Chords for Jake Xerxes Fussell - "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues" (Official Audio)
Tempo:
75.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [A]
[G] [D]
[A]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [G]
[D]
Old man sergeant sitting at the desk, damn doleful won't give us no [B] rest.
[A] He take the nickels off a dead man's [G] eyes, tobacco, Coca-Cola, Eskimo [D] pies.
Got the blues, [C#m] got the blues, I [D] got the Winsboro cotton mill [Bm] blues.
[G] So good lordy, schooling's hard, [D] but you know and I know, we don't have to tell.
We work for Tom Watson, got to work like hell.
[A]
[D] [Bm] [G]
[D]
[Bm]
[D] When I die, don't bury me at all, hang me [D] up on the schoolhouse [A] wall.
Place a bobbin' in my [G] hand, so I can keep working in the promised [D] land.
Got the blues, [C#m] got the blues, [D] I got the Winsboro cotton mill blues.
[G] So good lordy, schooling's [D] hard, but you know and I know, there's no need [Em] to tell.
[Bm] You work for Tom Watson, got to work like [D] hell.
[C#m]
[D] [G]
[D] [Em] [Bm] [D]
[A]
[G] [D]
[A] [G]
[D] [C#m] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
Old man sergeant sitting at the desk, damn doleful won't give us no [A] rest.
He take the nickels off a dead man's [G] eyes, tobacco, Coca-Cola, Eskimo [D] pies.
Got the blues, got the blues, I got the Winsboro cotton mill [G] blues.
So good lordy, schooling's [D] hard, but you know and I know, we don't have [Em] to tell.
[Bm] You work for Tom Watson, got to work like [D] hell.
[A] [D] [G] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
[G] [D]
[A]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [G]
[D]
Old man sergeant sitting at the desk, damn doleful won't give us no [B] rest.
[A] He take the nickels off a dead man's [G] eyes, tobacco, Coca-Cola, Eskimo [D] pies.
Got the blues, [C#m] got the blues, I [D] got the Winsboro cotton mill [Bm] blues.
[G] So good lordy, schooling's hard, [D] but you know and I know, we don't have to tell.
We work for Tom Watson, got to work like hell.
[A]
[D] [Bm] [G]
[D]
[Bm]
[D] When I die, don't bury me at all, hang me [D] up on the schoolhouse [A] wall.
Place a bobbin' in my [G] hand, so I can keep working in the promised [D] land.
Got the blues, [C#m] got the blues, [D] I got the Winsboro cotton mill blues.
[G] So good lordy, schooling's [D] hard, but you know and I know, there's no need [Em] to tell.
[Bm] You work for Tom Watson, got to work like [D] hell.
[C#m]
[D] [G]
[D] [Em] [Bm] [D]
[A]
[G] [D]
[A] [G]
[D] [C#m] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
Old man sergeant sitting at the desk, damn doleful won't give us no [A] rest.
He take the nickels off a dead man's [G] eyes, tobacco, Coca-Cola, Eskimo [D] pies.
Got the blues, got the blues, I got the Winsboro cotton mill [G] blues.
So good lordy, schooling's [D] hard, but you know and I know, we don't have [Em] to tell.
[Bm] You work for Tom Watson, got to work like [D] hell.
[A] [D] [G] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
Em
D
G
A
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Old man sergeant sitting at the desk, damn doleful won't give us no [B] rest.
[A] He take the nickels off a dead man's [G] eyes, tobacco, Coca-Cola, Eskimo [D] pies.
Got the blues, [C#m] got the blues, I [D] got the Winsboro cotton mill [Bm] blues.
[G] So good lordy, schooling's hard, [D] but you know and I know, we don't have to tell.
We work for Tom Watson, got to work like hell.
[A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[D] When I die, don't bury me at all, hang me [D] up on the schoolhouse [A] wall.
Place a bobbin' in my [G] hand, so I can keep working in the promised [D] land.
Got the blues, [C#m] got the blues, [D] I got the Winsboro cotton mill blues.
[G] So good lordy, schooling's [D] hard, but you know and I know, there's no need [Em] to tell.
[Bm] You work for Tom Watson, got to work like [D] hell.
_ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Old man sergeant sitting at the desk, damn doleful won't give us no [A] rest.
He take the nickels off a dead man's [G] eyes, tobacco, Coca-Cola, Eskimo [D] pies.
Got the blues, got the blues, I got the Winsboro cotton mill [G] blues.
So good lordy, schooling's [D] hard, but you know and I know, we don't have [Em] to tell.
[Bm] You work for Tom Watson, got to work like [D] hell.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Old man sergeant sitting at the desk, damn doleful won't give us no [B] rest.
[A] He take the nickels off a dead man's [G] eyes, tobacco, Coca-Cola, Eskimo [D] pies.
Got the blues, [C#m] got the blues, I [D] got the Winsboro cotton mill [Bm] blues.
[G] So good lordy, schooling's hard, [D] but you know and I know, we don't have to tell.
We work for Tom Watson, got to work like hell.
[A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[D] When I die, don't bury me at all, hang me [D] up on the schoolhouse [A] wall.
Place a bobbin' in my [G] hand, so I can keep working in the promised [D] land.
Got the blues, [C#m] got the blues, [D] I got the Winsboro cotton mill blues.
[G] So good lordy, schooling's [D] hard, but you know and I know, there's no need [Em] to tell.
[Bm] You work for Tom Watson, got to work like [D] hell.
_ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Old man sergeant sitting at the desk, damn doleful won't give us no [A] rest.
He take the nickels off a dead man's [G] eyes, tobacco, Coca-Cola, Eskimo [D] pies.
Got the blues, got the blues, I got the Winsboro cotton mill [G] blues.
So good lordy, schooling's [D] hard, but you know and I know, we don't have [Em] to tell.
[Bm] You work for Tom Watson, got to work like [D] hell.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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