Robert Johnson – 32-20 Blues (Guitar)

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Song can be played with 7th chords. See verse 10 [Intro] A [Verse 1]
A
I send for my baby, and she don't come

  D                                   A
I send for my baby, man, and she don't come

         E                                           A
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
[Verse 2]
A
And if she gets unruly, thinks she don't wan' do

            D                                    A
And if she gets unruly and thinks she don't wan' do

         E                                A   E
Take my .32-20, now, and cut her half in two
[Verse 3]
A
She got a .38 special but I believe it's most too light

            D                                    A
She got a .38 special but I believe it's most too light

         E                                A   E
I got a .32-20, got to make the caps alright
[Verse 4]
A
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come

            D
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come

         E                                           A
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
[Verse 5]
A
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my gatling gun

            D                                    A
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gotta shoot my gatling gun

    E                                   A    E
You made me love you, now your man have come
[Verse 6]
A
Ahoh, baby, where you stayed last night

D                                 A
Ahah, baby, where you stayed last night

         E                                           A    E
You got your hair all tangled and you ain't talking right
[Verse 7]
A
Her .38 special, boys, it do very well

      D                            A
Her .38 special, boys, it do very well

         E                         A   E
I got a .32-20 now, and it's a burning
[Verse 8]
A
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come

     D                                    A
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come

         E                                           A
All the doctors in Wisconsin sure can't help her none
[Verse 9]
A
Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night

D                                      A
Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night

    E                                           A
You didn't come home until the sun was shining bright
[Verse 10]
A
Ahoh boy, I just can't take my rest

           D7                   A
Ahoh boy, I just can't take my rest

          E7      D7                   A     A7
With this .32-20 laying up and down my breast