Chords for Curtis Lowe Acoustic cover

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_ _ Well I used to wake the morning [B] before the rooster crowed, [E] searching for soda bottles
[A] to get myself some [F#] dough.
_ [E] Running down to the corner, [B] down to the country store,
[A] catching men to give my money to a man named Curtis Lowe.
[E] Old [B] Curtis was a black [A] man with white [E] curly hair.
When he [Bm] had his fifth of [D] wine, he did not [A] have a care.
[E] He used to know no dub, [A] bro, he used to play the [E] cross between.
_ I'd [B] give old Curt my [D] money, he'd pay all [E] day for me.
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
[A] I got your dream, [E] man, I'm cleaning up your gun.
_ [A] People say he was the youngest [E] man I've ever seen.
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[E] Curtis [D] Lowe was the finest [A] picker to ever [E] play the flute.
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[E] He [B] looked to be sixty, [A] maybe [G] I was [E] ten.
Mama [B] used to woo [D] me, but I'd go to [A] the L.A.
[E] I'd climb my [B] hands, stone my [A] feet, try to [E] stay in time.
I'd [B] give this all to [D] take another [E] drink of wine.
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe. _
[A] I got your dream, man, [E] I'm cleaning up your gun. _
[A] People say he was useless, [E] now people all [F#] _
fool.
_ [E] Curtis Lowe was [D] the finest picker [A] to ever play [E] the flute.
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Yes, sir.
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_ [Em] On the day [B] old Curtis died, nobody [E] came to pray him.
Old Pitcher [B] said some words, [D] and they chucked him in [A] the face.
_ [E] He lived [B] his lifetime playing the baton.
[E] _ On the day he [B] lost his life, [D] that's all he had to live.
[A] _ Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
[A] I wish that he was here [E] so everyone would know.
_ [A] People say he was useless, [E] now people all [F#] fool.
_ _ [E] Because Curtis, you're [D] the finest [A] picker to ever play [E] the flute.
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_ _ [E] Yeah.
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