Root Man Blues Chords by Walter Davis

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[A] _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
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Mama, here come your rude men, _ open the door and let him in.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ Mama, here [Eb] come your rude men, _ [Ebm] open the door and let [Eb] him in.
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_ _ It is just about [Db] time you're using _
[Eb] some of your good roots again. _ _ _
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_ Your face is getting bumpy and your skin looks awful bad.
_ [G] _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Ab] Your face is getting bumpy [Eb] and your skin looks awful bad.
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_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ I [Db] believe my roots do you more good, [Eb] Mama, [Db] than any herbs [Eb] that you ever had.
[Ab] _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] There is one thing, [Dbm] baby, [Eb] _ [Gb] you want this root [Eb] all by yourself. _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Cm] There is [Gb] one thing, baby, _
[Eb] you want this root all by yourself.
_ [Ab] _ [Gb] _
[Eb] _ _ But you know [Db] I'm a doctor, Mama, _
[Eb] [Ebm] I got to give it to somebody [Eb] else. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ The root that [Db] I'm selling, _ from it you [Eb] can get a lot of juice.
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[C] _ [Ab] [Eb] The root that I'm selling, _ from it you can get a lot of juice.
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[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ And when I'm giving it to you, Mama, [Dbm] _ [Ebm] you don't want to [Gb] turn your [Eb] doctor loose.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ [Ebm] was talking on a woman, _ she said, Lord, I can't see how can it be.
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ [Ebm] I was talking on a woman, [Eb] _ [Ebm] she says, I can't see how can it be. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ She said, go [Db] away from here, doctor, [Eb] _ [Ebm] you got too much root [Eb] for me. _ _
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