Backwater Blues

BACKWATER BLUES
Bessie Smith, Leadbelly
Key: E

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When it rained five days
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And the skies turned dark as night.
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When it rained five days
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And the skies turned dark as night.
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There was trou-ble tak-ing place
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In the low-lands at night.

I woke up in the morning,
Wouldn�t even get out of my door. 2x
Enough trouble to make a poor girl
Wonder where she gonna go.

They rowed a little boat,
About five miles �cross the farm 2x
I packed up all my clothing,
Throwed it in and they rowed me along.

It thundered and it lightened,
And the winds began to blow. 2x
There was a thousand women,
Didn�t have no place to go.

I went out to the lonesome,
High old lonesome hill 2x
I looked down on the old house,
Where I used to live.

Backwater blues have caused me to
Pack up my things and go. 2x
�Cause my house fell down
And I can�t live there no more.

Mmm, I can�t live there no more 2x
And there ain�t no place
For a poor old girl to go.