Chords for Country Blues Guitar Lesson - Down The Dirt Road Blues - Paul Rishell

_ _ _ _ Okay, we're going to start off with a tune by Charlie Patton, Down the Dirt Road Blues.
Charlie Patton was born in Mississippi in 1891.
He died there in 1934.
He was the first country blues musician to record over 20 songs his first year of recording.
I think that's still a record.
In the Delta region, he was considered the king of the Delta Blues.
He influenced a lot of musicians, including Robert Johnson, Sun House, Tommy Johnson,
Ishman Bracey, and a lot of others.
Some less well-known.
He had protégés also, a fellow named Buddy Boy Hawkins, whom he brought to the studio,
and I think even Sun House was one of his protégés.
He advanced the careers of several blues musicians.
_ I think the song that we included in this is one of his better songs.
It's easier to play than some of his others, and a little easier to distinguish what he's
talking about and what he's playing on the original recording.
When you're doing country blues songs, it's very important that you think about the singing,
and we'll talk about that a bit more, but the singing is very important while you're
learning these guitar parts.
Think about the singing as you're playing the parts.
I know once you get this song down, you're going to want to play it over and over again.
Another aspect of playing these country blues tunes that we're studying is always try to
play [F#] them a little slower than you hear them, or you'd like to play them, and it'll sound
better to you later on. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[C#m] I'm going away _ [G#m] to a world unknown
_ [C#] _ _ I'm [F#] going away to [C#m] a world [C#] unknown
_ _ _ [G#]
I'm worried now, but I won't be [C#m] worried [A#m] long
[G#] _
_ [C#] My [C#m] right is something she tried [Em] to keep it
_ [C#] _ My _ [F#] right is something she tried to [C#m] keep it
_ _ _ [C#] _
Well, [G#] I got something to find [G] that something [A#m] with
[G#] _
_ [C#] _ [C#m] I feel like choppin' it, chips [E] flyin' everywhere
[C#] _ _ I [F#] feel like choppin' it, chips flyin' [E] everywhere
_ [C#] _ _ _
[G#] Well, I've been to the nation, Lord, but I couldn't stay [D] [C#] there
Some _ [C#m] people tell me [E] overseas blues ain't [C#] bad
_ _ _ [F#] Some people tell me overseas blues [C#m] ain't bad
[C#] _ _ _
[G#] I'm in here, Lord, I'm bolder than I ever _ had
[C#] _ _ [C#m] Every day [G#m] seems like a murder [C#m] here
_ _ [C#] _ [F#] Every day seems like a [C#] murder here _ _ _
[G#] I'm leavin' tomorrow, cause I know you don't [C#m] bend my [G#] cast
_ [C#] _ Ain't goin' down that _ [E] dirt roadin' by [C#] myself
Ain't [F#] goin' down that shim droadin' by [C#] myself _ _ _
[G#] I'm leavin' tomorrow, gonna carry [E] somebody [C#] else
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _