Chords for The Ballad Of Curtis Loew
Tempo:
70.45 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [D] [F#m] [C#m]
[B] [F#]
[B] Used to wake the morning before that rooster crowed
[E] Searching for [B] soda bottles to give myself some dough
[E] [C#m] Drawed them down to the corner, yeah, [B] down to that country store
[E] Cashed them in and gave my money to a man [D] named Curtis Lowe
[E] Old Kirk was a black man, had white curly hair
When he had a fifth of wine, you know he did not [B] have a care
[E] He used to own an old dog bro, used to lay across his knee
I gave old Kirk my money, he'd play all day for me
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] Well I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your notebook
[A] People said it was a useless, but [E] them people are all [F#] fools
[E] Because Curtis Lowe [D] was the finest [A] picker to ever play [Em] the blues
[C#m]
[E] [D] He [C#] [E]
loved to be 60, and maybe I was just about 10
My mama used to whoop me, but I'd go see him again
I'd clap my hands, he'd stomp my feet, yeah, and try to keep the time
[D]
[E] He'd play me a song or two, and then he'd take another drink of that musketine [A] wine
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis [A] Lowe
Well I got your drinking [E] money, tune up [B] your notebook
[A]
People said it was a useless, [E] but them people are all [F#] fools
Because Curtis [D] Lowe was the finest [A] picker to ever [E] play the blues
Oh, play them blues
[Em] [E]
Oh, oh, [A]
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [E] oh, oh, oh
[A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [F#]
[E] [D] [E] Now on the day old Curtis died, nobody came to pray
An old preacher just said some words and we chucked him in a clay
But he lived a lifetime playing them black man's blues
And on the day he lost his life, well that's all he had to lose
[A]
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A]
I wish that you was here [E] so everyone would know
[A]
People said it was a useless, [E] but them people [F#] are all fools
Because [E] Curtis, [D] you're the finest [A] picker to ever play [E] the blues
[B] [E] [Em] [E]
[N]
[B] [F#]
[B] Used to wake the morning before that rooster crowed
[E] Searching for [B] soda bottles to give myself some dough
[E] [C#m] Drawed them down to the corner, yeah, [B] down to that country store
[E] Cashed them in and gave my money to a man [D] named Curtis Lowe
[E] Old Kirk was a black man, had white curly hair
When he had a fifth of wine, you know he did not [B] have a care
[E] He used to own an old dog bro, used to lay across his knee
I gave old Kirk my money, he'd play all day for me
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] Well I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your notebook
[A] People said it was a useless, but [E] them people are all [F#] fools
[E] Because Curtis Lowe [D] was the finest [A] picker to ever play [Em] the blues
[C#m]
[E] [D] He [C#] [E]
loved to be 60, and maybe I was just about 10
My mama used to whoop me, but I'd go see him again
I'd clap my hands, he'd stomp my feet, yeah, and try to keep the time
[D]
[E] He'd play me a song or two, and then he'd take another drink of that musketine [A] wine
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis [A] Lowe
Well I got your drinking [E] money, tune up [B] your notebook
[A]
People said it was a useless, [E] but them people are all [F#] fools
Because Curtis [D] Lowe was the finest [A] picker to ever [E] play the blues
Oh, play them blues
[Em] [E]
Oh, oh, [A]
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [E] oh, oh, oh
[A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [F#]
[E] [D] [E] Now on the day old Curtis died, nobody came to pray
An old preacher just said some words and we chucked him in a clay
But he lived a lifetime playing them black man's blues
And on the day he lost his life, well that's all he had to lose
[A]
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A]
I wish that you was here [E] so everyone would know
[A]
People said it was a useless, [E] but them people [F#] are all fools
Because [E] Curtis, [D] you're the finest [A] picker to ever play [E] the blues
[B] [E] [Em] [E]
[N]
Key:
E
A
D
B
F#
E
A
D
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [B] Used to wake the morning before that rooster crowed
_ [E] Searching for [B] soda bottles to give myself some dough
_ [E] [C#m] Drawed them down to the corner, yeah, [B] down to that country store
[E] Cashed them in and gave my money to a man [D] named Curtis Lowe
_ [E] Old Kirk was a black man, had white curly hair
When he had a fifth of wine, you know he did not [B] have a care
[E] He used to own an old dog bro, used to lay across his knee
I gave old Kirk my money, he'd play all day for me
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] Well I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your notebook
[A] People said it was a useless, but [E] them people are all [F#] fools
_ [E] Because Curtis Lowe [D] was the finest [A] picker to ever play [Em] the blues
_ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] _ [D] He _ [C#] _ _ [E]
loved to be 60, and maybe I was just about 10 _
My mama used to whoop me, but I'd go see him again _
I'd clap my hands, he'd stomp my feet, yeah, and try to keep the time
[D] _
[E] He'd play me a song or two, and then he'd take another drink of that musketine [A] wine
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis [A] Lowe
Well I got your drinking [E] money, tune up [B] your notebook
_ [A]
People said it was a useless, [E] but them people are all [F#] fools
Because Curtis [D] Lowe was the finest [A] picker to ever [E] play the blues
_ _ _ Oh, play them blues
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
Oh, oh, _ _ _ _ [A] _
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [E] oh, oh, oh
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] Now on the day old Curtis died, nobody came to pray _
An old preacher just said some words and we chucked him in a clay
But he lived a lifetime playing them black man's blues
And on the day he lost his life, well that's all he had to lose
[A]
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
_ [A]
I wish that you was here [E] so everyone would know
_ [A]
People said it was a useless, [E] but them people [F#] are all fools
Because [E] Curtis, [D] you're the finest [A] picker to ever play [E] the blues
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [B] Used to wake the morning before that rooster crowed
_ [E] Searching for [B] soda bottles to give myself some dough
_ [E] [C#m] Drawed them down to the corner, yeah, [B] down to that country store
[E] Cashed them in and gave my money to a man [D] named Curtis Lowe
_ [E] Old Kirk was a black man, had white curly hair
When he had a fifth of wine, you know he did not [B] have a care
[E] He used to own an old dog bro, used to lay across his knee
I gave old Kirk my money, he'd play all day for me
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] Well I got your drinking [E] money, tune up your notebook
[A] People said it was a useless, but [E] them people are all [F#] fools
_ [E] Because Curtis Lowe [D] was the finest [A] picker to ever play [Em] the blues
_ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] _ [D] He _ [C#] _ _ [E]
loved to be 60, and maybe I was just about 10 _
My mama used to whoop me, but I'd go see him again _
I'd clap my hands, he'd stomp my feet, yeah, and try to keep the time
[D] _
[E] He'd play me a song or two, and then he'd take another drink of that musketine [A] wine
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis [A] Lowe
Well I got your drinking [E] money, tune up [B] your notebook
_ [A]
People said it was a useless, [E] but them people are all [F#] fools
Because Curtis [D] Lowe was the finest [A] picker to ever [E] play the blues
_ _ _ Oh, play them blues
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
Oh, oh, _ _ _ _ [A] _
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [E] oh, oh, oh
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] Now on the day old Curtis died, nobody came to pray _
An old preacher just said some words and we chucked him in a clay
But he lived a lifetime playing them black man's blues
And on the day he lost his life, well that's all he had to lose
[A]
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
_ [A]
I wish that you was here [E] so everyone would know
_ [A]
People said it was a useless, [E] but them people [F#] are all fools
Because [E] Curtis, [D] you're the finest [A] picker to ever play [E] the blues
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _