Chords for Son House and Robert Johnson(Experience).
Tempo:
101.425 bpm
Chords used:
G
Gm
Eb
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [Eb] [G] [Gm] You know, way down the river, she can hear the big boat when she blows.
[G]
[Gm] [G]
[C] Way down the river, [Gm] she can hear the big [G] boat when [Gm] she blows.
[C] [G]
[D] She say, [G] well, that's because [C] I [Gm] ain't got no luck, I'm gonna [G] see my man before.
[Eb] [G] [Eb] I liked him, he started out, we was living not, oh, two miles apart.
We was at home with his mother and father, a place called Robertsonville.
But he'd follow me and Willie, Saturday night, yeah, Willie Brown.
And every time we stopped for a rest and sit there, a little get down over in the corner or something,
and go out to catch air, you know, get the guitar and be trying to play it and be just noisy people, you know.
And the folks would come out and say, why don't y'all, some of y'all go in there and meet that boy, put that thing down, he running us crazy.
Finally, he left, he run off from his father and mother.
Then he went over to Arkansas someplace.
[Abm] He was gone about six, eight months, so then he come back.
And when he come back, me and Willie Brown was playing out there, and he walked in.
[Bbm] He said, can I hit a little?
[N] I said, nah, don't come back with that, Robert.
I said, you know that people don't want to hear that racket.
He said, that's what they want to see, I want you to see what I learned.
[G]
[Gm] [G]
[C] Way down the river, [Gm] she can hear the big [G] boat when [Gm] she blows.
[C] [G]
[D] She say, [G] well, that's because [C] I [Gm] ain't got no luck, I'm gonna [G] see my man before.
[Eb] [G] [Eb] I liked him, he started out, we was living not, oh, two miles apart.
We was at home with his mother and father, a place called Robertsonville.
But he'd follow me and Willie, Saturday night, yeah, Willie Brown.
And every time we stopped for a rest and sit there, a little get down over in the corner or something,
and go out to catch air, you know, get the guitar and be trying to play it and be just noisy people, you know.
And the folks would come out and say, why don't y'all, some of y'all go in there and meet that boy, put that thing down, he running us crazy.
Finally, he left, he run off from his father and mother.
Then he went over to Arkansas someplace.
[Abm] He was gone about six, eight months, so then he come back.
And when he come back, me and Willie Brown was playing out there, and he walked in.
[Bbm] He said, can I hit a little?
[N] I said, nah, don't come back with that, Robert.
I said, you know that people don't want to hear that racket.
He said, that's what they want to see, I want you to see what I learned.
Key:
G
Gm
Eb
C
D
G
Gm
Eb
[G] _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] You know, _ way down the river, _ _ she can hear the big boat when she blows.
[G] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ Way down the river, _ _ [Gm] she can hear the big [G] boat when [Gm] she blows. _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ She say, [G] well, that's because [C] I [Gm] ain't got no luck, I'm gonna [G] see my man before. _
_ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ [Eb] I liked him, he started out, we was living not, oh, two miles apart.
We was at home with his mother and father, a place called Robertsonville.
But he'd follow me and Willie, _ Saturday night, yeah, Willie Brown.
And every time we stopped for a rest and sit there, a little get down over in the corner or something,
and go out to catch air, you know, get the guitar and be trying to play it and be just noisy people, you know.
And the folks would come out and say, why don't y'all, some of y'all go in there and meet that boy, put that thing down, he running us crazy.
Finally, he left, he run off from his father and mother.
Then he went over to Arkansas someplace.
_ [Abm] He was gone about six, eight months, so then he come back.
_ And when he come back, me and Willie Brown was playing out there, and he walked in.
[Bbm] He said, can I hit a little?
_ [N] I said, nah, don't come back with that, Robert.
I said, you know that people don't want to hear that racket.
He said, that's what they want to see, I want you to see what I learned. _ _ _
[G] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ Way down the river, _ _ [Gm] she can hear the big [G] boat when [Gm] she blows. _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ She say, [G] well, that's because [C] I [Gm] ain't got no luck, I'm gonna [G] see my man before. _
_ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ [Eb] I liked him, he started out, we was living not, oh, two miles apart.
We was at home with his mother and father, a place called Robertsonville.
But he'd follow me and Willie, _ Saturday night, yeah, Willie Brown.
And every time we stopped for a rest and sit there, a little get down over in the corner or something,
and go out to catch air, you know, get the guitar and be trying to play it and be just noisy people, you know.
And the folks would come out and say, why don't y'all, some of y'all go in there and meet that boy, put that thing down, he running us crazy.
Finally, he left, he run off from his father and mother.
Then he went over to Arkansas someplace.
_ [Abm] He was gone about six, eight months, so then he come back.
_ And when he come back, me and Willie Brown was playing out there, and he walked in.
[Bbm] He said, can I hit a little?
_ [N] I said, nah, don't come back with that, Robert.
I said, you know that people don't want to hear that racket.
He said, that's what they want to see, I want you to see what I learned. _ _ _