{"id":1269,"date":"2021-04-07T09:49:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T09:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1269"},"modified":"2023-03-13T14:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T14:35:08","slug":"floating-bridge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1269","title":{"rendered":"Floating Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sleepy John Estes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sleepy John Estes &quot;Floating Bridge&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQI0yJCcNNU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Story behind the song:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RY COODER - Folding Bridge (Floating Bridge) - LIVE -1974\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fqUUkuYNga8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gregg Allman - Floating Bridge (Sleepy John Estes cover) @ Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SD3S6PCwn9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Key<\/em>s: Sleepy John plays in BEBG#, Gegg Allman in BEBF7, Ry Cooder in GADBm, Clapton in GDGC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well I [G]never will for[D]get that floating [G]bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord I [C]never will forget that floating [G]bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord I never will forget that [C]floating bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They tell me [G]five minutes [D]time underwater I was [G]hid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was [G]going [D]down and I throwed up my [G]hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As [C]I was going down I throwed up my [G]hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I was going down I [C]throwed up my hands,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saying, &#8221;[G]Please [D]take me on dry [G]land.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well they [G]carried me in the [D]house and they laid me &#8217;cross the [G]planks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well they [C]carried me in the house, they laid me &#8217;cross the [G]planks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well they carried me in the house, they [C]laid me &#8217;cross the planks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About a [G]gallon of [D]muddy water I had [G]drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>They [G]dried me of and they[D] laid me in the bed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They [C]dried me of and they laid me in the [G]bed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They dried me [G7]of and they[C] laid me in the bed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Couldn&#8217;t hear [G]nothing but muddy [D]water run though my [D]head<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh my [G]mother often [D]told me, &#8221;Quit playing a [G]bum.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My [C]mother always told me, &#8221;Quit playing a [G]bum.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord, my mother always told me, &#8221;Son, [C]quit playing a bum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go [G]out some[D]where and make a [G]crumb.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the [G]people on the [D]bridge was screaming and [G]crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well [C]all the people on the bridge was screaming and [G]crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the people on the bridge stood [C]screaming and crying,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Say[G]ing, &#8221;Lord have [D]mercy, wher&#8217;s we [G]g&#8217;wine?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleepy John Estes The Story behind the song: Keys: Sleepy John plays in BEBG#, Gegg Allman in BEBF7, Ry Cooder in GADBm, Clapton in GDGC. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Well I [G]never will for[D]get that floating [G]bridge. Lord I [C]never will forget that floating [G]bridge. Lord I never will forget that [C]floating bridge. 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