Chords for Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ I was born in _ [C] _ _ 1944, [D] _
_ [C] but [Bb] woman I ain't gonna let that _ hamper me no more.
Cause [F] I'm a dun child, [Fm] oh [D] yes I _ _ [C]
am, and I'm afraid of fire.
[F] _ I _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ touch a girl [F] and _ treat her like a queen, _ [D] but I don't see [Bb] why _ she creeps on me.
_ Cause [F] I'm a dun child, [G] oh yes I am, [C] and [F] I'm afraid of fire. _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] If you _ didn't want me baby, _ why [Fm] did you [F] dog my heart around? _ _ _
If you [Bb] just could told me baby, _ you [C] know I'd walk right on out of your town.
_ You [Fm] can't fat cotton, [Bb] no no, [F] back to gather corn.
[Fm] _
[Bb] You can't take right and make it wrong.
[D] _ [F] Cause I'm a dun child, oh [G] yes I [C] am, _ [Bb] and I'm afraid [F] of fire.
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] Alright! _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Woo!
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You know [C] I'm a dun child, [G] _ _ oh [C] yes I am, and I'm [F] afraid of fire. _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ Well I [Fm] know I'm getting old, _ _ just can't hardly see.
[F] _
[Bb] But woman I ain't gonna let that hamper me.
_ _ [F] Cause I'm a dun child, [G] _
oh yes _ I am, and I'm afraid of fire.
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[Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [C] _ [F] Well it's a good morning, _ _ and [Fm] I'm _ _ _
[Bb] ready to _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ go.
[C] Oh, don't you think [Gm] I'm a change.
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[Fm] _ _ You know the Mississippi River, _ _ _ _ that I know. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ I'm [C] a dun _ [D] _ child, [Bb] oh _ [C] yes [Fm] I am, and I'm afraid of fire.
You know the Mississippi River, that I know.
You don't like my, _ _
[F] _ I ain't after your women's dad.
[Bb] Don't you think _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
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I'm a change.
Don't you think [Bb] I'm a change.
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_ _ Don't you think I'm a change.
[Fm] _ _
_ _ _ Don't you think I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ a _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] change.
_ _ _ _ If [C] the birds don't sing, [Fm] they ain't no change. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] Woo! _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] _ _ I got my ass set for the dog, shepherd, [F] pig, or hound.
[Fm] Three high-cowlick flats running [Bb] down, on a moon-clock. _
_ _ [F] Don't you think I'm a change. _ _
[Ab] If the birds don't sing, [Fm] they ain't no change. _ _
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