Chords for Blind Willie McTell — Statesboro Blues
Tempo:
141.6 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#] [C#] [G#]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#]
Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low.
[F#] Wake up, mama, [C#] turn your lamp down [G#] low.
Have you got the nerve to drive [C#] Papa [Em] MacTel [C#] from your door?
Mama died and left me reckless, now daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild.
[G#] [C#] Mama died and left me reckless, now daddy died and left [G#] me wild, wild, wild.
Lord, I'm not good looking, [C#] but I'm some [E] sweet [A#] woman's angel [C#] child.
She's a mighty mean woman, give me disarray.
[G#] [C#]
[F#] She's a mighty mean woman, [C#] give me [G#] disarray.
When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm [Em] gonna wait [C#] to stay.
I once loved a woman better than I'd ever seen.
[F#] I once loved a woman better than [C#] I'd ever [G#] seen.
Treated me like I was a king [F#] and she was a [A#] [G#] doggone queen.
[C#]
[Fm] Brother, tell your sister, sister, tell your [C#] aunt, auntie, tell your uncle, uncle, tell my cousin, cousin, tell my friend.
Going up to country, mama, don't you wanna go?
[F] May take me [G#] a fair, may take me a fair brown, may take one or [C#] two more.
[Fm] They gave you less than a lord and it did not stop.
You ought to sell [C#] the cotton farm and when you got there, boy, they're hot, you can't reach over the [F#] corner.
Mama, hand me my [C] traveling [G#] shoes.
You know by night [C#] I got them Statesboro blues.
Brother got them, sister got them, friends got them, I got them.
[F#] Woke up this morning for having [C#] Statesboro blues.
[G#] [C#]
I looked over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had them.
[F#] [C#]
[G#]
[C#] [E]
[C#]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#]
Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low.
[F#] Wake up, mama, [C#] turn your lamp down [G#] low.
Have you got the nerve to drive [C#] Papa [Em] MacTel [C#] from your door?
Mama died and left me reckless, now daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild.
[G#] [C#] Mama died and left me reckless, now daddy died and left [G#] me wild, wild, wild.
Lord, I'm not good looking, [C#] but I'm some [E] sweet [A#] woman's angel [C#] child.
She's a mighty mean woman, give me disarray.
[G#] [C#]
[F#] She's a mighty mean woman, [C#] give me [G#] disarray.
When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm [Em] gonna wait [C#] to stay.
I once loved a woman better than I'd ever seen.
[F#] I once loved a woman better than [C#] I'd ever [G#] seen.
Treated me like I was a king [F#] and she was a [A#] [G#] doggone queen.
[C#]
[Fm] Brother, tell your sister, sister, tell your [C#] aunt, auntie, tell your uncle, uncle, tell my cousin, cousin, tell my friend.
Going up to country, mama, don't you wanna go?
[F] May take me [G#] a fair, may take me a fair brown, may take one or [C#] two more.
[Fm] They gave you less than a lord and it did not stop.
You ought to sell [C#] the cotton farm and when you got there, boy, they're hot, you can't reach over the [F#] corner.
Mama, hand me my [C] traveling [G#] shoes.
You know by night [C#] I got them Statesboro blues.
Brother got them, sister got them, friends got them, I got them.
[F#] Woke up this morning for having [C#] Statesboro blues.
[G#] [C#]
I looked over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had them.
[F#] [C#]
[G#]
[C#] [E]
[C#]
Key:
C#
G#
F#
Em
E
C#
G#
F#
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Wake up, mama, _ turn your lamp down low. _
_ _ [F#] _ Wake up, mama, [C#] turn your lamp down [G#] low. _ _ _
_ _ Have you got the nerve to drive [C#] Papa [Em] MacTel [C#] from your door? _ _ _
_ _ Mama died and left me reckless, now daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild.
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] Mama died and left me reckless, now daddy died and left [G#] me wild, wild, wild.
_ Lord, I'm not good looking, [C#] but I'm some [E] sweet [A#] woman's angel _ [C#] child. _ _
_ She's a mighty mean woman, give me disarray.
[G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] She's a mighty mean woman, [C#] give me _ [G#] disarray. _ _ _ _
_ _ When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm [Em] gonna wait [C#] to stay. _ _ _ _
_ I once loved a woman better than I'd ever seen. _ _ _ _
_ [F#] I once loved a woman better than [C#] I'd ever [G#] seen. _ _ _ _
_ Treated me like I was a king [F#] and she was a [A#] [G#] doggone queen.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] Brother, tell your sister, sister, tell your [C#] aunt, auntie, tell your uncle, uncle, tell my cousin, cousin, tell my friend.
Going up to country, mama, don't you wanna go? _ _ _
_ _ [F] May take me [G#] a fair, may take me a fair brown, may take one or [C#] two more.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ They gave you less than a lord and it did not stop.
You ought to sell [C#] the cotton farm and when you got there, boy, they're hot, you can't reach over the [F#] corner.
Mama, hand me my [C] traveling [G#] shoes. _ _
_ _ _ You know by night [C#] I got them Statesboro blues. _ _
_ _ _ _ Brother got them, sister got them, _ friends got them, _ I got them.
[F#] Woke up this morning for having [C#] Statesboro blues.
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _
I looked over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had them. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Wake up, mama, _ turn your lamp down low. _
_ _ [F#] _ Wake up, mama, [C#] turn your lamp down [G#] low. _ _ _
_ _ Have you got the nerve to drive [C#] Papa [Em] MacTel [C#] from your door? _ _ _
_ _ Mama died and left me reckless, now daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild.
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] Mama died and left me reckless, now daddy died and left [G#] me wild, wild, wild.
_ Lord, I'm not good looking, [C#] but I'm some [E] sweet [A#] woman's angel _ [C#] child. _ _
_ She's a mighty mean woman, give me disarray.
[G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] She's a mighty mean woman, [C#] give me _ [G#] disarray. _ _ _ _
_ _ When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm [Em] gonna wait [C#] to stay. _ _ _ _
_ I once loved a woman better than I'd ever seen. _ _ _ _
_ [F#] I once loved a woman better than [C#] I'd ever [G#] seen. _ _ _ _
_ Treated me like I was a king [F#] and she was a [A#] [G#] doggone queen.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] Brother, tell your sister, sister, tell your [C#] aunt, auntie, tell your uncle, uncle, tell my cousin, cousin, tell my friend.
Going up to country, mama, don't you wanna go? _ _ _
_ _ [F] May take me [G#] a fair, may take me a fair brown, may take one or [C#] two more.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ They gave you less than a lord and it did not stop.
You ought to sell [C#] the cotton farm and when you got there, boy, they're hot, you can't reach over the [F#] corner.
Mama, hand me my [C] traveling [G#] shoes. _ _
_ _ _ You know by night [C#] I got them Statesboro blues. _ _
_ _ _ _ Brother got them, sister got them, _ friends got them, _ I got them.
[F#] Woke up this morning for having [C#] Statesboro blues.
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _
I looked over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had them. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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