Chords for Irma Thomas Backwater Blues

_ Start with Thomas.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ When it [G] rained five days [C] and the skies were [G] dark as night. _
_ _ _ _ When it [C] rained five days, skies as dark [G] as night.
The _ _ _ _ _ [D] trouble taking a place Lord [C] in the lowlands that [G] lie.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ I woke [G] up this morning, [C] can't even get out [D] of [G] my bed. _ _ _ _ _
I [C] woke up, _ _ _ can't [Gm] even get out of [G] my door. _ _ _ _
_ It's rolling [D] away, _ poor [C] girl, wonder where in the world she's gonna [G] go.
_ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ They [G] rode a little boat [C] about five miles [E] across the [G] pond.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ I said [C] they rode a little boat about five miles across [G] the pond. _ _ _ _ _
I [D] packed up all my clothes, thrown them [C] in and they rode me, they rode me [G] along.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ It thundered _ _ and the [C] winds began to [G] blow. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] It thundered _ _ _ and the winds [G] began to blow.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
There [D] are thousands of people [C] that ain't got no place, ain't got no place [G] to go.
_ _ _ [C#] [D] Then _ _ [E] I went [G] up and I stood where on high on [E] some old lonesome [G] hill. _ _
_ Then _ _ I [A#] went and I [C] stood upon some high old lonesome [G] hill. _ _ _ _ _ _
I looked [D] down on the house _ [C] _
where I used to [G] live.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [D] _ [G] Backwater blues, that's what I sing.
[C] Pack my bags, pack my [G] bags of gold. _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] Backwater [C] blues, _ _ _ _ pack my, [A] pack my bags of gold.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Cause my house fell down and I [C]
can't, I can't live there, [G] can't live there no more.
[C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ Can't live [A#] there, can't live there [G] no more. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] Can't live there, can't live [G] there no more.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Cause there ain't no place for [C] this poor _ children.
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _