Blues Hand Me Down

	  		
Intro: Cm Cm Bb Cm x2 

Verse
 
Cm 
Papa was a blues man 
Cm 
Gave me the blues hand me down 
Cm 
An alligator shoes man 
Cm 
Gave me the blues hand me downs 
Bb 
Moonshine drinking 
Ab                Gm 
Do everything but thinking 
Cm 
Blues hand me downs 

Verse 

Cm 
Racing the wrong way 
Cm 
Chasing every skirt in town 
Cm 
Taking the long way 
Cm 
Waiting for the sun to come out 
Bb 
Wheeling and hustling 
Ab          Gm 
Dealing and shuffling 
Cm 
Blues hand me downs 

Bridge
 
Cm Bb Ab 
Cm 
Lord, have mercy on my soul 
Cm Bb Ab 
Cm 
I didn’t know 
Cm 
You never know 

Verse
 
Cm 
A fighter. No lover. 
Cm 
No fucking around 
Cm 
And just like my big brother 
Cm 
He stood on shaky ground 
Bb 
His pride got the best of him 
Ab              Gm 
Smoking got the rest of him 
Cm 
Blues hand me downs 

Bridge
 
Cm Bb Ab 
Cm 
Lord, have mercy on my soul 
Cm Bb Ab 
Cm 
I didn’t know 
Cm 
You never know 


Db           Cm 
Hand me down blues 
Db           Cm 
Hand me down blues 
Db           Cm 
Hand me down blues 



Solo
 
Cm D5 Eb F5 Gm Bb Cm 
Cm 

N.C. 
I come from vintage trouble 
N.C. 
Look out if I’m the one you found 
N.C. 
I’ll pop your bubble 
N.C. 
With my live wire, straight shooting dirty mouth 
Bb 
Papa was a blues man 
Ab               Gm 
Please baby understand 
Cm 
I got the, got the, got the, got the 
Cm 
Blue hand me downs 

Bridge

Cm Bb Ab 
Cm 
Lord, have mercy on my soul 
Cm Bb Ab 
Cm 
I didn’t know 
Cm 
You never know 


Db           Cm 
Hand me down blues 
Db           Cm 
Hand me down blues 
Db           Cm 
Hand me down blues 


Outro 
Cm Cm Bb Cm (x2)