{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1714391,"song":"Back Water Blues","artist":"Dave Van Ronk","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11361856-back-water-blues-chords-by-dave-van-ronk/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1714391?type=chord","rating":4.73742,"votes":6,"content":"Dave Van Ronk - Backwater Blues\r\nThis is a pretty simple blues chord progression, it goes F#7/B7/C#7.\r\nIf you wanted to capo on 2, it could go E7/A7/B7, but I prefer to just do bar chords for the whole gig.\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nWell it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                        [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nYes it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#7[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nThere's a trouble takin' place in the lowlands at night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]                            [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nI woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                     [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nYes woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#7[/ch]                       [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nTrouble make a poor boy wonder where he want to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAnd it thundrin and lightnin' and the wind began to blow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                      [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nYes it thundered and lightnined' and the wind began to blow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#7[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAnd there's a thousand people ain't got no place to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nWell they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                        [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nYes they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#7[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nYes I packed my clothes, throwed them in it and they rowed me along[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nI went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                     [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nYou know I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill[/tab]\r\nC#7                                     F#7   (Fill here)\r\nYes I looked on the old house were I used to live\r\n\r\n(This verse has a different picking pattern, but the chords are the same)\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nBackwater blues done call me to pack my things and go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                  [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nBackwater blues done call me to pack my things and go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#7[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nYes my house fell down and I can't live there no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nMmm, I can't move no more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                        [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nMmm, I can't move no more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#7[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nYes my house washed away and I can't live there no more[/tab]","plain_text":"Dave Van Ronk - Backwater Blues\nThis is a pretty simple blues chord progression, it goes F#7/B7/C#7.\nIf you wanted to capo on 2, it could go E7/A7/B7, but I prefer to just do bar chords for the whole gig.\n\n\nIntro: F#7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC#7                                     F#7   (Fill here)\nYes I looked on the old house were I used to live\n\n(This verse has a different picking pattern, but the chords are the same)","chords":["F#7","B7/C#","E7","A7","B7","C#7"],"chord_diagrams":{"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]}}}