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