Trouble chords by 
Josh White 
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, I al ways been in trouble,
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'cause I'm a black- skinned man
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Said I hit a white man,
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(and they) locked me in the can
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They took me to the stockade,
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would n't give me no trial
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The judge said, "You black boy,
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forty years on the hard rock pill"
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Trouble,
Verse 2
trouble,
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sure won't make me stay
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Trouble, trouble,
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jail break due someday
Verse 3
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Wearin' cold iron shackles from
my head down to my knee
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And that mean old keeper,
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he's all time kickin' me
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I went up to the walker and
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the head boss too
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Said, "You big white folks,
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please see what you can do"
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Sheriff winked at the policeman, said,
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"I won't forget you nohow
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C
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You better come back and see me again,
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boy, about 40 years from now"
Went back to the walker,
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he looked at me and said
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"Don't you worry about 40, 'cause
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in five years you'll be dead"
Verse 4
Trouble, trouble,
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makes me weep and moan
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Trouble, trouble, every since I was born
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Trouble, trouble,
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sure won't make me stay
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Trouble, trouble, jail break due someday
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B C D#dim
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A
B
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D#dim
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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