Chords for Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton

Tempo:
116.75 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Dm

Cm

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton chords
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[G] [C]
[Ebm] [Cm]
[G] [Dm] [C] [G] [C]
Oh, [G]
[F] [Cm]
[G] [Dm] [C] don't [G] [C]
[G] worry now, but I won't be [C]
worried.
[D] [C]
My rider [Dm] had something, she [Ebm] tried to keep [Cm] it, [G] yeah.
[C] [G] My [C]
[F] rider had something, [Cm] she tried to keep it, [G] yeah.
[Dm] [C] [G] [C]
[G] I got some fine [C] brass to build.
[G] [C]
She [Dm] like
[Abm] shopping, [Dm] she [Ebm] find every [Cm]
way.
[G] [Dm] [C] [G] [C]
She [F] like shopping, [Cm] she find every way.
[G] [Dm] [G]
[C] [G] I've been to the [Em] nation, Lord, [C] but I couldn't stay [Cm] [C] there.
[G] [C]
People say them [Bb] old [Cm] C's blue, they [G] ain't [Dm] fair.
[C] [G] [C]
People [Dm]
[F] say them [Cm] old C's blue, they ain't [Dm] fair.
[G] [C] What's the matter with her?
[G] Said it must not have been them old C's [C] blue, I had.
Every day, [Dm] seems [Cm] like a murder, yeah.
[G] My God, [C] I gotta see her.
Every [F] day, [Eb] seems like a [G] murder, yeah.
[Dm] [G] [C]
[G] I'm gonna leave tomorrow, [E] I know you don't [C] been long, yeah.
[G] [C]
Can't go down that [Cm] dark road by myself.
[G] [F] [G] [C]
[F] Can't go down that [Cm] dark road by [G] myself.
[Dm] [C] [G] My [C] God, who you gonna carry?
[G] I don't carry my rider, gonna carry me [C] somewhere.
My God.
[Cm] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Dm
2311
Cm
13421113
F
134211111
G
2131
C
3211
Dm
2311
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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[G] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ Oh, [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] [C] don't [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ worry now, but I won't be [C]
worried.
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ My rider [Dm] had something, _ _ _ _ she [Ebm] tried to keep [Cm] it, [G] yeah.
_ [C] [G] My [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] rider had something, [Cm] she tried to keep it, [G] yeah.
[Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] I got some fine [C] brass to build.
[G] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ She [Dm] like _
[Abm] shopping, [Dm] she [Ebm] find every [Cm]
way.
[G] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ She [F] like _ shopping, [Cm] she find every way.
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] I've been to the [Em] nation, Lord, [C] but I couldn't stay [Cm] [C] there.
[G] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ People say them [Bb] old [Cm] C's blue, they [G] ain't [Dm] fair.
[C] _ [G] _ [C]
People _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] say them [Cm] old C's blue, they ain't [Dm] fair.
[G] _ [C] What's the matter with her?
[G] Said it must not have been them old C's [C] blue, I had. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Every day, [Dm] _ seems [Cm] like a murder, yeah.
_ [G] _ My God, [C] I gotta see her.
Every [F] _ day, _ [Eb] seems like a [G] murder, yeah.
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] I'm gonna leave tomorrow, [E] I know you don't [C] been long, yeah.
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Can't go down that _ [Cm] dark road by myself.
[G] _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] Can't go down that _ [Cm] dark road by [G] myself.
_ [Dm] _ [C] [G] My [C] God, who you gonna carry?
[G] I don't carry my rider, gonna carry me [C] somewhere.
My God.
[Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _

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