Back Water Blues

Intro: F#7

F#7                            
Well it rained five days and the 
    B7                     F#7
skies turned dark as night
B7                            
Yes it rained five days and the 
                            F#7
skies turned dark as night
C#7                     B7       
There's a trouble takin' place in
                    F#7
 the lowlands at night

F#7                            B7
I woke up this mornin', couldn't 
                     F#7
even get out of my door
B7                                
Yes woke up this mornin', couldn't
                     F#7
 even get out of my door
C#7                       B7     
Trouble make a poor boy wonder 
                  F#7
where he want to go

F#7                             
And it thundrin and lightnin' and 
   B7                     F#7
the wind began to blow
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B7                                
Yes it thundered and lightnined' 
                      F#7
and the wind began to blow
C#7                     B7       
And there's a thousand people 
                    F#7
ain't got no place to go

F#7                                
Well they rowed a little boat about
B7                     F#7
 five miles 'cross the pond
B7                                
Yes they rowed a little boat about
                        F#7
 five miles 'cross the pond
C#7                     B7       
Yes I packed my clothes, throwed 
                    F#7
them in it and they rowed me along

F#7                         B7   
I went and stood upon some high 
            F#7
old lonesome hill
B7                                
You know I went and stood upon 
                     F#7
some high old lonesome hill
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#7                                
Backwater blues done call me to 
B7               F#7
pack my things and go
B7                                
Backwater blues done call me to 
                  F#7
pack my things and go
C#7                     B7       
Yes my house fell down and I 
                    F#7
can't live there no more

F#7                                
Mmm, I can't move no more
B7                     F#7

B7                                
Mmm, I can't move no more
                        F#7

C#7                     B7       
Yes my house washed away and I 
                    F#7
can't live there no more