Robert Johnson – If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (Guitar)

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As recorded by Robert Johnson (1936 recording) Robert Johnson played this song in Open E-Tuning. Here it is arranged for Standard tuning. [Intro] A A7/G A/F# A/F A/E [Verse 1]
     D              A     A7           A
If I had possession, over judgment day

   D                               A
If I had possession, over judgment day

                       E
Lord, the little woman I'm lovin' wouldn't

D                A
Have no right to pray
[Verse 2]
A
And I went to the mountain

A
Lookin' far as my eyes could see

A
And I went to the mountain

A
Lookin' far as my eye could see

           E                         D
Some other man got my woman and the 'a

               A
Lonesome blues got me
[Verse 3]
A
And I rolled and I tumbled and I

A
Cried the whole night long

A
And I rolled and I tumbled and I

A
Cried the whole night long

                    E
Boy, I woke up this mornin'

D                 A
My biscuit roller gone
[Verse 4]
A
Had to fold my arms and I

A
Slowly walked away

A
I didn't like the way she done

A
Had to fold my arms and I

A
Slowly walked away

             E
I said in my mind, "Yo,"

D                 A
Trouble gon' come some day
[Verse 5]
A
Now run here, baby

A
Set down on my knee

        E
I wanna tell you all about the

D                A
Way they treated me
[Outro] A A/G A/F# A/F A