Washboard Blues chords by Mildred Bailey
Verse 1
E
D
F
E
C
E
Eb
D
Morn
G
ing
D
G
comes with cloudy skies and rain.
C
Eb
My poor back am broke with pain.
G
My man's sleepin',
D
eyes are scrubbin',
G
D
chillin', weepin', eyes are rubbin',
G
D
Pains a -creepin',
G
C
G
clothes a -tuppin' all day long
Em
B
Up to that washin' soap
E
D
G
and down to that water once more
D
Head down low, head low
G
Em
B
Up to that washin' soap
E
D
G
and down to that water once more
C
G
Em
Poor hands go, lordy,
G
C
G
C
G
so weary of scrubbin'
C
G
Bb
Eb
Days dreary, so weary of
D
tubbin' them clothes
G
Em
B
Up to that washin' soap
E
D
an d down to that water
G
once more
Washboard blues never get me
Eb
G
gone from here
E
Eb
D
Scrubbin' dirty clothes all year
G
Them clothes, mustardy clothes
C
G
C
Raggedy clothes,
G
C
them grimy clothes
G
C
That's all I know
Am
G
F
G
Up and down, back and forth
E
All day long
A
D
G
Oh, Lordy, won't you hear my song,
C
G
C
C#
D
G
D
hear my song?
G
Em
G
D
G
D
G
Em
I've gone down to that river,
B
E
D
gone down to that river some day
G
C
G
C
G
Throw myself, my poor self,
C
G
self away, oh lordy
C
G
Must I keep scrubbin',
C
G
must I keep tubbin'
C
G
C
Must I keep drubbin',
Bb
Eb
must I keep rubbin'
D
Them old dirty clothes
G
Em
But I've gone to that river,
B
E
D
goin' down to that river someday
G
C
G
C
G
Hurry day, hurry day, hurry day, hurry.
Washboard Blues
Mildred Bailey
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