Statesboro Blues

Blind WillieMc Tell

Open D

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low

You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.

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I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues

I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too.

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Solo

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Well my momma died and left me

My poppa died and left me

I ain’t god lookin’ baby

But somewhere I’m sweet and kind

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I’m goin’ to the country, baby do you want to go

If you can’t make it baby, your sister Lucile said she wanna go

(and I sure will take her).

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I love that woman, better than any woman I’ve ever seen

She treats me like a king, I treat her like a dog gone queen.

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Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low

You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.

Sister, tell your brother, brother tell your auntie now
Auntie tell your uncle, uncle tell my cousin now, cousin tell my friend
Goin’ up the country, mama, don’t you want to go?
May take me a fair brown, may take me one or two more

Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop
You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got that boiler hot
You can reach over in the corner mama and hand me my travelin’ shoes
You know by that, I’ve got them Statesboro blues

Mama, sister got ’em, auntie got ’em
Brother got ’em, friend got ’em, I got ’em
Woke up this morning, we had them Statesboro blues
I looked over in the corner, grandpa and grandma had ’em too