Howlin' Wolf

Back Door Man(Chords)

Howlin' Wolf

Key: G

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	        Intro: E      

E I am a back door man E I am a back door man G7 E Well the men don't know, but the little girls understand

Verse 1:

E When everybody's tryin' to sleep E I'm somewhere making my midnight creep G7 E Every morning, when the rooster crow G7 E Something tell me, I got to go
E I am a back door man E I am a back door man G7 E G7 E Well the men don't know, but the little girls understand

Verse 2:

E They take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes E Nurse cried, please save the soul G7 E Killed him for murder, first degree G7 E Judge's wife cried, let the man go free
E I am a back door man E I am a back door man G7 E Well the men don't know, but the little girls understand

Verse 3:

E Stand out there E Cop's wife cried, don't take him down E Rather be dead, six feets in the ground E When you come home you can eat pork and beans G7 E I eats mo' chicken, any man seen
Outro E I am a back door man E I am a back door man

Written by Willie Dixon

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