Stump Blues tab by Big Bill Broonzy

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:


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Interlude:

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Verse:
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Yes, I'm sitting on this old stump, I got a worried mind

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     A                                                                E
Yes, I'm sitting on this old stump baby, you know I've got a worried mind

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 B7                          C#7       A
Yeah I'm worried and I'm blue, Lord I just can't keep from crying


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Verse:

E
Yes, I gotta find my woman, gonna bring her home

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A                                                             E
Yeah, I'm gonna find my baby, I declare I'm gonna bring her home

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Yeah, because in my home, that's where my baby belong


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Verse:

E
Yeah, I hear my hamstring a-popping and my collar crying

Interlude 2x:


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A                                                          E
Lord, I hear my hamstring a-popping and I hear my collar crying

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B7                       C#7    A
Now I gotta find my baby, or I lose my life of trying


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Verse:

E
Yeah I shot five dollars, caught a point black nine

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A                                                    E
Yes, I shot five dollars, even caught a point black nine

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B7                               C#7     E
Yeah I stopped that six bar baby, and i declare that tre come flying



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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up

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