Backwater Blues

	  		
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   E7                       A7                  E7 
It rained five days and the sky turned black as night 

   A7                                           E7 
It rained five days and the sky turned black as night 

             B7                  A7                  E7 
There's some trouble taking place in the lowlands at night 

I woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of my door 
Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of my door 
Sometimes there's so much trouble, a poor girl don't know where to go 

They rowed a little boat about five miles across the farm 
They rowed a little boat about five miles across the farm 
I packed up all my clothes and they rowed me right along 

It thunders and lightnings and the wind begins to blow 
It thunders and lightnings and the wind begins to blow 
There's about a thousand people there, and they ain't got nowhere to go 

I went up and stood on a high and lonesome hill 
I went up and stood on a high and lonesome hill 
I looked down below me on the house I used to live 

That's how the blues done caused me to pack up my things and go 
Blues done caused me to pack up my things and go 
My poor house is gone, I can't live there no more 
My poor house is gone, I can't live there no more 
My poor house is gone, I can't live there no more