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Back Water Blues

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Dave Van Ronk - Backwater Blues
This is a pretty simple blues chord progression, it goes F#7/B7/C#7.
If you wanted to capo on 2, it could go E7/A7/B7, but I prefer to just do bar chords for the whole gig.
Intro: F#7  
F#7Well it rained five days and the skB7ies turned dark as nighF#7t
B7Yes it rained five days and the skies turned dark as nightF#7  
C#7There's a trouble takin' B7place in the lowlands at nigF#7ht
F#7I woke up this mornin', couldn'B7t even get out of my doF#7or
B7Yes woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my dF#7oor
C#7Trouble make a poor boy woB7nder where he want to goF#7  
F#7And it thundrin and lightnin' and tB7he wind began to blowF#7  
B7Yes it thundered and lightnined' and the wind began to bF#7low
C#7And there's a thousand pB7eople ain't got no place to gF#7o
F#7Well they rowed a little boat about B7five miles 'cross the F#7pond
B7Yes they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pF#7ond
C#7Yes I packed my clothes, B7throwed them in it and they F#7rowed me along
F#7I went and stood upon some hB7igh old lonesome F#7hill
B7You know I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hF#7ill
C#7 F#7 (Fill here)
Yes I looked on the old house were I used to live
(This verse has a different picking pattern, but the chords are the same)
F#7Backwater blues done call me to pacB7k my things and gF#7o
B7Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and gF#7o
C#7Yes my house fell down aB7nd I can't live there no moreF#7  
F#7Mmm, I can't move no moreB7  F#7  
B7Mmm, I can't move no moreF#7  
C#7Yes my house washed away B7and I can't live there no moF#7re
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