Chords for Sleepy John Estes & Hammy Nixon • “Down South Blues/Clean Up At Home” • 1964 [RITY Archive]

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_ _ _ _ Thank you ladies and gentlemen. _ _ _ _ _ _
And then after one is gone, we may come back.
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_ I'm [G] going _ down _ south. _ _ _ _ _
You know I won't stay until when it's gone.
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_ [G] _ _ All is now.
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You know I won't stay [A] until when it's gone.
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You know when _ _ wintertime [Dm] is gone.
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Oh, I might come back home.
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You know I get up _ every morning.
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But I walk [Eb] up to _ Suddenview.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] get up every morning.
[G] _ _ _ _ You know I walk up to _ Suddenview.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ You know I was struttin' and [A] I was _ _ wonderin'.
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] Oh, _ just to _ [G] make a meal.
All [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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the people, [Em] all the men.
_ _ _ _ _ You know they walk the streets up and down.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, [C] _ _ _ just [Gm] to make a meal.
[Em] _ _ _ Oh, they walk the streets up [D] and down.
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You know [D] the time [Dm] is [G] hard.
_ _ _ Oh, people are starving all the time.
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_ _ _ [Em] Oh, _ I got a _ girl named Fran. _ _
_ She lives down on Puddle City [Dm] Lane.
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_ _ _ Girl named Fran.
_ _ _ Boy, she lives down on Puddle City Lane. _ _ _ _
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Now, I'm so [A] crazy about that [Em] woman.
_ _ You know I'll share _ _ her _ [G] _
name with you.
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_ _ Lazy.
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_ _ _ Thank you. _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ Now, don't stay with me too long.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
_ Seems like Sleepy John can't get no cleanin'.
And look like, you know, no cleaners, but he gonna wash some now.
And we think we're gonna try that a little bit.
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[C] _ _ wash my clothes, hang by the fire.
Get up in the morning, be surly, dry.
Cleanin' back home.
[G] _ _ I'm cleanin' back home.
_ I'm [D] cleanin' back home.
I say, you [B] can't go wrong.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] I'm cleanin' back home.
_ _ [D] I'm cleanin' back home.
Oh, [B] I'm goin' round.
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_ _ You got a five-cent cap and a ten-cent [C] suit.
Didn't you think I'm tryin' to act cute?
I'm cleanin' back home.
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I'm cleanin' back home.
_ I [D] say, you _ _ _ can't [B] go wrong.
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_ _ Now, I went to the vet, [G] happened to make me a tie.
I'm gonna get [Em] on some [C] ties.
I'm cleanin' back home.
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I'm cleanin' back home.
_ _ [D] I'm cleanin' back home.
I'm cleanin' back home.
I say, you [B] can't go wrong.
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_ You [C] got a five-cent cap. _ _
_ Didn't you think I'm tryin' to act cute?
I'm cleanin' back home.
I'm cleanin' back home.
[G] I'm cleanin' back home.
I'm cleanin' _ [A] back home.
I say, [Gm] you can't go wrong. _ _
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