Chords for Big Bill Broonzy - Backwater Blues

_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Db] _ _ _
I got up _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] one morning.
Hold me, I couldn't even get out of my door. _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] [G] I got up one morning.
[Gb] _ [Abm] Hold me, I couldn't even get out of my door.
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I [Ab] thought I was really enough trouble
to make a poor [Ab] man wonder why they would
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ pay roll
_ _ [Gb] just about five miles across the [Bb] pond.
_ [Ab] _ [E] _ [Db] _
_ _ [Gb] Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] just about five [F] miles across the pond.
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Then I went _ _ _ [Gb] _
up on high. [Db] How long?
[Abm] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Yes, I went.
I stood [Gb] up [Ab] on high.
How long?
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[Ebm] Oh, _ [Ab] _ _ _ look down.
Baby, [G] I wonder how far I used to go.
[Db] _ [Gb] _ [Db] _
_ _ [Abm] Then it _ thundered.
[Db] _
_ _ [Abm] Now, _ [D] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ yes, [G] it thundered.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Gb] [Eb] Now, _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
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_ at that time, they didn't [Eb] have no place. _ _
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