Rising High Water Blues chords by Blind Lemon Jefferson

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Verse 1
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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major) Backwater  (G major) rising,
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South (C major) ern peoples can't make no time
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 (F major) I said, backwater rising,
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Southern peoples can't make no  (C major) time
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And  (G major) I can't get no hearing  (C major) from
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that Memphis girl of mine  (G major) 
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 (C major) Water in Arkansas,

Verse 2
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 (G major) 
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people screaming  (C major) in Tennessee  (F major) 
Oh, people screaming
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in Tennessee  (C major) 
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If I don't leave Memph (G major) is,
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backwater  (F major) spill all over  (C major) poor me  (G major) 
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 (C major) People, since its raining, it  (G major) 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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 (C major) Children stand there screaming "mama,
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we ain't got  (F major) no home.
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Oh mama, we ain't got no  (C major) home"
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Papa  (G major) says to the children,
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"Backwa (C major) ter left  (F major)  (C major) us all alone"  (G major) 
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 (C major) Backwater rising,

Verse 5
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 (C major) 
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 (G major) come in my  (C major) windows and door
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 (F major) The backwater rising,
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come in my windows and door  (C major) 
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I leave  (G major) with a prayer in my heart,
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backwa (C major) ter won't rise no more