Backwater Blues chords by Kelsey Waldon

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Key: BB

🎸 Intro:

A augmentedA  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA



🎸 Verse 1:
A augmentedA
Be kind to me
   D MajorD         E MajorE         A augmentedA
Ain't got nobody, ain't got no one to look after me
 D MajorD         E MajorE    A augmentedA
I didn't choose this life but it chose me
  E MajorE          D MajorD        A augmentedA
The more the tide rolls in, time rolls away from me

🎸 Verse 2:
A augmentedA
On a river bank
   D MajorD       E MajorE         A augmentedA
Ain't never taken anything that don't belong to me
  D MajorD           E MajorE         A augmentedA
But when she decides to return, she'll take everything she sees
 E MajorE        D MajorD
A augmentedA copperhead might strike you dead
       E MajorE
Before you've seen anything


🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA                       D MajorD
Oh, mama, seems like the water's been 10 feet high
A augmentedA                      E MajorE
And I just don't understand why it makes me cry
     A augmentedA
If I can keep it together until the spring
             D MajorD
When that damn river runs dry
   A augmentedA
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
E MajorE        A augmentedA
That are in the sky


🎸 Interlude:
A augmentedA  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

🎸 Verse 3:
A augmentedA
When it all comes down
D MajorD           E MajorE   A augmentedA
I'll be here to clean up and claim my ground
  D MajorD          E MajorE
You wouldn't know mother nature's power
    A augmentedA
If she never made a sound
    E MajorE     D MajorD        E MajorE
I can't be too proud, she's got me cryin' out loud


🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA                       D MajorD
Oh, mama, seems like the water's been 10 feet high
A augmentedA                      E MajorE
And I just don't understand why it makes me cry
     A augmentedA
If I can keep it together until the spring
             D MajorD
When that damn river runs dry
   A augmentedA
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
E MajorE        A augmentedA
That are in the sky
A augmentedA
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
E MajorE        A augmentedA
That are in the sky


🎸 Outro:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA  E MajorE A augmentedA