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Howlin' Wolf

Back Door Man

Howlin' Wolf

Written by Willie Dixon
Ukulele chords Easy level Easy
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I am a back door man 
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I am a back door man 
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Well the men don't know, but the little girls understand 


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When everybody's tryin' to sleep 
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I'm somewhere making my midnight creep 
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Every morning, when the rooster crow 
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Something tell me,   I got to go 

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

 
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They take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes 
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Nurse cried, please save the soul 
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Killed him for murder, first degree 
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Judge's wife cried,    let the man go free 

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


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

Outro 
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I am a back door man 
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I am a back door man
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