Statesboro Blues Chords by Blind Willie Mctell
Tempo:
107.25 bpm
Chords used:
C#
C#m
F#
A#
A#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#]
[C#]
We got mama, turn your lamp down low.
[G#m]
[C#m] [F#] We got mama, turn your [C#] lamp down low.
Have you [A#] got the nerve to drive Papa [A] Mike's [C#] house from your door?
My mother daddy left me reckless, my daddy daddy left me wild, wild, wild.
Mother [D#m] daddy left me reckless, daddy [C#] daddy left me wild, wild, wild.
[C#m] No I'm not good looking but I'm some sweet woman's angel [C#] child.
She's a mighty mean woman, do me this way.
[A#m] She's [F#] a mighty mean woman, [A#m] do me [C#] this way.
When [C#m] I leave this town pretty mama I'm gonna wait [C#] to stay.
I want a [A#] loving woman better than [C#m] I've ever seen.
[F#] I want a loving woman better than [C#] I've ever seen.
Treating me like [C#m] I'm the king and she was a [C#] doggone queen.
Sister tell your brother, brother tell your auntie, now auntie tell your uncle.
Uncle tell my cousin, now cousin tell my [F#] friend.
One of the country [D#m] mama don't you [C#] want to go?
May [C#m] take me a fair bride, may take one or [C#] two more.
Big 80 left Savannah, Lorna did not stop.
Yoda saw that colored fireman when he got the ball of hot chicken.
[A#m]
Rachel in the corner mama had me my [C#] traveling shoes.
[A#] You know by that I've got them [C#] Statesboro blues.
Mama sister got them, auntie got them, brother got them, friend got them, I got them.
[F#] I woke up this morning and had them [C#] Statesboro blues.
I looked [C#m] over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had them too.
[G#] [C#]
[C#]
We got mama, turn your lamp down low.
[G#m]
[C#m] [F#] We got mama, turn your [C#] lamp down low.
Have you [A#] got the nerve to drive Papa [A] Mike's [C#] house from your door?
My mother daddy left me reckless, my daddy daddy left me wild, wild, wild.
Mother [D#m] daddy left me reckless, daddy [C#] daddy left me wild, wild, wild.
[C#m] No I'm not good looking but I'm some sweet woman's angel [C#] child.
She's a mighty mean woman, do me this way.
[A#m] She's [F#] a mighty mean woman, [A#m] do me [C#] this way.
When [C#m] I leave this town pretty mama I'm gonna wait [C#] to stay.
I want a [A#] loving woman better than [C#m] I've ever seen.
[F#] I want a loving woman better than [C#] I've ever seen.
Treating me like [C#m] I'm the king and she was a [C#] doggone queen.
Sister tell your brother, brother tell your auntie, now auntie tell your uncle.
Uncle tell my cousin, now cousin tell my [F#] friend.
One of the country [D#m] mama don't you [C#] want to go?
May [C#m] take me a fair bride, may take one or [C#] two more.
Big 80 left Savannah, Lorna did not stop.
Yoda saw that colored fireman when he got the ball of hot chicken.
[A#m]
Rachel in the corner mama had me my [C#] traveling shoes.
[A#] You know by that I've got them [C#] Statesboro blues.
Mama sister got them, auntie got them, brother got them, friend got them, I got them.
[F#] I woke up this morning and had them [C#] Statesboro blues.
I looked [C#m] over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had them too.
[G#] [C#]
Key:
C#
C#m
F#
A#
A#m
C#
C#m
F#
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We got mama, turn your lamp down low.
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[C#m] [F#] We got mama, turn your [C#] lamp down low.
_ _ Have you [A#] got the nerve to drive Papa [A] Mike's [C#] house from your door? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ My mother daddy left me reckless, my daddy daddy left me wild, wild, wild. _
Mother [D#m] daddy left me reckless, daddy [C#] daddy left me wild, wild, wild.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] No I'm not good looking but I'm some sweet woman's angel [C#] child. _
_ _ She's a mighty mean woman, do me this way.
_ _ [A#m] She's [F#] a mighty mean woman, [A#m] do me [C#] this way.
_ _ When [C#m] I leave this town pretty mama I'm gonna wait [C#] to stay. _
_ I want a [A#] loving woman better than [C#m] I've ever seen.
_ _ [F#] I want a loving woman better than [C#] I've ever seen.
_ _ Treating me like [C#m] I'm the king and she was a [C#] doggone queen. _ _ _
_ _ Sister tell your brother, brother tell your auntie, now auntie tell your uncle.
Uncle tell my cousin, now cousin tell my [F#] friend.
One of the country [D#m] mama don't you [C#] want to go? _ _
May [C#m] take me a fair bride, may take one or [C#] two more. _
_ _ _ Big 80 left Savannah, Lorna did not stop.
Yoda saw that colored fireman when he got the ball of hot chicken.
[A#m]
Rachel in the corner mama had me my [C#] traveling shoes. _ _
[A#] You know by that I've got them [C#] Statesboro blues. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mama sister got them, auntie got them, brother got them, friend got them, I got them.
[F#] I woke up this morning and had them [C#] Statesboro blues.
_ _ I looked [C#m] over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had them too. _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We got mama, turn your lamp down low.
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[C#m] [F#] We got mama, turn your [C#] lamp down low.
_ _ Have you [A#] got the nerve to drive Papa [A] Mike's [C#] house from your door? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ My mother daddy left me reckless, my daddy daddy left me wild, wild, wild. _
Mother [D#m] daddy left me reckless, daddy [C#] daddy left me wild, wild, wild.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] No I'm not good looking but I'm some sweet woman's angel [C#] child. _
_ _ She's a mighty mean woman, do me this way.
_ _ [A#m] She's [F#] a mighty mean woman, [A#m] do me [C#] this way.
_ _ When [C#m] I leave this town pretty mama I'm gonna wait [C#] to stay. _
_ I want a [A#] loving woman better than [C#m] I've ever seen.
_ _ [F#] I want a loving woman better than [C#] I've ever seen.
_ _ Treating me like [C#m] I'm the king and she was a [C#] doggone queen. _ _ _
_ _ Sister tell your brother, brother tell your auntie, now auntie tell your uncle.
Uncle tell my cousin, now cousin tell my [F#] friend.
One of the country [D#m] mama don't you [C#] want to go? _ _
May [C#m] take me a fair bride, may take one or [C#] two more. _
_ _ _ Big 80 left Savannah, Lorna did not stop.
Yoda saw that colored fireman when he got the ball of hot chicken.
[A#m]
Rachel in the corner mama had me my [C#] traveling shoes. _ _
[A#] You know by that I've got them [C#] Statesboro blues. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mama sister got them, auntie got them, brother got them, friend got them, I got them.
[F#] I woke up this morning and had them [C#] Statesboro blues.
_ _ I looked [C#m] over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had them too. _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
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