Down South Blues Chords by Sleepy John Estes
Tempo:
78.05 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Bb
Gb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B]
[E] [B] I'll see myself in the sea until winter is gone
Then [Gb] when wintertime [B] is gone [Gb] I might come [B] back home
Now I get up every morning and I walk up to Thurden View
Now [E] I get up every morning [B] and [E] I walk up to [B] Thurden View
And I'm just sitting there and I'm wondering [Gb] Lord just how to [B] make a meal
Now [E] the people's in me
[B] they are walking the [B] streets up and down
Now [Bb] the people's in me they [E] are walking the streets [B] up and down
And you know the time is hard people are starving all over town
Now I once have been alone [E] baby back in [B] my young days
Now [E] I once have [B] been alone [E] baby back in [B] my young days
When my baby was so mean she done drove all my love away
Now I [E] got a girl in [Bb] Brown
[B] she lives down on Bulletin [B] Lane
Now
[Bb] I [E] got a [Bb] girl in Brown [B]
she lives down on Bulletin Lane
But
[Ab] my [B] gal was so mean I'm scared to call her name
[E]
[E] [B] I'll see myself in the sea until winter is gone
Then [Gb] when wintertime [B] is gone [Gb] I might come [B] back home
Now I get up every morning and I walk up to Thurden View
Now [E] I get up every morning [B] and [E] I walk up to [B] Thurden View
And I'm just sitting there and I'm wondering [Gb] Lord just how to [B] make a meal
Now [E] the people's in me
[B] they are walking the [B] streets up and down
Now [Bb] the people's in me they [E] are walking the streets [B] up and down
And you know the time is hard people are starving all over town
Now I once have been alone [E] baby back in [B] my young days
Now [E] I once have [B] been alone [E] baby back in [B] my young days
When my baby was so mean she done drove all my love away
Now I [E] got a girl in [Bb] Brown
[B] she lives down on Bulletin [B] Lane
Now
[Bb] I [E] got a [Bb] girl in Brown [B]
she lives down on Bulletin Lane
But
[Ab] my [B] gal was so mean I'm scared to call her name
[E]
Key:
B
E
Bb
Gb
Ab
B
E
Bb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] I'll see myself in the sea until winter is gone _ _
_ _ Then [Gb] when wintertime [B] is gone [Gb] I might come [B] back home _ _
_ _ Now I get up every morning and I walk up to Thurden View _ _
_ _ Now [E] I get up every morning [B] and [E] I walk up to [B] Thurden View
And _ _ _ I'm just sitting there and I'm wondering _ [Gb] Lord just how to [B] make a meal _ _
_ _ Now [E] the people's in me _
[B] they are walking the [B] streets up and down _ _
_ _ Now [Bb] the people's in me they [E] are walking the streets [B] up and down _
_ _ And you know the time is hard people are starving all over town _ _
_ _ Now I once have been alone _ _ [E] baby back in [B] my young days _ _
_ _ Now [E] I once have [B] been alone _ [E] baby back in [B] my young days _ _
_ _ When my baby was so mean _ she done drove all my love away _ _
_ _ Now I [E] got a girl in [Bb] Brown _
[B] she lives down on Bulletin [B] Lane
Now _
_ _ [Bb] I [E] got a [Bb] girl in Brown [B]
she lives down on Bulletin Lane
But _
_ _ [Ab] my [B] gal was so mean I'm scared to call her name
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] I'll see myself in the sea until winter is gone _ _
_ _ Then [Gb] when wintertime [B] is gone [Gb] I might come [B] back home _ _
_ _ Now I get up every morning and I walk up to Thurden View _ _
_ _ Now [E] I get up every morning [B] and [E] I walk up to [B] Thurden View
And _ _ _ I'm just sitting there and I'm wondering _ [Gb] Lord just how to [B] make a meal _ _
_ _ Now [E] the people's in me _
[B] they are walking the [B] streets up and down _ _
_ _ Now [Bb] the people's in me they [E] are walking the streets [B] up and down _
_ _ And you know the time is hard people are starving all over town _ _
_ _ Now I once have been alone _ _ [E] baby back in [B] my young days _ _
_ _ Now [E] I once have [B] been alone _ [E] baby back in [B] my young days _ _
_ _ When my baby was so mean _ she done drove all my love away _ _
_ _ Now I [E] got a girl in [Bb] Brown _
[B] she lives down on Bulletin [B] Lane
Now _
_ _ [Bb] I [E] got a [Bb] girl in Brown [B]
she lives down on Bulletin Lane
But _
_ _ [Ab] my [B] gal was so mean I'm scared to call her name
[E] _ _ _