Chords for Blind Willie Johnson-If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down (December 3, 1927)
Tempo:
84.575 bpm
Chords used:
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C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] Well, if I had my way, if I had a way to start a fire, I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, [C] I'm a dollar-worth [F] woman, fine as fire, a bezel of love, sir, a cold black eye, and all the game, though, sounds in my eyes.
I'm a nice, solid woman, I look so fine, a wife of Anne Timothy, I can't tell, a daughter of Timothy, I'm pleased to have her well, a son of a toadish father, a good man.
Hey, me Lord, if I had my way, well, if I had a way to start a fire, I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, old Samson's mother replied to him, can't you find a woman of your kind in Kent?
Samson, will you be a mother of mine?
Go and marry Paddy for the last [C] time.
Let me tell [F] you what old Samson, when he broke at the dawn, the lion run, down by the basement along the catch, he caught a saddle and got a pony line.
Hey, he'd written that he'd killed a man with it, it's something that he'd hanged in the line of a joe.
Well, if I had my way, if I had a way to start a fire, I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, you'd really please to tell it to me, how I need all the games, how strong all the games are supposed to be.
Well, if I had my way, well, if I had a way to start a fire, I'd know just how to settle it down.
So many a thousand hands upon the plot, not many days goes down over cause.
A buying his hand while he's walking alone, a look on the ground he found no jawbone.
He moved his own ropes upon black thread.
Got those straight three thousand dead, Lord, if I had my way.
Well, if I had a, if we could wire my hat, I'd know the way through the town.
Well, down some street, boys are never caught out, tell them to begin to wonder about.
I tell his wife that I'm funny as a knee, I tell me why he's treated like a puppy.
Down some white shoes, he talks so fair, told his wife to cut off his hair.
Shave my head, finish your hair, well, if you come and let your mind.
If I had my way.
Well, if I had a, if we could wire my hat, I'd know the way through the town.
Well, [C] I'm a dollar-worth [F] woman, fine as fire, a bezel of love, sir, a cold black eye, and all the game, though, sounds in my eyes.
I'm a nice, solid woman, I look so fine, a wife of Anne Timothy, I can't tell, a daughter of Timothy, I'm pleased to have her well, a son of a toadish father, a good man.
Hey, me Lord, if I had my way, well, if I had a way to start a fire, I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, old Samson's mother replied to him, can't you find a woman of your kind in Kent?
Samson, will you be a mother of mine?
Go and marry Paddy for the last [C] time.
Let me tell [F] you what old Samson, when he broke at the dawn, the lion run, down by the basement along the catch, he caught a saddle and got a pony line.
Hey, he'd written that he'd killed a man with it, it's something that he'd hanged in the line of a joe.
Well, if I had my way, if I had a way to start a fire, I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, you'd really please to tell it to me, how I need all the games, how strong all the games are supposed to be.
Well, if I had my way, well, if I had a way to start a fire, I'd know just how to settle it down.
So many a thousand hands upon the plot, not many days goes down over cause.
A buying his hand while he's walking alone, a look on the ground he found no jawbone.
He moved his own ropes upon black thread.
Got those straight three thousand dead, Lord, if I had my way.
Well, if I had a, if we could wire my hat, I'd know the way through the town.
Well, down some street, boys are never caught out, tell them to begin to wonder about.
I tell his wife that I'm funny as a knee, I tell me why he's treated like a puppy.
Down some white shoes, he talks so fair, told his wife to cut off his hair.
Shave my head, finish your hair, well, if you come and let your mind.
If I had my way.
Well, if I had a, if we could wire my hat, I'd know the way through the town.
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[F] _ _ Well, if I had my way, if I had a way to start a fire, I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, [C] I'm a dollar-worth [F] woman, fine as fire, a bezel of love, sir, a cold black eye, and all the game, though, sounds in my eyes.
I'm a nice, solid woman, I look so fine, a wife of Anne Timothy, I can't tell, a daughter of Timothy, I'm pleased to have her well, a son of a toadish father, a good man.
_ Hey, me Lord, if I had my way, well, if I had a way to start a fire, _ I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, old Samson's mother replied to him, can't you find a woman of your kind in Kent?
Samson, will you be a mother of mine?
Go and marry Paddy for the last [C] time.
Let me tell [F] you what old Samson, when he broke at the dawn, the lion run, down by the basement along the catch, he caught a saddle and got a pony line.
Hey, he'd written that he'd killed a man with it, it's something that he'd hanged in the line of a joe.
Well, if I had my way, if I had a way to start a fire, _ I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, you'd really please to tell it to me, how I need all the _ _ _ _ games, how strong all the games are supposed to be.
_ Well, if I _ _ _ had my way, well, if I had a way to start a fire, _ I'd know just how to settle it down.
So many a thousand hands upon the plot, not many days goes down over cause.
A buying his hand while he's walking alone, a look on the ground he found no jawbone.
He moved his own ropes upon black thread.
Got those straight three thousand dead, Lord, if I had my way.
Well, if I had a, if we could wire my hat, I'd know the way through the town.
_ Well, down some street, boys are never caught out, tell them to begin to wonder about.
I tell his wife that I'm funny as a knee, I tell me why he's treated like a puppy.
Down some white shoes, he talks so fair, told his wife to cut off his hair.
Shave my head, finish your hair, well, if you come and let your mind.
If I had my way.
Well, if I had a, if we could wire my hat, I'd know the way through the town. _ _
Well, [C] I'm a dollar-worth [F] woman, fine as fire, a bezel of love, sir, a cold black eye, and all the game, though, sounds in my eyes.
I'm a nice, solid woman, I look so fine, a wife of Anne Timothy, I can't tell, a daughter of Timothy, I'm pleased to have her well, a son of a toadish father, a good man.
_ Hey, me Lord, if I had my way, well, if I had a way to start a fire, _ I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, old Samson's mother replied to him, can't you find a woman of your kind in Kent?
Samson, will you be a mother of mine?
Go and marry Paddy for the last [C] time.
Let me tell [F] you what old Samson, when he broke at the dawn, the lion run, down by the basement along the catch, he caught a saddle and got a pony line.
Hey, he'd written that he'd killed a man with it, it's something that he'd hanged in the line of a joe.
Well, if I had my way, if I had a way to start a fire, _ I'd know just how to settle it down.
Well, you'd really please to tell it to me, how I need all the _ _ _ _ games, how strong all the games are supposed to be.
_ Well, if I _ _ _ had my way, well, if I had a way to start a fire, _ I'd know just how to settle it down.
So many a thousand hands upon the plot, not many days goes down over cause.
A buying his hand while he's walking alone, a look on the ground he found no jawbone.
He moved his own ropes upon black thread.
Got those straight three thousand dead, Lord, if I had my way.
Well, if I had a, if we could wire my hat, I'd know the way through the town.
_ Well, down some street, boys are never caught out, tell them to begin to wonder about.
I tell his wife that I'm funny as a knee, I tell me why he's treated like a puppy.
Down some white shoes, he talks so fair, told his wife to cut off his hair.
Shave my head, finish your hair, well, if you come and let your mind.
If I had my way.
Well, if I had a, if we could wire my hat, I'd know the way through the town. _ _