Robert Johnson - Me and the devil blues
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Album: The Complete Recordings
Words & Music: Robert Johnson
Tempo: Modertely slow
BPM: 85
[Intro]
A7 Adim7 Dm6
A A7/G D/F# Dm/F
A/E E7
[Verse 1]
A7Early this morning
When you knocked upon my doorAdim7 A7 Adim7 A7 Adim7
A7Early this D7/F#morning, ooh,
When you knocked upon my doorA7 Adim7 A7
And I E7said hello Satan
D7/F#I believe it's time to go
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[Verse 2]
A7Me and the Devil Adim7
A7Was walkin' side by sideAdim7 A7 Adim7 A7 Adim7
A7Me and the D7Devil, ooh,
Was walking side by sideA7 Adim7 A7
And I'm goin'E7 to beat my woman
D7/F#'Til I get satisfied
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[Verse 3]
She said A7you don't see whyAdim7
A7That she would dog me 'roundAdim7
(Spoken:) A7Now baby you know you ain't doin' me right Adim7don't chaA7 Adim7
A7She say you D7/F#don't see why, hoo,
That she would dog me 'roundA7 Adim7 A7
It must-a E7be that old evil spirit
D7/F#So deep down in the ground
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[Verse 4]
You A7may bury my bodyAdim7
A7Down by the highway sideAdim7
(Spoken:) A7Baby, I don't care where you bury my body when I'm dead Adim7and gone
A7 Adim7
A7You may bury my D7/F#body, ooh,
Down by the highway sideA7 Adim7 A7
So my old evil E7spirit
D7/F#Can get a Greyhound bus and ride
[Outro]
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