the ballad of curtis loew Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][A][D][A][D][G][A][D][G][D]

[Verse 1]
Well, I [D]used
to wake up in the
[A]Before the [D]rooster crows
Searching for soda bottles
[G]To get myself some [A]dough[D]
I run down to [G]the corner
[A]Down to the country [G]store
A cashier man give my money
[D]to a man named
Curtis
[G]Lowe, old[F] man[D] was
a [A]black man with
[G]white curly [D]hair, [G]whe[D]n he had a fifth of [A]wine he did[C] not have a c[G]are,
[D]he used to pla[G]y an
Old
[A]Dobro, he used to [G]play it
across his [D]knees
I'd give old
Kurt [A]my money and he'd
[C]play all day [D]for [G]me
Play me a song,
Kurt is [D]so,
Kurt is [G]so[D]
[G]I got your drink and money
to [D]tune up your
Dobro
[G]People say he was useless,
but them [D]people are [E]fools[A][Bm]
Be[A]cause
[D]Curtis
Lowe was the [C]finest picker to [G]ever
play the [Bm]blues[D][C][D]
He lived to be [A]sixty,
[G]an d maybe I was [D]ten
Mama used to whip [A]me,
but I'd [C]go see him [G]again
[D]I'd clap my hands and stom[A]p my feet,
try[G]ing to stay in [D]time
He'd play a song [A]or two,
and then he'd [C]take another drink of [D]wine[G][D]
[G]Play me a song,
Curtis, [D]oh,
Curtis, [G]oh[D]
[G]I got your drinkin' money,
tun[D]e up your
Joe
Bro
[G]People said he was useless,
but them [D]people are the [E]fools[A][E][A]
[D]Curtis
Lowe was the [C]finest picker to [G]ever play
the [D]blues[C][D][A][G]
[D][G][D][A][G]
[Em]Oh[G][D][A][G][D][A][C]
[D][G][Dsus4][D][G][Dsus4]
[D][Bm][D][G][Dsus4][D][E][A][D]
[C][G][Bm]
[D]On the day old
[A]Curtis died, nobody [G]came to [D]pray
Old preachers said [A]some words and
they [C]chucked him in the [G]clay
[D]He lived a [A]lifetime play[G]ing
the black man's [D]blues
On the day he lost [A]his life,
it was [C]all he had to [D]lose
[G]Play me a song,
Curtis, [D]oh,
Curtis, [G]oh[D]
[G]I'm singing this here song so
[D]everyone will know
[G]People say it was useless,
but them [D]people are the [E]fools
Be[A]cause
[D]Curtis, [G]you're the [C]finest picker
to [G]ever play the [D]blues[C][D]

[Outro 1]
Oh
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