Chords for Irma Thomas - Backwater Blues

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_ When it rained five days and [D] the skies [F] turned [A] dark at _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] night. _ _ _
_ That [E] was trouble taking place [D] in the _ [Am] lowlands [A] at night.
I _ _ _ woke up this morning, [D] couldn't even get [C] out of [A] my door. _ _ _
_ _ [D] I woke up this morning, couldn't even get out [A] of my door. _ _
_ _ Enough [E] trouble to make a poor [D] woman wonder
where she's [A] going to go. _ _
_ [E] _ [A] They rode a little boat [D] about five miles across the [A] pond. _ _
_ _ [Am] Said they [D] rode a little boat about five miles [A] across the pond. _ _ _
_ I [E] packed up all my clothes, [D] throwed them in,
and they rode [A] me along. _ _ _
_ _ Well, it started lightning [D] and the winds began [Am] to blow.
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_ Said [D] it's thunder and lightning and the winds began [E] [A] to blow. _ _ _
_ There [E] was thousands of people.
[D] They had no [B] place [A] to go. _ _ _
_ I went out on [D] a high old [A] lonesome hill. _ _ _
_ I [D] went out and I stood on [A] a high [C] old lonesome [A] hill. _ _ _
_ I looked [E] down on the house [D]
where I used to [A] live. _ _ _
[E] _ Backwater [A] blues would cause me [D] to pack my [E] things and [A] go. _ _ _ _
_ Backwater [D] blues would cause me to pack my things [A] and go. _ _ _
_ But my [E] house fell down.
[D] I can't live [A] there no more. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ Ooh, [D] I can't live there [A] no more. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Ooh, _ I can't live [B] there [A] no more. _ _ _
_ _ [E] There ain't no place for [D] a poor [A] old woman to go. _ _ _
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