Chords for Statesboro Blues - Old Style On 12 String - Piedmont Blues - Edward Phillips - Pre War Blues

Tempo:
150.35 bpm
Chords used:

C#

F#

C#m

G#

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Statesboro Blues - Old Style On 12 String - Piedmont Blues - Edward Phillips - Pre War Blues chords
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[D] So today I'm gonna do a Piedmont [Dm] blues song called the Statesboro [G] Blues by a blind Willie McTell [D] who was out of Thompson, Georgia
This was a big hit from the Allman Brothers.
I'm gonna do it on this 12th string just like he did
[Gm] [N] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
Wake up mama turn your lamp down low
[F#] [C#m] [F#] [C#]
[F#] Wake up mama turn [C#m] your lamp down low
[C#]
[G#] Well have you got the nerve to [C#] drive [G#m] up a man till the [C#] Lord knows
Mother died and left me a wreckedness, but daddy died and left me a wild, wild, wild
[B] [F#] Mother died [C#m] and left me a wreckedness, but [F#] daddy died and left me [C#] a wild, wild, wild
[G#] Well I ain't good [C#] lookin' but I'll [E] show some sweet little [C#] girl's cow
She's a mighty mean woman, but you are mean in a [C#m] way
[F#] [C#m] Mighty [F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#m] mean woman, but you are mean in a way
[C#] Well [G#] when I [F#] leave town I'm [B] [G#] going [E] to [C#] reach the state
I once loved a woman better than I'd ever [C#m] [C#] seen
[A#] Once [C#m] loved a woman better than I'd ever seen
[F#] [C#]
[G#] Well she treated me like a king [E] and she was a [C#] doggone queen
[C#m]
[A#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#m]
[C#]
[G#] [C#] [G#m]
[E] [C#]
Well sister tell your brother, brother tell your auntie, auntie tell your uncle now
Tell my friend [F#] well I'm going off the country, [C#m] baby don't you wanna go
[F#] [C#]
My [G#] take a bad man [C#] and [G#m] my take one of [C#] you old
They gave you less than a man and all that didn't stop
You should have seen that fireman when he got the boiler hot [F#] now
Reach over [C#m] in the corner, [F#] gave me my trapping [C#m] shoes
[F#] [C#]
[G#] Well oh my that [C#] I [G#m] got them [E] space [C#] buttons
Mama sister got them, auntie got them
Brother got them, friends got them, I got them
[F#] Woke up [A#] this morning [F#] and had [C#m] the state's first news
[C#]
[G#] Well I look over in the corner [E] and grandma and grandpa [C#] had them too
[N]
Key:  
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
C#m
13421114
G#
134211114
E
2311
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
C#m
13421114
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[D] _ _ _ So today I'm gonna do a Piedmont [Dm] blues song called the Statesboro [G] Blues by a blind Willie McTell [D] who was out of Thompson, Georgia
This was a big hit from the Allman Brothers.
I'm gonna do it on this 12th string just like he did
[Gm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Wake up mama turn your lamp down low _
[F#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ Wake up mama turn [C#m] your lamp down low
[C#] _ _ _ _
_ [G#] Well have you got the nerve to [C#] drive [G#m] up a man till the [C#] Lord _ knows _ _
_ _ Mother died and left me a wreckedness, but daddy died and left me a _ wild, wild, wild
[B] _ _ _ [F#] Mother _ died [C#m] and left me a wreckedness, but [F#] daddy died and left me [C#] a wild, wild, _ wild
[G#] Well I ain't good [C#] lookin' but I'll [E] show some sweet little [C#] girl's cow
_ _ _ _ _ She's a mighty mean woman, but you are mean in a [C#m] way
_ [F#] _ _ [C#m] Mighty [F#] _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] mean woman, but you are mean in a way _ _
_ _ [C#] Well [G#] when I [F#] leave town I'm [B] [G#] going [E] to [C#] reach the state _ _
_ _ _ I once loved a woman better than I'd ever [C#m] [C#] seen _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] Once [C#m] loved a woman better than I'd ever seen
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _
[G#] Well she treated me like a king [E] and she was a [C#] doggone queen _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [E] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well sister tell your brother, brother tell your auntie, auntie tell your uncle now
Tell my friend [F#] well I'm going off the country, _ [C#m] baby don't you wanna go
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ _
My [G#] take a bad man [C#] and [G#m] my take one of [C#] you old
_ They _ _ gave you less than a man and all that didn't stop
You should have seen that fireman when he got the boiler hot [F#] now
Reach over [C#m] in the corner, [F#] gave me my trapping [C#m] shoes
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _
[G#] Well oh my that [C#] I [G#m] got them [E] space [C#] buttons _ _ _ _ _
_ Mama sister got them, auntie got them
Brother got them, friends got them, I got them
[F#] Woke up [A#] this morning [F#] and had [C#m] the state's first news
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
[G#] Well I look over in the corner [E] and grandma and grandpa [C#] had them too _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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