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Tuning: E A D G B E
Title: Backwater Blues Artist: Bessie Smith, https://youtu.be/4gXShOJVwaM Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Capo: 2; optionally Time: 4/4, Tempo Q=110, eighths are marked '+'. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting. [Intro] G + + + + E|---------------------------------| B|---------------------3-----------| G|-----0-------0---------------0---| D|---------0---------------0-------| A|-----------------2---------------| E|-3-------------------------------| [Verse] G + + + + + + + + + + + + G7 + + + + E|-3-----1-----------------|-3-----1-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|----------3-----0--------|----------3-----0-----0--|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|----0-----------------0--|----0--------------------|----0-----0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0--| D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------3-----------3-----| A|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------| E|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------| C7 + + + + + + + + G + + + + G7 + + + + E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|-3----p1-----------------|-3----p1-----------------|-------------------------|----------------------0--| G|----0-----3-----0-----0--|----0-----3-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0--------| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------3-----------3-----| A|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------| E|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------| D7 + + + + C7 + + G + + G7 + + + + E|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------| B|-1-p0--1-p0--1--3--------|----3-----3-p1-------|---------------------|----------------3--------| G|----------------------2--|-----------------3---|-0----------0-----0--|----0-----0-----------0--| D|-------0-----------0-----|-------2---------2---|-----0---------0-----|-------3-----------0-----| A|-0-----------0-----------|-3-------------------|---------2-----------|-------------2-----------| E|-------------------------|-------------0-------|-3-------------------|-3-----------------------| A + + + + E|---------------------0-----------| B|---------------------------------| G|-----2-------2---------------2---| D|---------2---------------2-------| A|-0-------------------------------| E|-----------------0---------------| [StepUp] A + + + + + + + + + + + + A7 + + + + E|/5-----3-p0--------------|/5-----3-p0--------------|-------------------------|----------------0--------| B|----------------2--------|----------------2-----2--|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|----0-----------2-----2--|----0-----------2-----2--|----2-----2-----2-----2--|----0-----0-----------0--| D|-------0-----------2-----|-------0-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----| A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| E|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------| D7 + + + + + + + + A + + + + + + + + E|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|----------------0--------| B|-1-----3-p1--------------|-1-----3-p1-----------2--|-------------------------|----------------------2--| G|----2-----------2-----2--|----2-----------2-----2--|----2-----2-----2-----2--|----0-----0--------------| D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----| A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| E|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------| E7 + + + + D7 + + + A + + + E7 + + + + E|----------------0--------|----0-----0------------|-----------------------|----------------0--------| B|-3-\2--3-\2--3-----------|-------------3-p1--1---|-2---------------------|-------------------------| G|----------------------1--|-------------------2---|-2------2-----2-----2--|----1-----1-----------1--| D|-------0-----------2-----|-------0-----------0---|-----2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----| A|-2-----------2-----------|-0---------------------|-0---------------------|-------------2-----------| E|-------------------------|-------------2---------|-----------0-----------|-0-----------------------| [Lyrics] |: When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night :| Then trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night |: I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door :| There's been enough trouble to make a poor girl wonder where she want to go |: Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond :| I packed all my clothes, throwed them in and they rowed me along |: When it thunders and lightnin' and when the wind begins to blow :| There's thousands of people ain't got no place to go |: Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill :| Then looked down on the house were I used to live |: Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go :| 'Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more |: Mmm, I can't move no more, Mmm, I can't move no more :| There ain't no place for a poor old girl to go. ************************************ | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************