Rising High Water Blues chords by Blind Lemon Jefferson

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Verse 1
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Backwater rising,
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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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And I can't get no hearing from
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that Memphis girl of mine
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Water in Arkansas,

Verse 2
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people screaming in Tennessee
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in Tennessee
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If I don't leave Memphis,
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backwater spill all over poor me
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People, since its raining, it has been

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Verse 3

for nights and days

People, since its raining,

has been for nights and days

Thousands people stands on the hill,

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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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