first blues I ever heard,
they called it the Red River Blues
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an d some called it, well it wasn't me,
the Brownie Blues was the thing
and I just heard it.
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When I first heard it,
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was called the Brownie Blues,
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now we play everything
behind that same rhythm.
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come it had to be named by you
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and wasn't born me,
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I mean that's where I got the
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name from.
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Verse 2
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Which way, which way
does that blood red river run?
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I  wanna run.
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Which way, which way
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A A 
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does that blood red river run?
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Run from my back window
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straight to the rising sun
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Had the blues from
my childhood,
they're gonna follow me until I die
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Had the blues from my childhood,
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they're gonna follow me till I die.
I've had the blues so bad
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till I couldn't do nothing but cry.
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