Chords:
{t:Backwater Blues}
{artist:Bessie Smith}
{key:A}
Bessie Smith 1927 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gXShOJVwaM
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When it [A7] rained five days and the [D7] skies turned dark as [A7] night
When it [D7] rained five days and the skies turned dark as [A7] night
There was [E7] trouble takin' place in the [D7] lowland at [A7] night
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I woke [A7] up this mornin', couldn't [D7] even get out of my [A7] door
I woke [D7] up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my [A7] door
Enough [E7] trouble to make a poor woman [D7] wonder where she's gonna [A7] go
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They [A7] rowed a little boat just about [D7] five miles across the [A7] farm
Said they [D7] rowed a little boat just about five miles across the [A7] farm
I packed up [E7] all of my clothes, throwed them [D7] in,
and they rowed me a-[A7]long
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Well it [A7] thundered and lightnin'd, and the [D7] winds began to [A7] blow
Said it [D7] thundered and lightnin'd, and the winds began to [A7] blow
There was [E7] thousands of people, ain’t [D7] got no place to [A7] go
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And I went [A7] and stood upon a [D7] high old lonesome [A7] hill
And I went [D7] and stood upon a high old lonesome [A7] hill
And looked [E7] down on the house [D7] where I used to [A7] live
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Back Water [A7] Blues that calls me to [D7] pack my things and [A7] go
Back Water [D7] Blues that calls me to pack my things and [A7] go
Cause my [E7] house fell down, and I [D7] can't live there no [A7] more [A7]
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Ooh, I [D7] can't live there no [A7] more [D7]
Ooh, I can't live there no [A7] more
There [E7] ain't no place for a [D7] poor old woman to [A7] go
