Back Water Blues Chords by Bessie Smith

[A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
When it rained [A] five [F#] days and the skies [E] turned dark [A] as night
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _
[Em] [D] When it [Bm] rained five days and the [Dm] skies turned dark [E] as night
[F#m] _ _ _
_ [E] Then trouble taken [F] [E] place in the lowlands [F#m] at night
[Em] _ [F#m] I [A] _
[B] _ [E] _ woke [F#m] up this morning, [B] can't [E] even get out [F#] of [E] my bed
[F#m] [D] I [E] _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ [A] [Bm] woke up this morning, can't even get out of my [E] bed _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] [E] That's enough [F#] trouble to make [Bm] a poor girl [E] wonder where [F#] she [Em] wanna go
_ [F#]
[E] Then [F#m] _ _ [E] [A] they [F#] rode a little boat about [B] five miles [A] across the pond
_ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] Then they [Bm] rode a little boat [Dm] about [B] five miles [E] across the pond
I [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] packed all my [F#m] clothes, sold them in and they rode me along
[E]
When [A] _ [E] _ it's [F#] sunlight [Em]
[F#] and then [D] the wind begins to [A] blow
_ [G]
[E] When [A] _ _ [G] _ [F] [D] it's sunlight _ and then the wind begins [A] to blow
[F] _
[E] _ [A] _ [G] _ [F#] _ [E] That's south of [C#] people, [E] ain't got no [G#] place [A] to go
_ [E] _
[A] _ [E] _ Then I [A] went and [E] stood upon some high old lonesome [B] hill
[C#m] _ [D] _
[E] _ [A] _ [B] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Then [B] _ [C#] _ [Bm] looked down [E] on the [F] house [E] where I used [A] to [E] live
[D#m] _
[D] _ _ [A] [E] Packed [A] water blues done [F] caused me to [E] pack _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
[Am] _ [C#] _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [F] my [E] things [A] [B] and [F#m] go
[D] _
[D#m] _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] Cause my [B] house fell down [E] and I [F#] can't live [E] there [A] no more
[D] _ [D#] _
[C#m] _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] I [E] can't move [A] no more
[C#m] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _
I [Bm] can't [E] move [C#] no more
[G#] _
[Am] _ [C#m] _ [G#] _ _ [Bm] Ain't no [E] place [B] for a [E] poor old girl [A] to [C#] go
[C] _ [C#] _ [D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _