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Backwater Blues Chords by Bryan Sutton

Backwater Blues chords by Bryan Sutton

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Difficulty: Beginner 👶
🎸 Verse 1:
G
the Backwaters up and folks are a runnin
             D                     G
im goin up a mountain and ima goin huntin

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


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


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

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


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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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


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

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Bryan Sutton chords for Backwater blues

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