Big Road Blues

Tommy Johnson

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Drop D

Cryin’, ain’t goin’ down this big road by myself

Now don’t you hear me talkin’, pretty mama?

Lord, ain’t goin’ down this big road by myself

If I don’t carry you, gon’ carry somebody else

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Cryin’, sun gonna shine in my back door someday

Now, don’t you hear me talkin’, pretty mama?

Lord, sun gon’ shine in my back door someday

And the wind gon’ change, gon’ blow my blues away

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Baby, what makes you do me like you do do do, like you do do do?

Don’t you hear me now?

What makes you do me like you do do do?

Now you think you gon’ do me like you done poor Cherry Red

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Taken the poor boy’s money now, sure, Lord, won’t take mine

Now don’t you hear me talkin’ pretty mama?

Taken the poor boy’s money; sure, Lord, won’t take mine

Taken the poor boy’s money now; sure, Lord, won’t take mine

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Cryin’, ain’t goin’ down this big road by myself

Now don’t you hear me talkin’, pretty mama?

Lord, ain’t goin’ down this big road by myself

If I don’t carry you, gon’ carry somebody else

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Cryin’, sun gonna shine in my back door someday

Now, don’t you hear me talkin’, pretty mama?

Lord, sun gon’ shine in my back door someday

And the wind gon’ change, gon’ blow my blues away

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