Leadbelly - Im all out and down

^GHoney, I'm all ^G7out and down, ^CHoney, ^CI'm broke, babe, an' ^C7I ain't got a dime, ^{G C}Every good man gets in ^C7hard luck some^Gtime, Don't they, ^D7baby, don't they ^Gbaby? ^GHoney, I'm all ^G7out and down, ^CHoney, ^COh, the mules and the hosses ^C7nicklin' (beggin') for their corn ^Gand hay, ^CWomen on the levee ^C7shoutin' 'cause it's almost ^Gpay day, Cryin', '^D7Daddy, Sweet ^GDaddy.' ^CAw, the women on the levee, ^C7honey, hollerin' 'Whoo, haw, ^Ggee,' ^CThe mens on the levee ^C7hollerin' 'Doncha murder ^Gme. Please, ^D7baby, doncha murder ^Gme.' ^GHoney, what you ^G7want me to do, ^CHoney, ^CI'm down in the bottom ^C7in the mud up to my kne^Ges, ^CWorkin' for my baby and ^C7she's so hard to please,^G Ain't you ^D7baby? Ain't you ^Gbaby? ^CYellow woman make a preacher ^C7lay his Bible down,^{G C}Jet-black woman make a jack-^C7rabbit hug a houn', ^G Tell me, ^D7baby. Tell me, ^Gbaby. ^GHoney, I'm all ^G7out and down, ^CHoney, ^CWorked all the summer ^C7and part of the fall,^{G C}Had to take my Christ^C7mas in my overalls, ^G O ^D7Lawdy! O ^GLawdy! ^CI'm down in the bottom, ^C7skinnin' for Johnny Ry^Gan, ^CPuttin' my initials, ^C7honey, on the mule's behin',^G With my line, ^D7babe. With my line, ^Gbabe. ^GHoney..... ^{G7 C}