Chords for The Ballad of Curtis Loew - Performed by Ed King & Artimus Pyle
Tempo:
70.1 bpm
Chords used:
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D
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
There's an old favorite among all you people out there.
It's a little ballad for you called the ballad of Curtis Lowe
[E]
[D] [Am] [E]
Well I used to wake the morning [B]
for the rooster crow
[E] Searching for soda [A] bottles and give myself [F#] some dough
[E] Brought them down to the corner
[B]
down to the country store
[A] Cast a man and get my mom to a man named Curtis Lowe
[E] Old Curtis was a black [A] man with white [E] curly hair
When he had [B] a fifth of [D] wine he did not [A] have a care
[E] He used to [B] own the drum [A] roll, used to play [E] across his knees
I'm [B] your old Curtis, my [D] morning has played all [E] day for me
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] I got your drink and [E] money, tuna, yo-yo
[A] People said I was useless, [E] but them people know
[F#] [E] Who's the girl on the street?
[D] The finest [A] good girl who ever [E] played the blues
[D]
[E] And you [B] looked a bit sexy, maybe [E] I was ten
Mama [B] used to love me, [D] but I'm ghosting [A] him again
[Em] I clap my [B] hands and start my [A] feet, try to [E] stay in town
Give a [B] bland song or two, [D] and then I'd take another [E] drink or two
[A] Let it be a song, [E] Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I got your drink in the morning, [E] tuna or cold dog
[A] People said it was useless, but then we moved on
[F#] [E]
Curtis [D] Love, the finest [A] picker to ever play [E] the blues
[D] [A] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [D] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [D] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [F#]
[E] [D] [A] [E]
On [B] the day old Curtis [A] died, nobody [E] came to pray
The [B] old preacher said some words, and [D] they'd sort him in the [A] grave
But he [Bm] loved it a lifetime, playing the black [E] man's blues
[Em] On the day he [B] lost his life, well that's all [E] he had to lose
[A] Let it be a song, Curtis [E] Love, Curtis Love
[A] I wish that she would [E] tell something everyone about
[A] People said it was useless, [E] but then we moved [F#] on
[E] Curtis [D] Love, the finest [A] picker to ever [E] play the blues
[D]
[E] [D]
[E] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Em] [G#]
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[N]
It's a little ballad for you called the ballad of Curtis Lowe
[E]
[D] [Am] [E]
Well I used to wake the morning [B]
for the rooster crow
[E] Searching for soda [A] bottles and give myself [F#] some dough
[E] Brought them down to the corner
[B]
down to the country store
[A] Cast a man and get my mom to a man named Curtis Lowe
[E] Old Curtis was a black [A] man with white [E] curly hair
When he had [B] a fifth of [D] wine he did not [A] have a care
[E] He used to [B] own the drum [A] roll, used to play [E] across his knees
I'm [B] your old Curtis, my [D] morning has played all [E] day for me
[A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] I got your drink and [E] money, tuna, yo-yo
[A] People said I was useless, [E] but them people know
[F#] [E] Who's the girl on the street?
[D] The finest [A] good girl who ever [E] played the blues
[D]
[E] And you [B] looked a bit sexy, maybe [E] I was ten
Mama [B] used to love me, [D] but I'm ghosting [A] him again
[Em] I clap my [B] hands and start my [A] feet, try to [E] stay in town
Give a [B] bland song or two, [D] and then I'd take another [E] drink or two
[A] Let it be a song, [E] Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I got your drink in the morning, [E] tuna or cold dog
[A] People said it was useless, but then we moved on
[F#] [E]
Curtis [D] Love, the finest [A] picker to ever play [E] the blues
[D] [A] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [D] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [D] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [F#]
[E] [D] [A] [E]
On [B] the day old Curtis [A] died, nobody [E] came to pray
The [B] old preacher said some words, and [D] they'd sort him in the [A] grave
But he [Bm] loved it a lifetime, playing the black [E] man's blues
[Em] On the day he [B] lost his life, well that's all [E] he had to lose
[A] Let it be a song, Curtis [E] Love, Curtis Love
[A] I wish that she would [E] tell something everyone about
[A] People said it was useless, [E] but then we moved [F#] on
[E] Curtis [D] Love, the finest [A] picker to ever [E] play the blues
[D]
[E] [D]
[E] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Em] [G#]
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[N]
Key:
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A
D
B
F#
E
A
D
There's an old favorite among all you people out there. _ _
It's a little ballad for you called the ballad of Curtis Lowe _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ Well I used to wake the morning [B]
for the rooster crow
[E] _ Searching for soda [A] bottles and give myself [F#] some dough
_ [E] Brought them down to the corner
[B]
down to the country store
[A] Cast a man and get my mom to a man named Curtis Lowe
_ [E] Old Curtis was a black [A] man with white [E] curly hair
When he had [B] a fifth of [D] wine he did not [A] have a care
_ [E] He used to [B] own the drum [A] roll, used to play [E] across his knees
I'm [B] your old Curtis, my [D] morning has played all [E] day for me
_ [A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
_ [A] I got your drink and [E] money, tuna, yo-yo
_ [A] People said I was useless, [E] but them people know
[F#] _ _ _ [E] Who's the girl on the street?
[D] The finest [A] good girl who ever [E] played the blues
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ And you [B] looked a bit sexy, maybe [E] I was ten
Mama [B] used to love me, [D] but I'm ghosting [A] him again
[Em] I clap my [B] hands and start my [A] feet, try to [E] stay in town
_ Give a [B] bland song or two, [D] and then I'd take another [E] drink or two
[A] Let it be a song, [E] Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I got your drink in the morning, [E] tuna or cold dog
_ [A] People said it was useless, but then we moved on
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E]
Curtis [D] Love, the finest [A] picker to ever play [E] the blues _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ On [B] the day old Curtis [A] died, nobody [E] came to pray
The [B] old preacher said some words, and [D] they'd sort him in the [A] grave
But he [Bm] loved it a lifetime, playing the black [E] man's blues
[Em] On the day he [B] lost his life, well that's all [E] he had to lose
[A] Let it be a song, Curtis [E] Love, Curtis Love
[A] I wish that she would [E] tell something everyone about
[A] People said it was useless, [E] but then we moved [F#] on
_ _ _ [E] Curtis [D] Love, the finest [A] picker to ever [E] play the blues
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [E] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[N] _
It's a little ballad for you called the ballad of Curtis Lowe _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ Well I used to wake the morning [B]
for the rooster crow
[E] _ Searching for soda [A] bottles and give myself [F#] some dough
_ [E] Brought them down to the corner
[B]
down to the country store
[A] Cast a man and get my mom to a man named Curtis Lowe
_ [E] Old Curtis was a black [A] man with white [E] curly hair
When he had [B] a fifth of [D] wine he did not [A] have a care
_ [E] He used to [B] own the drum [A] roll, used to play [E] across his knees
I'm [B] your old Curtis, my [D] morning has played all [E] day for me
_ [A] Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
_ [A] I got your drink and [E] money, tuna, yo-yo
_ [A] People said I was useless, [E] but them people know
[F#] _ _ _ [E] Who's the girl on the street?
[D] The finest [A] good girl who ever [E] played the blues
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ And you [B] looked a bit sexy, maybe [E] I was ten
Mama [B] used to love me, [D] but I'm ghosting [A] him again
[Em] I clap my [B] hands and start my [A] feet, try to [E] stay in town
_ Give a [B] bland song or two, [D] and then I'd take another [E] drink or two
[A] Let it be a song, [E] Curtis Love, Curtis Love
[A] I got your drink in the morning, [E] tuna or cold dog
_ [A] People said it was useless, but then we moved on
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E]
Curtis [D] Love, the finest [A] picker to ever play [E] the blues _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ On [B] the day old Curtis [A] died, nobody [E] came to pray
The [B] old preacher said some words, and [D] they'd sort him in the [A] grave
But he [Bm] loved it a lifetime, playing the black [E] man's blues
[Em] On the day he [B] lost his life, well that's all [E] he had to lose
[A] Let it be a song, Curtis [E] Love, Curtis Love
[A] I wish that she would [E] tell something everyone about
[A] People said it was useless, [E] but then we moved [F#] on
_ _ _ [E] Curtis [D] Love, the finest [A] picker to ever [E] play the blues
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [E] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[N] _