Chords for The Ballad of Curtis Loew (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Guitar Cover Lesson with Chords/Lyrics
Tempo:
70 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
B
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [D] [A]
[E] I used to wake in the morning [B] before the rooster [E] crowed
[A] did myself [F#] some joe
[B] down to the country slope
money to a man named Curtis [E] Love
[A] man with white curly [E] hair
of one, he did not have [A] a care
row, used to play out across [E] the street
[E] I used to wake in the morning [B] before the rooster [E] crowed
[A] did myself [F#] some joe
[B] down to the country slope
money to a man named Curtis [E] Love
[A] man with white curly [E] hair
of one, he did not have [A] a care
row, used to play out across [E] the street
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E
A
D
B
Em
E
A
D
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ I used to wake in the morning [B] before the rooster [E] crowed
Searching for a soda bottle, [A] did myself [F#] some joe
[E] Brought em down to the corner, [B] down to the country slope
[A] Cash em in and give my money to a man named Curtis [E] Love
_ Old Curt was a black [A] man with white curly [E] hair
_ When he had [B] a figure of one, he did not have [A] a care
_ Used to own an old dope row, used to play out across [E] the street
I'd give old Curt my [D] money, he'd play all day for me
[Em] _ [A] Play me a song [E] Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I got your drinking [E] money, stood up your dope row
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people [F#] are a fool
_ [E] Cause Curtis [D] Love was the finest [A] kicker to ever play [E] the blues _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ He looked [B] to be sixteen, [A] maybe I [E] was ten
Mama [B] used to whip me, [D] but I'd go see [A] him again
I'd clap my [B] ass and stall [A] my feet, try to stay [E] inside
He'd play [B] me a song or two and then take another drink or [E] wine
[A] Play me a song [E] Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I got your drinking [E] money, stood up your dope row
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people [F#] are a fool
Cause [Em] Curtis [D] Love was the finest [A] kicker to ever play [E] the blues _ _
[Em] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ On the day [B] old Curt [A] died, nobody came to [E] pray
_ Old Peter [B] said some [D] words and they choked him [A] into clay
[E] He [B] lived a lifetime [A] wearing the [E] black man's blue
And [B] on his days off in life, [D] that's all he had to lose
[Em] _ [A] Play me a [E] song Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I wish that you was [E] here so everyone would know
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people [F#] are a fool
_ [E] Cause Curtis Love [D] was the finest [A] kicker to ever play [E] the blues _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ I used to wake in the morning [B] before the rooster [E] crowed
Searching for a soda bottle, [A] did myself [F#] some joe
[E] Brought em down to the corner, [B] down to the country slope
[A] Cash em in and give my money to a man named Curtis [E] Love
_ Old Curt was a black [A] man with white curly [E] hair
_ When he had [B] a figure of one, he did not have [A] a care
_ Used to own an old dope row, used to play out across [E] the street
I'd give old Curt my [D] money, he'd play all day for me
[Em] _ [A] Play me a song [E] Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I got your drinking [E] money, stood up your dope row
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people [F#] are a fool
_ [E] Cause Curtis [D] Love was the finest [A] kicker to ever play [E] the blues _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ He looked [B] to be sixteen, [A] maybe I [E] was ten
Mama [B] used to whip me, [D] but I'd go see [A] him again
I'd clap my [B] ass and stall [A] my feet, try to stay [E] inside
He'd play [B] me a song or two and then take another drink or [E] wine
[A] Play me a song [E] Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I got your drinking [E] money, stood up your dope row
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people [F#] are a fool
Cause [Em] Curtis [D] Love was the finest [A] kicker to ever play [E] the blues _ _
[Em] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ On the day [B] old Curt [A] died, nobody came to [E] pray
_ Old Peter [B] said some [D] words and they choked him [A] into clay
[E] He [B] lived a lifetime [A] wearing the [E] black man's blue
And [B] on his days off in life, [D] that's all he had to lose
[Em] _ [A] Play me a [E] song Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I wish that you was [E] here so everyone would know
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people [F#] are a fool
_ [E] Cause Curtis Love [D] was the finest [A] kicker to ever play [E] the blues _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
