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Dollar Bill Blues

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[Intro]
A A A A  D D A A  D D A A  E D A A
Says, AI went Adown to the Afreight deApot
Lord, the Dtrains come a-Drollin' AbyA  
And I looked Dout the window, and Dspotted there my AloveA  
And I Ehung down my Dhead and I AcriedA  
Cryin', "ABaby, don't Aleave me Ahere, darAlin'
Lord, Dhoney, don't Dleave me AhereA  
Lord, Ddarlin', don't Dleave me AhereA  
And it's, Ebabe, don't Dleave me Ahere."A  
[Break]
A A A A  D D A A  D D A A  E D A A
But my Amother and Afather Aboth are Adead
My Dsister's in some Dfar and distant AlandA  
My Dbrother's in some Dfree sporting AhouseA  
In this EWorld's gonna Dbecome of Ame?A  
And it's Awhat's gwine beAcome of Ame, baAby
Lord, Dwhat's gonna beDcome of Ame?A  
Lord, Dwhat's gwon' beDcome of Ame?A  
And it's Ewhat's gon' beDcome of Ame?A  
My Awoman give me Amoney to Aplay coon Acan
One Ddollar bill was Dall she AhadA  
One Ddollar bill was Dall she AhadA  
One Edollar bill was Dall she AhadA  
When AI set Adown to Aplay coon Acan
I Dcouldn't hardly Dplay my AhandA  
For Dthinkin' 'bout the Dgirl I Aloved so Awell
She's Egone with aDnother AmanA  
She's Agone with aAnother Aman, baAby
She's Dgone with aDnother AmanA  
She's Dgone with aDnother AmanA  
She's Egone with aDnother AmanA  
Which-a-Away do that ARed River Arun, baAby
Lord, Dwhich-a-way do DRed River Arun?A  
Lord, Dwhich-a-way do DRed River Arun?A  
Which-a-Eway do the DRed River Arun?A  
There's Asome say it's both Aeast and Awest, darAlin'
And Dsome say it's both Dnorth and AsouthA  
Well, Dbaby, it Dmust-a be AsoA  
When it Eruns by my Dbaby's AdoorA  A  

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Dollar Bill Blues

by Charley Jordan

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[Intro]

A A A A D D A A D D A A E D A A

A A A A

Says, I went down to the freight depot

D D A A

Lord, the trains come a-rollin' by

D D A A

And I looked out the window, and spotted there my love

E D A A

And I hung down my head and I cried

A A A A

Cryin', "Baby, don't leave me here, darlin'

D D A A

Lord, honey, don't leave me here

D D A A

Lord, darlin', don't leave me here

E D A A

And it's, babe, don't leave me here."

[Break]

A A A A D D A A D D A A E D A A

A A A A

But my mother and father both are dead

D D A A

My sister's in some far and distant land

D D A A

My brother's in some free sporting house

E D A A

In this World's gonna become of me?

A A A A

And it's what's gwine become of me, baby

D D A A

Lord, what's gonna become of me?

D D A A

Lord, what's gwon' become of me?

E D A A

And it's what's gon' become of me?

A A A A

My woman give me money to play coon can

D D A A

One dollar bill was all she had

D D A A

One dollar bill was all she had

E D A A

One dollar bill was all she had

A A A A

When I set down to play coon can

D D A A

I couldn't hardly play my hand

D D A A

For thinkin' 'bout the girl I loved so well

E D A A

She's gone with another man

A A A A

She's gone with another man, baby

D D A A

She's gone with another man

D D A A

She's gone with another man

E D A A

She's gone with another man

A A A A

Which-a-way do that Red River run, baby

D D A A

Lord, which-a-way do Red River run?

D D A A

Lord, which-a-way do Red River run?

E D A A

Which-a-way do the Red River run?

A A A A

There's some say it's both east and west, darlin'

D D A A

And some say it's both north and south

D D A A

Well, baby, it must-a be so

E D A A A

When it runs by my baby's door

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