Down Home Blues Chords by Willie Clayton

[C] _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G]
say your father's [G] jumping and [C] everybody [G] having a good [Gm] time [C] and you know [Gm] what's going through
my mind [Gm] do you mind if [C] I get comfortable _ and kick off these [Gm] shoes but [C] _ [Gm] _ _
[D] while you're fixing
me a drink
_ [C] _ [E] _ _
[C] she [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G]
said you [C] know I [Gm] don't get [C] out much [Am] on the [Bb] time [C] and you [C] know [Bb] I done cut out [Em] a lot of [C] that
[Gm] running [G] around all [C] week [C] long _ [C] _ I've been keeping my [C] [Gm] cool [C] yes I have
[Bb] she [F] said but [D] tonight I'm gonna get my hair [E] back and get down with some down [Gm] [C] home blues
[Gm] _ _ [D] listen to me
[C]
down home [C] _ [Gm] blues
down [C] home blues
down [Bb] home blues
[Gm] down home blues
all she wanted to hear was some
down home blues
[C] all [F] night [C] long
_ [Gm] every other record of [C] June
[Gm] _ [C] oh [Gm] baby
she [D] said take all those bad records
[G] [Gm] and let me hear some down home [C] _ [Bb] _ [D] down home down home down [Dm] home down home down [C] _ [Gm] _ [G] home down [C] [Gm] home
[C] [B] down [C] home down [Bb] _ [Am] _ [Gm] home
[Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] kinda like [Bb] [Em] that
[Gm] _ give [C] _ [Gm] it a little [D] bass
I _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] [G] got [D] it
_ she [G] said you know [C] my old [Bb] man
gone wanna [C] [Gm] fight
[C] _
[Gm] [C] because [Gm] after hours I'll be [Am] getting [Gm] in tonight
[C] I don't care
_ _ [E] Tonight I'm gonna do as I [C] choose
[Gm] [E] That's what the woman [C] told [Bb] me
[D] She said, but tonight I'm gonna get my head back
[C] And get [E] down on these down [G]-home [C] blues
[Gm] _ [C] [D] Yeah, _ [G] baby
Down-home [C] [Bb] blues
[C] Down-home _ [Bb] blues
[Gm] [C] Oh, she [Gm] wanted to get with them
Down-home blues
[C] All night [Gm] long
[C] _ Every other record [Gm] that [C] she'll [G] choose
So, baby, can [Gm] we play something else?
[C] She said, uh-uh [Bb]-uh [C]-uh
She [D] said, tonight I'm gonna get my head back
[E] And party on these down [Gm]-home [Am] blues
[Gm] You [Fm] know what, baby?
I [D] think I'm gonna go up to _ [Gm] North Carolina
[G] Maybe I'll go down to South Carolina
[Gm] Maybe we go up to New York
They can dig [C] the blues [Gm] D.C.!
[C] [Gm] We come in there and we dig the blues
Down [C]-home blues
Everywhere you go, you're gonna [E] see me
[Gm] Singing them down-home [C] blues [Bb] _ [C] [Gm] Oh, [C] baby
[Bb] [C] Tonight [D] I'm gonna get my head back
[C] And party on these down [Gm]-home blues
_ [D] Ooh
_ _ [G]
[C] Down [Bb]-home blues
[C] Down [Gm]-home [C] blues
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [E] Down-home [Gb] [Gm] blues
Down-home blues
Down-home blues
Every other record [C] that [G] she'll choose
But my favorite [C] place to hear me do [Gm] the blues
[C] Would [D] be the Windy City, baby, at [C] Chicago
_ [E] And [Gm] _ [C] [Gm] then we're gonna come on back down south
[D] We're gonna hit them in the head with something like [G] this
Down-home blues
[E] _ [Gm] I'm gonna rock you down
Down-home blues
[G] All she wanted to hear was
Down-home blues
All night long
This one's for the legend
Every other record of you Johnny Taylor ZZ Hit
The late, great, little Milton
None other than Tyrone Davis Ooh
_ That's them down