Allman Brothers Band

Statesboro Blues(Chords)

Allman Brothers Band

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(Blind Willie McTell) 
 
 
		C7             F7                  C7 
		Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low 
		F7                                 C7 
		Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low 
		G7                    F7                           C7 
		You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door. 
	 
		C7                      F7                  C7 
		I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues 
		F7                                          C7 
		I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues 
		G7                               F7                          C7 
		I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too. 
 
	LEAD 
		G7      C7  
		Well my momma died and left me 
		   C7 
		My poppa died and left me 
		  C7 
		I ain't god lookin' baby 
		C7 
		But somewhere I'm sweet and kind 
 
		    F7                                        C7 
		I'm goin' to the country, baby do you want to go 
		   G7                      F7                          C7 
		If you can't make it baby, your sister Lucile said she wanna go 
		(and I sure will take her). 
 
		C7                 F7                              C7 
		I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen 
		F7                                                 C7 
		I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen 
		G7                         F7                          C7 
		She treats me like a king, I treat her like a dog gone queen. 
 
		C7             F7                  C7 
		Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low 
		F7                                 C7 
		Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low 
		G7                    F7                           C7 
		You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.
	        

Written by Willie Mctell

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