Chords for Bedside Blues ........Jim Thompkins

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_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ I [C] ain't gonna be your lowdown dog no more, _ honey I ain't gonna be your [Ab] lowdown dog no more _
I'll [D] get me a good gilmose any place [Ab] I go _
And I walked all night long, my feet got soaking wet _ _
[D] Walked all night [D] long and my feet got [Ab] soaking wet _
[Bb] And I haven't walked up on [Ab] my good gal yet _
[C] Oh mama, mama, what's the matter now? _
[Db] Oh mama, mama, [C] what's the matter [Ab] now? _
[D] Tryin' to quit your daddy, [Ab] honey and you don't know _ _
I'm going, I'm going and your crying won't make me _ _
[Db] I'm going, [D] I'm going and your crying won't make [Ab] me _
[D] Honey, the more you cry, the further I'm going up _
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ I [C] don't like no woman got hair like dropped to rain _
I don't like no woman got hair like [Ab] dropped to _ _
[A] Cause the girl I like got [Ab] hair like a horse in _ _
That's what my mother told me just before she died _
[Db] That's what my mother told me just [Ab] before she _ _
[Dm] Trying to drop rain now [C] but it sure be [Ab] heavy _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ And I fell down on my knees and
_ [Bb] I fell down on my knees [Ab] and cried
_ I [Eb] fell [Bb] down right by my [Ab] mama's side _ _
Son, son, one thing I want you to do
_ _ [D] And one more thing, son, that I want you to do
And that is when me sure take care of you _ _ _ _
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[F] And that [Db] is when me [Ab] sure take care of you _
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