Statesboro Blues tab - allman brothers

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Title:				STATESBORO BLUES	(Blind Willie McTell)


		C7             F7                  C7
		Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
		F7                                 C7
		Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
		G7                    F7                           C7
		You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.
	
		C7                      F7                  C7
		I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues
		F7                                          C7
		I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues
		G7                               F7                          C7
		I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too.

	LEAD
		G7      C7 
		Well my momma died and left me
		   C7
		My poppa died and left me
		  C7
		I ain't god lookin' baby
		C7
		But somewhere I'm sweet and kind

		    F7                                        C7
		I'm goin' to the country, baby do you want to go
		   G7                      F7                          C7
		If you can't make it baby, your sister Lucile said she wanna go
		(and I sure will take her).

		C7                 F7                              C7
		I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen
		F7                                                 C7
		I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen
		G7                         F7                          C7
		She treats me like a king, I treat her like a dog gone queen.

		C7             F7                  C7
		Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
		F7                                 C7
		Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
		G7                    F7                           C7
		You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.


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"Statesboro Blues" is a blues song in the key of D written by Blind Willie McTell; the title refers to the town of Statesboro, Georgia. McTell made the first recording of the song on October 17, 1928. McTell borrowed part of the lyrics from a 1923 Sippie Wallace recording of "Up the Country Blues", which was later popularized by Canned Heat as "Goin' up the Country". The song has since been covered by many other artists, including John Mayall, Dave Van Ronk, Chris Smither, David Bromberg and ...