Bad Luck Blues chords by Blind Lemon Jefferson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
 C    G7  C

Verse 1:
           C          C                    C
I wanna go home and I ain't got sufficient clothes
           C
Doggone my bad luck soul
F                   F                    C
Wanna go home and I ain't got sufficient clothes
C                  C
I mean sufficient, talking about clothes
        G7                   C                    C       C   C
Well, I wanna go home, but I ain't got sufficient clothes

Verse 2:
         C           C                   C
I bet my money and I lost it, Lord, it's so
           C
Doggone my bad luck soul
F    F                 C
Mm,  lost it, ain't it so?
C               C
 I mean lost it, speakin' about dough, now
     G7               C                   C    C  C
I'll never bet on the deuce-trey-queen no more

Verse 3:
     C                 C
"Mama, I can't gamble". "Son, why don't you quit cryin'?"
C           C
Doggone my bad luck soul
F    F                  C
Mmm, why don't you quit cryin'?
C                   C
Why don't you quit, I mean cryin'?
     G7                        C                    C       C   C
That joker stole off with that long-haired brown of mine

Verse 4:
                     C                C                 C
Sugar, you catch the Katy, I'll catch that San diffrent Fe
           C
Doggone my bad luck soul
       F                       F                     C
Sugar, you catch that Katy and I'll catch that Santa Fe
C                 C
I mean the Santy, speakin' about Fe
         G7                          C               C    C  C
When you get in Denver, pretty mama, look around for me

Verse 5:
            C            C                  C
The woman I love's 'bout five feet from the ground
           C
Doggone my bad luck soul
 F   F                  C
Hey, five feet from the ground
C                   C
 Five feet from the, I mean ground
        G7                 C                    C     C   C
She's a tailor-made woman, she ain't no hand-me-down

Verse 6:
        C                C                  C
I ain't seen my sugar in three long weeks today
           C
Doggone my bad luck soul
        F             F                   C
I ain't seen my sugar, three long weeks today
C                     C
 Three long weeks to, I mean day, but
     G7                       C                C      C   C
It's been so long, seems like my heart's goin' break

Verse 7:
               C                      C                C
I'm gonna run 'cross town, catch that southbound Santa Fe
           C
Doggone my bad luck soul
F   F                C
Mm, Lord, that Santy Fe
C                 C
I mean the Santy, speakin' about Fe
   G7                          C             C   C  C  C C7/Bb
Be on my way to what they call lovin' Tennessee