Rising High Water Blues chords by
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson

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Key: C major
Verse 1
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Backwater rising,
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C

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Southern peoples can't make no time
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I said, backwater rising,
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Southern peoples can't make no time
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C

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And I can't get no hearing from
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that Memphis girl of mine
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C

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Water in Arkansas,
Verse 2
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G

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people screaming in Tennessee
Oh, people screaming
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C

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in Tennessee
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If I don't leave Memphis,
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C
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G

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backwater spill all over poor me
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People, since its raining, it has been
Verse 3
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C

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for nights and days
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People, since its raining,
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has been for nights and days
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Thousands people stands on the hill,
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looking down were they used to stay
Verse 4
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Children stand there screaming "mama,
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we ain't got no home.
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C

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Oh mama, we ain't got no home"
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Papa says to the children,
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"Backwater left us all alone"
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Backwater rising,
Verse 5
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come in my windows and door
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The backwater rising,
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come in my windows and door
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I leave with a prayer in my heart,
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backwater won't rise no more

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