Back Water Blues Chords by Pat Travers

Mmm, don't like the look of them skies. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
It's cloudy.
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[Am] _ _ [D] It's lightening right now. _
_ _ _ Well, it rained five days, and the sky's turned dark as night. _ _ _ _
I [G] said it rained five days, and the sky's turned dark [D] as [Bm] night.
_ _ [D] _ _ Oh, and [A] trouble's taking [G] place way [Em] down in the [D] lowlands tonight. _ _
_ _ [A] Oh, [D] I woke up this morning, and I couldn't even get out my door. _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] Yeah, I woke up this morning, [G] and I couldn't even get [D] out my door.
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Well, it was [A] so much trouble, [G] make a man wonder what he's [D] working for. _ _
_ _ [A] _ [D] Said they rode a little boat across _ _ the pond. _ _ _ _
Hey, [G] hey, they rode this little boat about miles across [D] the pond.
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Well, I [A] packed all my things, [G] brought them in, babe, and they rode [D] me along. _
_ [A] Hey, hey, [D] hey. _
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This rain never gonna stop. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Yo, big time, baby, real little dude, huh?
Yeah, I mean, my soul.
_ [E] _ _ [G] Yeah. _
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_ _ Yeah, [D] yeah, yeah.
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Working [G] hard, _ yeah.
_ _ [D] Oh, yeah.
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[E] Yeah, _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ [D] yeah, yeah.
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_ _ _ Well, I climbed up high, way up on Lonesome Hill. _ _ _ _
Yes, [G] yes, I climbed up high, way up on [D] Lonesome Hill.
_ Oh, yeah. _ _
[A] And I looked down on that old house, [G] baby, where [G] I used to [Bm] live.
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_ _ [A] Well, [D] there was thunder and lightning, and the wind began to blow. _ _ _ _ _
Well, I [G] said, there's thunder and lightning, and the wind began [D] to blow.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, I know there was [A] so many poor people, [G] and they got no [D] place to go.
Oh, it was so bad.
[E] Yeah, [D] yeah, yeah.
Oh, _ _ ain't never gonna stop this rain, baby. _ _
_ _ You know, if I was any drier, I would drown.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
I would _ drown.
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_ _ _ [Dm] Oh, yeah.
_ [D] I would drown. _ _ _
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