Chords for Statesboro Blues
Tempo:
87.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
Dm
G
C
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [Dm]
[Dm] [D] [Dm] [D] [G] [B]
[D] [Dm]
[D] Well, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You'd better turn your lamp down low
Wake up, [Dm] mama, [D] turn your lamp down low [Dm] Have you got the [D] nerve to turn this poor boy
from your door?
Mama died and left me reckless Daddy died and my daddy died and left me
wild Mama [Dm] died and left me, my daddy died and
left [D] me wild
Well, [Dm] I ain't good looking but [D] I'm some sweet woman's angel child
Well, my sister got them, my daddy got them My mama got them, my [G] brother got [Dm] them
Woke up this morning and I had those skates [D] for a blues
I [Dm] looked over in the corner, [D] my grandma had them too
Well, you're a mighty mean woman to do me this a
Mighty mean to do me this a way Mighty [Dm] mean woman do me [G] this [D] a way
[Dm] I'm gonna leave this town, mama, [Bm] going [G] away to [D] stay
Well, that big [C] ade he left [D] Savannah, Lord, [Fm] it did not [D] stop
[F] He ought to see [D] that farmer [E] when he got that [D] boiler hot
Reach over [Dm] in the corner and hand me [G] my traveling [D] shoes
[Dm] You ought to know by that that I've [G] got those skates for [D] a blues
[Dm] [D] [Dm] [D] [Dm]
[D]
[Dm] [D]
Well, I once loved a woman better than I ever, better than I ever see
I once loved a woman [G] better than I ever [D] see
She [Dm] treated me like a [D] king and she was my doggone queen
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [Dm]
[D] Well, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You better turn your [C] lamp down [D] low
Wake [G] up, mama, turn your lamp down [D] low
[Dm] Have you got the nerve [D] to turn this poor boy from your door?
Mama died and left me reckless, my daddy died and
left me wild Mama [Dm] died and left me, my daddy died and left [D] me wild
[Dm] Well, I ain't good looking but [D] I'm some sweet woman's angel child
Well, my sister got them, my daddy got them My mama got them, my brother got them
Woke up [Dm] this morning [D] and I had those skates for a blues
[Dm] I looked over in the corner and my [D] grandpa had them too
So, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You better turn your lamp [C] down [Bm] low
[G] Wake up, mama, turn your lamp [D] down low
[Dm] Have you got the nerve to [D] turn this poor boy from your door?
[Dm] [D] [Dm] [D] [G] [B]
[D] [Dm]
[D] Well, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You'd better turn your lamp down low
Wake up, [Dm] mama, [D] turn your lamp down low [Dm] Have you got the [D] nerve to turn this poor boy
from your door?
Mama died and left me reckless Daddy died and my daddy died and left me
wild Mama [Dm] died and left me, my daddy died and
left [D] me wild
Well, [Dm] I ain't good looking but [D] I'm some sweet woman's angel child
Well, my sister got them, my daddy got them My mama got them, my [G] brother got [Dm] them
Woke up this morning and I had those skates [D] for a blues
I [Dm] looked over in the corner, [D] my grandma had them too
Well, you're a mighty mean woman to do me this a
Mighty mean to do me this a way Mighty [Dm] mean woman do me [G] this [D] a way
[Dm] I'm gonna leave this town, mama, [Bm] going [G] away to [D] stay
Well, that big [C] ade he left [D] Savannah, Lord, [Fm] it did not [D] stop
[F] He ought to see [D] that farmer [E] when he got that [D] boiler hot
Reach over [Dm] in the corner and hand me [G] my traveling [D] shoes
[Dm] You ought to know by that that I've [G] got those skates for [D] a blues
[Dm] [D] [Dm] [D] [Dm]
[D]
[Dm] [D]
Well, I once loved a woman better than I ever, better than I ever see
I once loved a woman [G] better than I ever [D] see
She [Dm] treated me like a [D] king and she was my doggone queen
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [Dm]
[D] Well, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You better turn your [C] lamp down [D] low
Wake [G] up, mama, turn your lamp down [D] low
[Dm] Have you got the nerve [D] to turn this poor boy from your door?
Mama died and left me reckless, my daddy died and
left me wild Mama [Dm] died and left me, my daddy died and left [D] me wild
[Dm] Well, I ain't good looking but [D] I'm some sweet woman's angel child
Well, my sister got them, my daddy got them My mama got them, my brother got them
Woke up [Dm] this morning [D] and I had those skates for a blues
[Dm] I looked over in the corner and my [D] grandpa had them too
So, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You better turn your lamp [C] down [Bm] low
[G] Wake up, mama, turn your lamp [D] down low
[Dm] Have you got the nerve to [D] turn this poor boy from your door?
Key:
D
Dm
G
C
Bm
D
Dm
G
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [B] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ Well, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You'd better turn your lamp down low
Wake up, [Dm] mama, [D] turn your lamp down low _ [Dm] Have you got the [D] nerve to turn this poor boy
from your door?
_ Mama died and left me reckless Daddy died and my daddy died and left me
wild Mama [Dm] died and left me, my daddy died and
left [D] me wild
Well, [Dm] I ain't good looking but [D] I'm some sweet woman's angel child _
Well, my sister got them, my daddy got them My mama got them, my [G] brother got [Dm] them
Woke up this morning and I had those skates [D] for a blues
I [Dm] looked over in the corner, [D] my grandma had them too
Well, you're a mighty mean woman to do me this a
Mighty mean to do me this a way Mighty [Dm] mean woman do me [G] this [D] a way
_ [Dm] I'm gonna leave this town, mama, [Bm] going [G] away to [D] stay
Well, that big [C] ade he left [D] Savannah, Lord, [Fm] it did not [D] stop
[F] He ought to see [D] that farmer [E] when he got that [D] boiler hot
Reach over [Dm] in the corner and hand me [G] my traveling [D] shoes
[Dm] You ought to know by that that I've [G] got those skates for [D] a blues _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
Well, I once loved a woman better than I ever, better than I ever see
I once loved a woman [G] better than I ever [D] see
She [Dm] treated me like a [D] king and she was my doggone queen _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ Well, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You better turn your [C] lamp down [D] low
Wake [G] up, mama, turn your lamp down [D] low
[Dm] Have you got the nerve [D] to turn this poor boy from your door?
_ Mama died and left me reckless, my daddy died and
_ left me wild Mama [Dm] died and left me, my daddy died and left [D] me wild
[Dm] Well, I ain't good looking but [D] I'm some sweet woman's angel child
Well, my sister got them, my daddy got them My mama got them, my brother got them
Woke up [Dm] this morning [D] and I had those skates for a blues
[Dm] I looked over in the corner and my [D] grandpa had them too
_ So, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You better turn your lamp [C] down [Bm] low
[G] Wake up, mama, turn your lamp [D] down low
_ [Dm] Have you got the nerve to [D] turn this poor boy from your door? _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [B] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ Well, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You'd better turn your lamp down low
Wake up, [Dm] mama, [D] turn your lamp down low _ [Dm] Have you got the [D] nerve to turn this poor boy
from your door?
_ Mama died and left me reckless Daddy died and my daddy died and left me
wild Mama [Dm] died and left me, my daddy died and
left [D] me wild
Well, [Dm] I ain't good looking but [D] I'm some sweet woman's angel child _
Well, my sister got them, my daddy got them My mama got them, my [G] brother got [Dm] them
Woke up this morning and I had those skates [D] for a blues
I [Dm] looked over in the corner, [D] my grandma had them too
Well, you're a mighty mean woman to do me this a
Mighty mean to do me this a way Mighty [Dm] mean woman do me [G] this [D] a way
_ [Dm] I'm gonna leave this town, mama, [Bm] going [G] away to [D] stay
Well, that big [C] ade he left [D] Savannah, Lord, [Fm] it did not [D] stop
[F] He ought to see [D] that farmer [E] when he got that [D] boiler hot
Reach over [Dm] in the corner and hand me [G] my traveling [D] shoes
[Dm] You ought to know by that that I've [G] got those skates for [D] a blues _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
Well, I once loved a woman better than I ever, better than I ever see
I once loved a woman [G] better than I ever [D] see
She [Dm] treated me like a [D] king and she was my doggone queen _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ Well, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You better turn your [C] lamp down [D] low
Wake [G] up, mama, turn your lamp down [D] low
[Dm] Have you got the nerve [D] to turn this poor boy from your door?
_ Mama died and left me reckless, my daddy died and
_ left me wild Mama [Dm] died and left me, my daddy died and left [D] me wild
[Dm] Well, I ain't good looking but [D] I'm some sweet woman's angel child
Well, my sister got them, my daddy got them My mama got them, my brother got them
Woke up [Dm] this morning [D] and I had those skates for a blues
[Dm] I looked over in the corner and my [D] grandpa had them too
_ So, wake up, mama, turn your lamp down You better turn your lamp [C] down [Bm] low
[G] Wake up, mama, turn your lamp [D] down low
_ [Dm] Have you got the nerve to [D] turn this poor boy from your door? _ _ _ _ _ _