Backwater Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Sai[D]d w[Abdim]hen it ra[Bdim]ins fiv[D]e da[Bb]ys[A][D]
[G]and skies turn dark as [D]night[A][F#m][D][C][D]
[A]Said [G]when it rains five days and
skies turn dark as [D]night[F#m]
[A]There's trouble's takin' pla[Em]ce in[A][Bdim][G]
[A]the lowlands at [D]night[Bdim][Bb][D][Bb][A]

[Verse 2]
And [D]I'm backwater blues [A]done
[G]call me to pack my thi[D]ngs
And [Abdim]go and I'[D]m backw[G]ater
blues done call me to pack [D]my things
And [A]go [D]'cause my hou[Em]se fel[A]l dow[G]n, can't live the[A]re no more,
[D]no [Bdim]more[Bb][A][D]

[Interlude 1]
[D][A][D][G][A][G]
[D][A][G][D][G][Bb][D][A]

[Verse 3]
When it rain[D]s five days and
the skies [A]turn [D]dark as night
[A]Said when it [G]rains five days and
the skies turn [D]dark as [G]night
[D]There's [A]trouble's takin' [G]place
in the [D]lowlands tonight
[G][D]

[Verse 4]
[A]
I woke [D]up this mornin',
[A]can[D]'t even get out of my door
I woke [G]up this mornin',
can't even get out of [D]my door
There's been [A]so much trouble,
[G]make a poor boy wonder where he wanna [D]go[A]

[Verse 5]
And I'm [D]backwater blues done
call me to pack my [A]things
[D]And [G]go [A]and I'm bac[G]kwater blues
done call me to pack [Em]my things
An[D]d g[G]o 'cause my h[A]ouse fell d[G]own, can't go there no m[D]ore,

[Interlude 2]
no
[D][A][D][G][D][A][D][A][G][D][G][D][A]
[D][A][D][G][D][G][D][A][D][G][D]
[A][G][D][G][D][A][G][A][D][Bb]
[A]

[Verse 6]
When it thun[D]ders and lightnin' and
the wind [A]begin[D]s to [A]blow[D][F]
When it thun[G]ders and lightnin' and the
wind begin[A]s t[D]o blow
There's thou[A]sands of [G]people
ain't got no where [D]to [G]go, [A]no

[Verse 7]
And I'm [D]backwater blues done
call me to pack my thing[A]s
An[D]d g[F]o and I[D]'m b[G]ackwater blues
done call me to pack my things
[D]And go [G]'cause my hou[A]se fell dow[G]n, can't go there no mor[D]e,
[Bdim]no more

[Interlude 3]
[D][A][D][G][D][G][Em][G][D]
[A][G][D][G][A][D][A][D][G][Em][D]
[G][D][G][D]

[Verse 8]
Oh, the rain's [D]pourin' baby,
[A]yes[G] I w[Em]ent o[D]ut[Bb] to t[A]he lonesom[D]e
High [A]old lone[D]some [A]hill I [D]went out[G],
high old lone[A]some [D]hill
[G]I looked dow[A]n on that place
[G]where I used to [D]liv[G]e
[D]And

[Verse 9]
[A]I'm bac[D]kwater blues
done call me to pack my things
And go and I'm [G]backwater blues
done call me to pack my things
[D]And go [G]'cause my hou[A]se fell down,
[G]can't go home no mor[D]e, no[A]

[Verse 10]
And I'm [D]backwater blues and
I'm backwater blues
[D]And [G]I'm backwater blues
and I'm [D]backwater blues
Yeah, my [A]house fell down,
can't go home no [A]more, [D]no more, no more