Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro blues

^D7Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low ^{D7/C G7}Wake up mama, turn your lamp down ^D7low ^A9Hav^A7e you got the nerve to drive Papa McTell from your ^D7door?

^D7My mother died and left me reckless, my daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild ^G7Mother died and left me reckless, Daddy died and left me ^D7wild, wild, wild ^A9No,^A7 I'm not good lookin' but I'm some sweet woman's angel ^D7child

^D7She's a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way ^G7She's a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-^D7way ^A9Whe^A7n I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm going away to s^D7tay

^D7I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever seen ^G7I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever ^D7seen ^A9Tre^A7at me like I was a king and she was a dog-gone q^D7ueen

^D7Sister, tell your Brother, Brother tell your Auntie, now Auntie, tell your Uncle, Uncle tell my Cousin, now Cousin tell my friend ^G7Goin' up the country, Mama, don't ^D7you want to go? ^A9May^A7 take me a fair brown, may take one or two ^D7more

^D7Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got them boiler hot ^G7You can reach over in the corner, Mama, and hand me my travelin' ^D7shoes ^A9You^A7 know by that, I've got them Statesboro ^D7blues

^D7Mama, Sister got 'em, Auntie got 'em Brother got 'em, friends got 'em, I got 'em ^G7Woke up this morning, we had them Statesboro ^D7blues ^A9I l^A7ooked over in the corner, Grandma and Grandpa had 'em ^D7too