Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Backwater Blues (Guitar)
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As recorded by Kenny Wayne Shepherd
(From the 2011 Album HOW I GO)
[Intro]
D7 A7
[Verse 1]
D7 G7 D7 A7 D7 Said when it rains five days and skies turn dark as night G7 D7 Said when it rains five days and skies turn dark as night A7 G7 A7 D7 G7 D7 A7 There's trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night
[Chorus]
D7 G7 D7 And I'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go G7 D7 And I'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go A7 G7 A7 D7 A7 D7 N.C. 'Cause my house fell down, can't live there no more, no more
[Interlude]
D7 G7 D7 A7 G7 D7 A7
[Verse 2]
D7 When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night G7 D7 Said when it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night A7 G7 D7 A7 There's trouble's takin' place in the lowlands tonight
[Verse 3]
D7 I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door G7 D7 I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door A7 G7 There's been so much trouble, make a poor boy D7 A7 Wonder where he wanna go
[Chorus]
D7 And I'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go G7 D7 And I'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go A7 G7 D7 A7 'Cause my house fell down, can't go there no more, no
[Guitar Solo]
D7 G7 D7 A7 G7 D7 A7
D7 G7 D7 G7 D7 A7 G7
D7 A7
[Verse 4]
D7 When it thunders and lightnin' and the wind begins to blow G7 D7 When it thunders and lightnin' and the wind begins to blow A7 G7 D7 A7 There's thousands of people ain't got no where to go, no
[Chorus]
D7 And I'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go G7 D7 And I'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go A7 G7 D7 A7 'Cause my house fell down, can't go there no more, no more
[Guitar Solo]
D7 G7 D7 A7 G7 D7 A7
D7 G7 D7 G7 D7 A7 G7
D7
[Verse 5]
D7 A7 D7 A7 Oh, the rain's pourin', baby, yes D7 I went out to the lonesome, high old lonesome hill G7 D7 I went out [Incomprehensible], high old lonesome hill A7 G7 D7 A7 I looked down on that place where I used to live
[Out-Chorus]
D7 And I'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go G7 D7 And I'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go A7 G7 D7 A7 'Cause my house fell down, can't go home no more, no D7 And I'm backwater blues, and I'm backwater blues G7 D7 And I'm backwater blues, and I'm backwater blues A7 G7 N.C. D7 Yeah, my house fell down, can't go home no more A7 D7 N.C. D7 No more, no more