Poor Black Mattie

R.L. Burnside

Open G

Poor Black Mattie ain’t got, a change in clothes

Girl got drunk, close that door

Poor Black Mattie ain’t got change o’ clothes

Girl got drunk, throwed her clothes outdoor

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Goin’ to Memphis see that, World’s Fair

Reason I’m goin’, baby there,

Goin’ to Memphis, see that World’s Fair

Reason I’m goin’, know my baby there

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Need no heater fireplace, by my bed

Women I got, cherry red

Need no heater, fireplace by my bed

See that moonlight shining, through the trees,

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See that woman, drift for me,

See that moonlight, shining through the trees,

Woman I got, keep me cherry red

Woman I got, keep me cherry red,

See that woman, see that woman