Backwater Blues chords by Patty Griffin

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice


Capo 4th fret

E7:  020130
A7:  X02020
B7:  X21202

She plays a little riff with E7E7 and A7:

     E7E7
------0--0--0--0--|
------3--3--2--0--|
------1--1--1--1--|
------2--2--2--2--|
------2--2--2--2--|
--0---------------|

     A7A7
------2--2--0--0--|
------0--0--0--3--|
------0--0--0--0--|
------2--2--2--2--|
--0---------------|
------------------|

  E7E7            A7A7         E7E7
It rained five days and the sky turned black as night

  A7A7                      E7E7
It rained five days and the sky turned black as night

       B7B7         A7A7         E7E7
There's some trouble taking place in the lowlands at night

I woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of my door
Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of my door
Sometimes there's so much trouble, a poor girl don't know where to go

They rowed a little boat about five miles across the farm
They rowed a little boat about five miles across the farm
I packed up all my clothes and they rowed me right along

It thunders and lightnings and the wind begins to blow
It thunders and lightnings and the wind begins to blow
There's about a thousand people there, and they ain't got nowhere to go

I went up and stood on a high and lonesome hill
I went up and stood on a high and lonesome hill
I looked down below me on the house I used to live

That's how the blues done caused me to pack up my things and go
Blues done caused me to pack up my things and go
My poor house is gone, I can't live there no more
My poor house is gone, I can't live there no more