Chords for The Ballad of Curtis Lowe - (Acoustic Cover) *4k* Gretsch Resonator
Tempo:
120.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
G
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E] [B]
[A] [Bm]
[E]
I used to wake the morning
[B] before the rooster crowed
[A] [E] Searching for soda bottles [A] to get myself [F#] some dough
I'd [E] run them down to the corner, [B] down to the country store
[A] I'd cash them in and give my money to a man named Curtis Lowe
[E] Old Curt [B] was a black man [A] with white [Gm] curly [E] hair
[A] [E] When he had [B] a fifth of [A] wine he did not have a care
[E] He used to know [B] that old dough bro, he [A] used to play [G] across [E] his knees
I'd give [B] old Curt my money, [A] he'd play all day for me
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] I've got your drinking money, [E] tune up your dough bro
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people [F#] all a fool
[E]
Curtis Lowe [C#m] was [B] the finest picker [A] to ever [G] [E] play the blues
[A] [B]
[A] [B] [E]
[C#m] [E] He looked to [B] be sixty, [A] [G] maybe I [E] was ten
Mama used [B] to whoop me, [A] but I'd go see [G] him [E] again
I'd clap my hands, [B] stomp my [A] feet, trying [G] to stay [E] in time
He'd play [B] me a song or two, [A] then have another drink of wine
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] I've got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dough bro
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people all [F#] a fool
[E] Lord Curtis Lowe [B] was the finest picker [A] to [Em] ever [E] play the blues
[B]
[F#m] [A] [E]
On the [B] day old Curtis died, [A] nobody [Gm]
[E] came to pray
The old preacher [B] said some [A] words and they chucked him in the clay
He [E]
lived [B] a lifetime [Am] picking the [G] black [E] man's blue
On the day old [B] Curtis died, [A] that's all he had to lose
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] I wish that he was [E] here so everyone would know
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people all [F#] a fool
[E] Because Curtis Lowe [B] was the finest picker [A] to ever [G] play [E] the blues
[B]
[A] [F#m] [A] [F#m] [E]
[A] [Bm]
[E]
I used to wake the morning
[B] before the rooster crowed
[A] [E] Searching for soda bottles [A] to get myself [F#] some dough
I'd [E] run them down to the corner, [B] down to the country store
[A] I'd cash them in and give my money to a man named Curtis Lowe
[E] Old Curt [B] was a black man [A] with white [Gm] curly [E] hair
[A] [E] When he had [B] a fifth of [A] wine he did not have a care
[E] He used to know [B] that old dough bro, he [A] used to play [G] across [E] his knees
I'd give [B] old Curt my money, [A] he'd play all day for me
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] I've got your drinking money, [E] tune up your dough bro
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people [F#] all a fool
[E]
Curtis Lowe [C#m] was [B] the finest picker [A] to ever [G] [E] play the blues
[A] [B]
[A] [B] [E]
[C#m] [E] He looked to [B] be sixty, [A] [G] maybe I [E] was ten
Mama used [B] to whoop me, [A] but I'd go see [G] him [E] again
I'd clap my hands, [B] stomp my [A] feet, trying [G] to stay [E] in time
He'd play [B] me a song or two, [A] then have another drink of wine
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] I've got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dough bro
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people all [F#] a fool
[E] Lord Curtis Lowe [B] was the finest picker [A] to [Em] ever [E] play the blues
[B]
[F#m] [A] [E]
On the [B] day old Curtis died, [A] nobody [Gm]
[E] came to pray
The old preacher [B] said some [A] words and they chucked him in the clay
He [E]
lived [B] a lifetime [Am] picking the [G] black [E] man's blue
On the day old [B] Curtis died, [A] that's all he had to lose
Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
[A] I wish that he was [E] here so everyone would know
[A] People said he was useless, [E] them people all [F#] a fool
[E] Because Curtis Lowe [B] was the finest picker [A] to ever [G] play [E] the blues
[B]
[A] [F#m] [A] [F#m] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
G
F#
E
A
B
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I used to wake the morning _
_ [B] before the rooster crowed _
[A] _ [E] _ _ Searching for soda bottles [A] to get myself [F#] some dough
I'd _ _ _ _ [E] _ run them down to the corner, _ [B] down to the country store
_ _ [A] I'd cash them in and give my money to a man named Curtis Lowe
_ [E] _ _ Old Curt [B] was a black man [A] with white [Gm] curly [E] hair
_ _ [A] _ [E] When he had [B] a fifth of [A] wine he did not have a care
_ _ [E] _ He used to know [B] that old dough bro, he [A] used to play [G] across [E] his knees
_ _ _ I'd give [B] old Curt my money, [A] he'd play all day for me
_ _ _ Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
_ _ _ [A] _ I've got your drinking money, [E] tune up your dough bro
_ [A] _ People said he was useless, _ [E] them people [F#] all a fool
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Curtis Lowe [C#m] was [B] the finest picker _ [A] to ever [G] [E] play the blues _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ He looked to [B] be sixty, _ [A] _ _ [G] maybe I [E] was ten
_ _ _ Mama used [B] to whoop me, [A] but I'd go see [G] him [E] again
_ _ _ I'd clap my hands, [B] stomp my [A] feet, trying [G] to stay [E] in time
_ _ _ He'd play [B] me a song or two, [A] then have another drink of wine
_ _ _ Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, _ Curtis Lowe
_ _ [A] _ I've got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dough bro
_ _ [A] _ People said he was useless, [E] them people all [F#] a fool
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Lord Curtis Lowe [B] was the finest picker [A] to [Em] ever [E] play the blues _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ On the [B] day old Curtis died, [A] nobody [Gm] _
[E] came to pray
_ The _ old preacher [B] said some [A] words and they chucked him in the clay
He [E] _ _
lived [B] a _ lifetime [Am] picking the [G] black [E] man's blue
_ _ On the day old [B] Curtis died, [A] that's all he had to lose
_ _ _ Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
_ _ [A] _ I wish that he was [E] here so everyone would know
_ _ [A] _ People said he was useless, [E] them people all [F#] a fool
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Because Curtis Lowe [B] was the finest picker [A] to ever [G] play [E] the blues _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I used to wake the morning _
_ [B] before the rooster crowed _
[A] _ [E] _ _ Searching for soda bottles [A] to get myself [F#] some dough
I'd _ _ _ _ [E] _ run them down to the corner, _ [B] down to the country store
_ _ [A] I'd cash them in and give my money to a man named Curtis Lowe
_ [E] _ _ Old Curt [B] was a black man [A] with white [Gm] curly [E] hair
_ _ [A] _ [E] When he had [B] a fifth of [A] wine he did not have a care
_ _ [E] _ He used to know [B] that old dough bro, he [A] used to play [G] across [E] his knees
_ _ _ I'd give [B] old Curt my money, [A] he'd play all day for me
_ _ _ Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
_ _ _ [A] _ I've got your drinking money, [E] tune up your dough bro
_ [A] _ People said he was useless, _ [E] them people [F#] all a fool
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Curtis Lowe [C#m] was [B] the finest picker _ [A] to ever [G] [E] play the blues _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ He looked to [B] be sixty, _ [A] _ _ [G] maybe I [E] was ten
_ _ _ Mama used [B] to whoop me, [A] but I'd go see [G] him [E] again
_ _ _ I'd clap my hands, [B] stomp my [A] feet, trying [G] to stay [E] in time
_ _ _ He'd play [B] me a song or two, [A] then have another drink of wine
_ _ _ Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, _ Curtis Lowe
_ _ [A] _ I've got your drinking [E] money, tune up your dough bro
_ _ [A] _ People said he was useless, [E] them people all [F#] a fool
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Lord Curtis Lowe [B] was the finest picker [A] to [Em] ever [E] play the blues _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ On the [B] day old Curtis died, [A] nobody [Gm] _
[E] came to pray
_ The _ old preacher [B] said some [A] words and they chucked him in the clay
He [E] _ _
lived [B] a _ lifetime [Am] picking the [G] black [E] man's blue
_ _ On the day old [B] Curtis died, [A] that's all he had to lose
_ _ _ Play me a song, [E] Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
_ _ [A] _ I wish that he was [E] here so everyone would know
_ _ [A] _ People said he was useless, [E] them people all [F#] a fool
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Because Curtis Lowe [B] was the finest picker [A] to ever [G] play [E] the blues _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _