Chords for Lynyrd Skynrd | The Ballad Of Curtis Loew | REACTION VIDEO
Tempo:
73.325 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [C] [F] [C]
[G] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [D#] [E] Ladies and gentlemen, if you have followed me on my channels, then you guys know I have
a extensive love for classic rock.
This is Southern rock, same difference, still classic rock.
But this song was the first song that I heard that turned me on to every other classic rock
song that I would ever hear and that I would grow to love.
Ladies and gentlemen, Leonard Skinner, The Ballad of Curtis Lowe.
Now, I know why they played it to me now because he was a black man with long curly hair.
But nonetheless, I am appreciative to hear about Curtis.
Let's go.
[D] [A]
[E] Well, I used to wake the morning [B] for the rooster crow.
[E]
Searching for soda [A] bottles to get myself [F#] some dough.
[E]
Run them down to the corner, [B] down to the country store.
[A]
Cash them in and give my money to a [E] man named [C#] Curtis [G]
[E] Huggs.
Old [B] Curtis was a black [A] man with [G] white [E] curly hair.
When [B] he had a fifth of [D] wine, he did [A] not have a care.
[E] He used [B] to own an old dub [A] row, used to play [E] it cross his knees.
[B] I'd give old Curtis [D] my money, he'd play [E] hard to sleep.
[A] Play me a [E] song, Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
[A] Well, I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dub row.
[A] People say they was [E] useless, them people [F#] are fools.
[E] Old [D] Curtis Lowe was the [A] finest picker to [E] ever play the blues.
[D]
[E] He [G] [E] looked [B] to be 60, [A]
[G] maybe I [E] was 10.
Mama [B] used to woo me, [D] but I'd go see [A] him [G] again.
[E] I'd clap my [B] hands, stomp my [A] feet, try [E] to stay in time.
He'd play [B] me a song or two, [D] then take [E] another drink of wine.
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
[A] Well, I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dub row.
[A] People say they was [E] useless, them people are [F#] fools.
[E] Old [D] Curtis Lowe was the [A] finest picker to ever [E] play the blues.
One of the reasons I like Leonard Skinner so much is just the sound,
storytelling, the everyman type, common man type storytelling.
I don't know, just something about the way they play and they perform the lyrics.
It just makes you feel like you can just go sit down, have a beer,
just kick it with your friends, have a good time.
If you run into a little bit of trouble, you're gonna be in trouble together.
A simple life, or at least something I've always wanted.
I feel like listening to the music,
it just puts me in a place to just be regular, just laid back, chill, cool.
No hatred in the world, no misunderstandings in the world.
Just enjoying good music and good times with your friends.
[D] [A] Yes, [E]
sir.
[B] [A] [G] [E]
[B] [D] [E]
He [B] [A] [E]
lost [B] [Em] [D] [E] his life.
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [F#]
[E] [D] [A]
[E] [B] [E] On [B] the day old Curtis [A] died, nobody [E] came to pray.
[B] Old preacher said [D] some words and they chunked [A] him into clay.
[E] [B] He lived a [A] lifetime [G] playing the black [E] band's blues.
And [B] on the day he lost [D] his life, that's [E] all he had to [A] do.
Play a [E] song, Curtis, no, hey, Curtis, no.
[A] I wish that you was [E] here so everyone would know.
[A] People say, well, you [E] slept with them people [F#] all the time.
Oh, [E] Curtis, [D] you're the finest [A] figure to ever [E] play the blues.
[D]
[E] [D] Yes, [A] [B] [E] sir.
Absolute fire.
Classic from Leonard Skinner.
The Ballad of Curtis Lowe.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Drumside.
[G] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [D#] [E] Ladies and gentlemen, if you have followed me on my channels, then you guys know I have
a extensive love for classic rock.
This is Southern rock, same difference, still classic rock.
But this song was the first song that I heard that turned me on to every other classic rock
song that I would ever hear and that I would grow to love.
Ladies and gentlemen, Leonard Skinner, The Ballad of Curtis Lowe.
Now, I know why they played it to me now because he was a black man with long curly hair.
But nonetheless, I am appreciative to hear about Curtis.
Let's go.
[D] [A]
[E] Well, I used to wake the morning [B] for the rooster crow.
[E]
Searching for soda [A] bottles to get myself [F#] some dough.
[E]
Run them down to the corner, [B] down to the country store.
[A]
Cash them in and give my money to a [E] man named [C#] Curtis [G]
[E] Huggs.
Old [B] Curtis was a black [A] man with [G] white [E] curly hair.
When [B] he had a fifth of [D] wine, he did [A] not have a care.
[E] He used [B] to own an old dub [A] row, used to play [E] it cross his knees.
[B] I'd give old Curtis [D] my money, he'd play [E] hard to sleep.
[A] Play me a [E] song, Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
[A] Well, I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dub row.
[A] People say they was [E] useless, them people [F#] are fools.
[E] Old [D] Curtis Lowe was the [A] finest picker to [E] ever play the blues.
[D]
[E] He [G] [E] looked [B] to be 60, [A]
[G] maybe I [E] was 10.
Mama [B] used to woo me, [D] but I'd go see [A] him [G] again.
[E] I'd clap my [B] hands, stomp my [A] feet, try [E] to stay in time.
He'd play [B] me a song or two, [D] then take [E] another drink of wine.
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
[A] Well, I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dub row.
[A] People say they was [E] useless, them people are [F#] fools.
[E] Old [D] Curtis Lowe was the [A] finest picker to ever [E] play the blues.
One of the reasons I like Leonard Skinner so much is just the sound,
storytelling, the everyman type, common man type storytelling.
I don't know, just something about the way they play and they perform the lyrics.
It just makes you feel like you can just go sit down, have a beer,
just kick it with your friends, have a good time.
If you run into a little bit of trouble, you're gonna be in trouble together.
A simple life, or at least something I've always wanted.
I feel like listening to the music,
it just puts me in a place to just be regular, just laid back, chill, cool.
No hatred in the world, no misunderstandings in the world.
Just enjoying good music and good times with your friends.
[D] [A] Yes, [E]
sir.
[B] [A] [G] [E]
[B] [D] [E]
He [B] [A] [E]
lost [B] [Em] [D] [E] his life.
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [F#]
[E] [D] [A]
[E] [B] [E] On [B] the day old Curtis [A] died, nobody [E] came to pray.
[B] Old preacher said [D] some words and they chunked [A] him into clay.
[E] [B] He lived a [A] lifetime [G] playing the black [E] band's blues.
And [B] on the day he lost [D] his life, that's [E] all he had to [A] do.
Play a [E] song, Curtis, no, hey, Curtis, no.
[A] I wish that you was [E] here so everyone would know.
[A] People say, well, you [E] slept with them people [F#] all the time.
Oh, [E] Curtis, [D] you're the finest [A] figure to ever [E] play the blues.
[D]
[E] [D] Yes, [A] [B] [E] sir.
Absolute fire.
Classic from Leonard Skinner.
The Ballad of Curtis Lowe.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Drumside.
Key:
E
A
B
D
G
E
A
B
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [D#] _ [E] Ladies and gentlemen, if you have followed me on my channels, then you guys know I have
a extensive love for classic rock.
_ This is Southern rock, same difference, still classic rock. _
But this song was the first song that I heard that turned me on to every other classic rock
song that I would ever hear and that I would grow to love.
Ladies and gentlemen, Leonard Skinner, The Ballad of Curtis Lowe.
Now, I know why they played it to me now because he was a black man with long curly hair.
But nonetheless, I am appreciative to hear about Curtis. _
Let's go.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] Well, _ _ _ I used to wake the morning [B] for the rooster crow.
[E] _
Searching for soda [A] bottles to get myself [F#] some dough.
_ [E]
Run them down to the corner, [B] down to the country store.
[A] _
Cash them in and give my money to a [E] man named [C#] Curtis [G]
[E] Huggs.
Old [B] Curtis was a black [A] man with [G] white [E] curly hair.
When [B] he had a fifth of [D] wine, he did [A] not have a care.
[E] He used [B] to own an old dub [A] row, used to play [E] it cross his knees.
[B] I'd give old Curtis [D] my money, he'd play [E] hard to sleep.
_ [A] Play me a [E] song, Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
[A] Well, I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dub row.
[A] _ People say they was [E] useless, them people [F#] are fools.
_ [E] Old [D] Curtis Lowe was the [A] finest picker to [E] ever play the blues.
_ [D] _ _ _
[E] He [G] _ [E] looked [B] to be 60, [A]
[G] maybe I [E] was 10.
Mama [B] used to woo me, [D] but I'd go see [A] him [G] again.
[E] I'd clap my [B] hands, stomp my [A] feet, try [E] to stay in time.
He'd play [B] me a song or two, [D] then take [E] another drink of wine.
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
_ [A] Well, I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dub row.
[A] _ People say they was [E] useless, them people are [F#] fools.
_ _ [E] Old [D] Curtis Lowe was the [A] finest picker to ever [E] play the blues.
One of the reasons I like Leonard Skinner so much is just the sound,
_ storytelling, the everyman type, common man type storytelling.
_ I don't know, just something about the way they play and they perform the lyrics.
It just makes you feel like you can just go sit down, have a beer,
just kick it with your friends, have a good time.
If you run into a little bit of trouble, you're gonna be in trouble together. _
A simple life, or at least something I've always wanted.
I feel like listening to the music,
it just puts me in a place to just be regular, just laid back, chill, cool.
No hatred in the world, no misunderstandings in the world.
Just enjoying good music and good times with your friends. _
_ _ [D] _ [A] Yes, _ _ [E]
sir.
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ He [B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _
lost _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ [D] [E] his life.
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ [B] [E] On [B] the day old Curtis [A] died, nobody [E] came to pray.
_ [B] Old preacher said [D] some words and they chunked [A] him into clay.
[E] _ [B] He lived a [A] lifetime [G] playing the black [E] band's blues.
And [B] on the day he lost [D] his life, that's [E] all he had to [A] do.
Play a [E] song, Curtis, no, hey, Curtis, no.
[A] I wish that you was [E] here so everyone would know.
[A] People say, well, you [E] slept with them people [F#] all the time.
Oh, _ [E] Curtis, [D] you're the finest [A] figure to ever [E] play the blues.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] Yes, _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ sir.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Absolute fire.
Classic from Leonard Skinner.
The Ballad of Curtis Lowe.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Drumside.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [D#] _ [E] Ladies and gentlemen, if you have followed me on my channels, then you guys know I have
a extensive love for classic rock.
_ This is Southern rock, same difference, still classic rock. _
But this song was the first song that I heard that turned me on to every other classic rock
song that I would ever hear and that I would grow to love.
Ladies and gentlemen, Leonard Skinner, The Ballad of Curtis Lowe.
Now, I know why they played it to me now because he was a black man with long curly hair.
But nonetheless, I am appreciative to hear about Curtis. _
Let's go.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] Well, _ _ _ I used to wake the morning [B] for the rooster crow.
[E] _
Searching for soda [A] bottles to get myself [F#] some dough.
_ [E]
Run them down to the corner, [B] down to the country store.
[A] _
Cash them in and give my money to a [E] man named [C#] Curtis [G]
[E] Huggs.
Old [B] Curtis was a black [A] man with [G] white [E] curly hair.
When [B] he had a fifth of [D] wine, he did [A] not have a care.
[E] He used [B] to own an old dub [A] row, used to play [E] it cross his knees.
[B] I'd give old Curtis [D] my money, he'd play [E] hard to sleep.
_ [A] Play me a [E] song, Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
[A] Well, I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dub row.
[A] _ People say they was [E] useless, them people [F#] are fools.
_ [E] Old [D] Curtis Lowe was the [A] finest picker to [E] ever play the blues.
_ [D] _ _ _
[E] He [G] _ [E] looked [B] to be 60, [A]
[G] maybe I [E] was 10.
Mama [B] used to woo me, [D] but I'd go see [A] him [G] again.
[E] I'd clap my [B] hands, stomp my [A] feet, try [E] to stay in time.
He'd play [B] me a song or two, [D] then take [E] another drink of wine.
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe.
_ [A] Well, I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dub row.
[A] _ People say they was [E] useless, them people are [F#] fools.
_ _ [E] Old [D] Curtis Lowe was the [A] finest picker to ever [E] play the blues.
One of the reasons I like Leonard Skinner so much is just the sound,
_ storytelling, the everyman type, common man type storytelling.
_ I don't know, just something about the way they play and they perform the lyrics.
It just makes you feel like you can just go sit down, have a beer,
just kick it with your friends, have a good time.
If you run into a little bit of trouble, you're gonna be in trouble together. _
A simple life, or at least something I've always wanted.
I feel like listening to the music,
it just puts me in a place to just be regular, just laid back, chill, cool.
No hatred in the world, no misunderstandings in the world.
Just enjoying good music and good times with your friends. _
_ _ [D] _ [A] Yes, _ _ [E]
sir.
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ He [B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _
lost _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ [D] [E] his life.
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ [B] [E] On [B] the day old Curtis [A] died, nobody [E] came to pray.
_ [B] Old preacher said [D] some words and they chunked [A] him into clay.
[E] _ [B] He lived a [A] lifetime [G] playing the black [E] band's blues.
And [B] on the day he lost [D] his life, that's [E] all he had to [A] do.
Play a [E] song, Curtis, no, hey, Curtis, no.
[A] I wish that you was [E] here so everyone would know.
[A] People say, well, you [E] slept with them people [F#] all the time.
Oh, _ [E] Curtis, [D] you're the finest [A] figure to ever [E] play the blues.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] Yes, _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ sir.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Absolute fire.
Classic from Leonard Skinner.
The Ballad of Curtis Lowe.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Drumside.