Chords for Cody Johnson - The Ballad of Curtis Loew (Lynyrd Skynyrd Cover)

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_ _ _ _ _ I used to wake the morning _ _
[Bb] before the rooster _ crowed _
_ _ _ Searching for soda [Ab] bottles to get myself some [F] dough _
_ _ _ [Eb] I take them down to the corner _ _ [Bb] down to the country store
_ _ [Ab] _ Cash a man and I give my money to a man [Ebm] named [Bb] Curtis Lowe
_ _ _ Old Curt was a black man [Eb] with white curly [Ebm] hair
_ _ [Eb] _ When he [Bb] had a fifth of wine [Db] you know he did [Ab] not [Ebm] have a care
_ _ _ [Eb] He used to known an [Bb] old dough bro [Eb] he used to play it cross his [Ebm] knee
_ _ _ I'd give [Bb] old Curt my money [Db] and he'd play [Ab] all day [F] for me
[Ab] _ _ So play me a song [Eb] Curtis Lowe, _ Curtis [Ebm] Lowe
_ _ [Ab] _ I got your drinking _ [Bb] money, turn up your dough bro
_ [Ab] _ _ Folks said he was useless [Eb] but them people are [F] a fool _ _ _ _
[Eb] Cause Curtis Lowe [Bbm] was the finest [Eb] picker [Ab] to ever play the [Ebm] blues
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_ _ _ _ [Dbm] looked to be [Bb] sixty _ [F] _ [Eb] and maybe I [Ebm] was ten _
[Eb] _ _ My mama used to [Bb] whoop me but [Db] I'd go [Eb] see him [Ebm] again _
_ _ Used to clap [Bb] and I'd stomp my feet [Ab] just trying to stay [Eb] in town
_ _ I'd give [Bb] old Curt my [Eb] money then he'd [Ab] take another drink [F] of wine _
[Ab] _ So play me a _ song [Eb] Curtis Lowe, _ Curtis [Ab] Lowe _
_ _ I got your drinking [Eb] money, turn up your dough [Ab] bro _
_ Folks said he was _ useless [Eb] but them people are [F] a _ _ fool
Cause [Eb] _ _ Curtis [Db] Lowe was the finest picker [Ab] to ever play the blues _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ On _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ the day [Bb] that old Curtis died _ [Abm] nobody came to pray _
[Eb] _ The preacher [Bb] he just said a few words and [Db] then he chunked him [Eb] down in [Ebm] the clay _
[Ab] _ [Bb] He lived a lifetime [Abm] just playing the black [Eb] _ _ man's blues
_ And on the day [Bb] that he lost his life [Eb] that's all he had to [Ab] _ _
lose
So play me a song [Eb] Curtis _ Lowe, Curtis [Ab] Lowe _ _
_ I got your drinking money, [Eb] turn up your dough [Ab] bro _ _
_ Folks said he was useless [Eb] but them people are [F] a _ fool
_ _ _ [Eb] Cause Curtis Lowe [Bbm] was the finest [Ab] picker to ever play [Eb] the blues
_ _ _ Curt you're still [Bbm] the finest picker [Ab] to ever _ [Eb] play the blues _
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