The Ballad Of Curtis Loew original guitar chords by 
Lynyrd Skynyrd 
Key: E major
Intro 1
E
D
A
E
Verse 1
A
F#
To get myself some some dough
Verse 2
E
B
Old Curt was a black man
A
E
With white curly hair
D
A
He did not have a care
E
B
He used to own an old Dobro
A
E
Used to play it 'cross his knee
D
E
He'd play all day for me
Chorus 1
E
F#
Them people all were fools
E
D
'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker
A
E
To ever play the blues
E
D
D
E
Verse 3
E
B
He looked to be sixty
A
E
And maybe I was ten
D
A
But I'd go see him again
E
B
I'd clap my hands, stomp my feet
A
E
Try to stay in time
D
E
Then take another drink of wine
Chorus 2
E
F#
Them people all were fools
E
D
'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker
A
E
To ever play the blues
E
D
A
E
Yes, sir
Solo 1
E
B
A
E
E
B
D
E
E
B
A
E
E
B
D
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
F#
E
D
A
E
Verse 4
E
B
On the day old Curtis died
A
E
Nobody came to pray
D
A
And they chunked him in the clay
E
B
Well, he lived a lifetime
A
E
Playin' the black man's blues
D
E
That's all he had to lose
Chorus 3
E
F#
Them people all were fools
E
D
'Cause Curtis you're the finest picker
A
E
To ever play the blues
E
D
D
E
Outro 1
E
D
A
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE D A B F#
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