Backwater Blues chords by Bryan Sutton

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Verse 1:
G+G
the Backwaters up and folks are a runnin
       D MajorD           G+G
im goin up a mountain and ima goin huntin

cumberland river sure is runnin
                 D.   G+G
fare you well oh my little darlin aint i gone


G+G
oh my love a lonesome road
         D MajorD   G+G
oh my love its a lonesome road

🎸 Verse 2:
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i saw a man talkin to a feller
      D MajorD         G+G
the water was a risin in his cellar

rise anymore its comin through the floor
                D MajorD     G+G
fare you well oh my little darlin aint i gone


🎸 Verse 3:
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two little children lyin in the bed
      D MajorD         G+G
water was a risin over their head

the mothers uptown she was never found
                D MajorD       G+G
wasnt that bad oh my little darlin wasnt that bad


🎸 Verse 4:
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I love you and you cant help it
     D MajorD         G+G
you love me but you wont confess it

wont you say this winters day
               D MajorD      G+G
fare you well oh my little darlin aint i gone

🎸 Verse 5:
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Nashville is my favourite town
     D MajorD         G+G
the backwaters got us runnin around

the cumberland river wont slow down
               D MajorD      G+G
fare you well oh my little darlin aint i gone


🎸 Verse 6:
G+G
the Backwaters up and folks are a runnin
        D MajorD         G+G
im goin up a mountain and ima goin huntin

cumberland river sure is runnin
              D MajorD      G+G
fare you well oh my little darlin aint i gone


G+G
oh my love a lonesome road
         D MajorD   G+G
oh my love its a lonesome road