Robert Johnson – Dead Shrimp Blues (Guitar)

Capo 1 Video Lesson
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Chords

Note: For chord A option is to play A/E, following rhythm play, using thumb, play A6/F# after that. same for D play D/A and, using thumb, play D6/B. [Chords] [D/F# 20023x] ]A/E 002220] [A6/F# 202220] [D/A x00232] [D6/B x20232] [Intro] A D/F# A E [Verse 1]
A                    D                                  A
I woke up this mornin' and all my shrimps was dead and gone

D
I woke up this mornin', ooh, and all my shrimp was dead and gone

E                               D                         A
I was thinkin' about you, baby, why you hear me weep and moan
[Chorus]
A7
I got dead shrimps here, someone is fishin' in my pond

      D7                                             A7
I got dead shrimps here, ooh, someone fishin' in my pond

               E7                      D7              A7   E7
I've served my best bait, baby, and I can't do that no harm
[Verse 2]
A                       D7
Everything I do, babe, you got your mouth stuck out

A                                      A7
Hole where I used to fish, you got me posted out

             D7                           A
Everything I do, you got your mouth stuck out,

E7                                 D7                        A7   E7
At the hole where I used to fish, baby, you've got me posted out
[Chorus]
A7
I got dead shrimps here, 'n' someone fishin' in my pond

       D7                                       A7
I got dead shrimps here, someone fishin' in my pond

             E7                      D7                  A7  E7
Catchin' my goggle-eye perches, and they barbequin' the bone
[Verse 2]
A                                D
Now you taken my shrimps, baby, you know you turned me down

A                                          A7
I couldn't do nothin', until I got myself unwound

              D7                              A
You taken my shrimps, oh, know you turned me down

E7                            D7                  A7   E7
Babe, I couldn't do nothin', until I got myself unwound