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Back Door Man

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Note: (to get the plung play the open G string with the ringfinger and palm mute a bit)
[Intro]
E
[Chorus]
EI am a back door man
EI am a back door man
Well the men don't know, G7but the little girls underEstand
[Verse 1]
EWhen everybody's tryin' to sleep
EI'm somewhere making my midnight creep
Every morningG7, when the rooster Ecrow
Something tell mG7e,   EI got to go
[Chorus]
EI am a back door man
EI am a back door man
Well the men don't know, G7but the Elittle gG7irls underEstand
[Verse 2]
EThey take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes
ENurse cried, please save the soul
Killed him for murderG7, first degEree
Judge's wife criedG7,    Elet the man go free
[Chorus]
EI am a back door man
EI am a back door man
Well the men don't know, G7but the little girls underEstand
[Verse 3]
EStand out there
ECop's wife cried, don't take him down
ERather be dead, six feets in the ground
EWhen you come home you can eat pork and beans
G7I eats mo' chickenE, any man seen
[Outro]
EI am a back door man
EI am a back door man

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Back Door Man

by Howlin' Wolf

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Note: (to get the plung play the open G string with the ringfinger and palm mute a bit)

[Intro]

[Chorus]

I am a back door man

G7 E

Well the men don't know, but the little girls understand

[Verse 1]

When everybody's tryin' to sleep

I'm somewhere making my midnight creep

G7 E

Every morning, when the rooster crow

G7 E

Something tell me, I got to go

[Chorus]

I am a back door man

G7 E G7 E

Well the men don't know, but the little girls understand

[Verse 2]

They take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes

Nurse cried, please save the soul

G7 E

Killed him for murder, first degree

G7 E

Judge's wife cried, let the man go free

[Chorus]

I am a back door man

G7 E

Well the men don't know, but the little girls understand

[Verse 3]

Stand out there

Cop's wife cried, don't take him down

Rather be dead, six feets in the ground

When you come home you can eat pork and beans

G7 E

I eats mo' chicken, any man seen

[Outro]

I am a back door man

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