House Rent Boogie Chords by John Lee Hooker

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_ I'm going to tell you a story about _ _ the Howell's Ridge Boogie. _
_ _ Long time ago, _ _ I stayed with old woman one [Em]
for _ five long years. _
_ I had a good job. _
_ I mean a sure enough good job.
I _ worked every day for _ five long years. _
_ Yeah.
_ _ [Em] _
_ I come [E] home one Friday, [Em] _
_ she [D] always smiling. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] She was loving, [E] and _ _ so nice.
In every _ way, [Em] _ _ [A] _ she was [Em] smiling _ and be so loving.
_ _ _ I had a good job then.
_ [E] _ [Em] I come home one Friday, _ [E] _ I told old landlady, _ I had lost my job.
_ [A] _ [E] She said, what?
_ [Em] _ _ I'd lost my job?
_ _ Yeah, she said.
Then _ _ I kind of know her.
_ _ [E] _ [Em] I was acting a little funny.
_ _ _ She never smiled too much.
_ [E] When I [Em] come in during the daytime, _ _ I had lost my job.
_ [E] _ Uh-huh.
_ _ _ [Em] Uh-huh. _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [E] She said, you trying to find [Em] a job?
_ _ I said, yeah.
I just can't find no job.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [Em] She _ _ [E] said, you ain't trying to find no job? _
[D] I said, oh, yeah.
I've been [Em] walking all day.
I just can't find no job.
_ _ She said, she passed by the day, [D] saw me standing on the corner, [E] _ leaning against the pole.
[D] _ I said, [G] I was tired.
I said, [D] I've been walking all day.
I just [Em] couldn't find no job. _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] Yeah. _
_ _ _ I'm going right across the street here.
_ _ They're trying to get this rent together.
_ _ A friend of mine, [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ I go across the street.
_ _ [E] _ _ I come on in.
[Gm] _ [Em] He said, hey, Johnny, come on in.
_ _ _ I said, see, _ _ _ _ I'm [E] outdoors.
[Gm] He said, what?
I _ _ [G] said, I'm outdoors.
[Em] _ He said, yeah. _ _ _ _
I said, give me a place to stay tonight.
[E] He said, let me go in here and talk to my wife. _ _
He come back down the stairs. _ _
_ [Em] _ He said, hey, Johnny, _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ my wife, [Em] you look funny.
_ _ I said, yeah.
I said, everybody's funny.
I said, you funny, too. _
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When I go back across the street, _ _
_ [E] _ I tell the old [Em] landlady.
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I [Em] said, yes, yes, I'm going to get the rent together.
She said, yeah.
I said, oh, yeah, I'm going to [E] get it. _
_ _ She said, you going to pay me the back rent?
[Em] I said, oh, yeah.
_ [E] I'm going to pay you all of it.
_ [Gm] _ [Em] Talking about the back [B] rent.
_ [Em] _ Talking about the back rent.
_ _ She's going to get none of it. _ _ _ _
And I eased on out the door there with my clothes. _ _
You ain't get nothing. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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Yeah.
[E] _ [G] And I got on with the [Em] house.
[E] Talking about some back rent.
[G] _ She lucky she get in the front rent.
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