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Dave Van Ronk - Backwater Blues This is a pretty simple blues chord progression, it goes F#7/B7/C#7. If you wanted to capo on 2, it could go E7/A7/B7, but I prefer to just do bar chords for the whole gig. Intro: F#7
F#7Well it rained five days and the skB7ies turned dark as nighF#7t B7Yes it rained five days and the skies turned dark as nightF#7 C#7There's a trouble takin'B7 place in the lowlands at nigF#7ht
F#7I woke up this mornin', couldn'B7t even get out of my doF#7or B7Yes woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my dF#7oor C#7Trouble make a poor boy woB7nder where he want to go F#7
F#7And it thundrin and lightnin' and tB7he wind began to blow F#7 B7Yes it thundered and lightnined' and the wind began to bF#7low C#7And there's a thousand pB7eople ain't got no place to gF#7o
F#7Well they rowed a little boat aboutB7 five miles 'cross the F#7pond B7Yes they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pF#7ond C#7Yes I packed my clothes,B7 throwed them in it and they F#7rowed me along
F#7I went and stood upon some hB7igh old lonesome F#7hill B7You know I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hF#7ill C#7 F#7 (Fill here) Yes I looked on the old house were I used to live
(This verse has a different picking pattern, but the chords are the same)
F#7Backwater blues done call me to pacB7k my things and gF#7o B7Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and gF#7o C#7Yes my house fell down aB7nd I can't live there no moreF#7
F#7Mmm, I can't move no more B7 F#7 B7Mmm, I can't move no more F#7 C#7Yes my house washed awayB7 and I can't live there no moF#7re