Bad Luck Blues chords by Blind Lemon Jefferson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
 C majorC  G7G7 C majorC

Verse 1:
      C majorC     C majorC          C majorC
I wanna go home and I ain't got sufficient clothes
      C majorC
Doggone my bad luck soul
FF          FF          C majorC
Wanna go home and I ain't got sufficient clothes
C majorC         C majorC
I mean sufficient, talking about clothes
    G7G7          C majorC          C majorC    C majorC  C majorC
Well, I wanna go home, but I ain't got sufficient clothes

Verse 2:
     C majorC      C majorC          C majorC
I bet my money and I lost it, Lord, it's so
      C majorC
Doggone my bad luck soul
FF  FF         C majorC
Mm, lost it, ain't it so?
C majorC        C majorC
 I mean lost it, speakin' about dough, now
   G7G7        C majorC          C majorC  C majorC C majorC
I'll never bet on the deuce-trey-queen no more

Verse 3:
   C majorC         C majorC
"Mama, I can't gamble". "Son, why don't you quit cryin'?"
C majorC      C majorC
Doggone my bad luck soul
FF  FF         C majorC
Mmm, why don't you quit cryin'?
C majorC          C majorC
Why don't you quit, I mean cryin'?
   G7G7            C majorC          C majorC    C majorC  C majorC
That joker stole off with that long-haired brown of mine

Verse 4:
           C majorC        C majorC         C majorC
Sugar, you catch the Katy, I'll catch that San diffrent Fe
      C majorC
Doggone my bad luck soul
    FF            FF           C majorC
Sugar, you catch that Katy and I'll catch that Santa Fe
C majorC         C majorC
I mean the Santy, speakin' about Fe
     G7G7             C majorC        C majorC  C majorC C majorC
When you get in Denver, pretty mama, look around for me

Verse 5:
      C majorC      C majorC         C majorC
The woman I love's 'bout five feet from the ground
      C majorC
Doggone my bad luck soul
 FF  FF         C majorC
Hey, five feet from the ground
C majorC          C majorC
 Five feet from the, I mean ground
    G7G7         C majorC          C majorC   C majorC  C majorC
She's a tailor-made woman, she ain't no hand-me-down

Verse 6:
    C majorC        C majorC         C majorC
I ain't seen my sugar in three long weeks today
      C majorC
Doggone my bad luck soul
    FF       FF          C majorC
I ain't seen my sugar, three long weeks today
C majorC           C majorC
 Three long weeks to, I mean day, but
   G7G7            C majorC        C majorC   C majorC  C majorC
It's been so long, seems like my heart's goin' break

Verse 7:
        C majorC           C majorC        C majorC
I'm gonna run 'cross town, catch that southbound Santa Fe
      C majorC
Doggone my bad luck soul
FF  FF        C majorC
Mm, Lord, that Santy Fe
C majorC         C majorC
I mean the Santy, speakin' about Fe
  G7G7             C majorC       C majorC  C majorC C majorC C majorC C7/Bb
Be on my way to what they call lovin' Tennessee