Backwater Blues chords by Kelsey Waldon

• Capo on 2nd

Key: B

🎸 Intro:

A   D A  E A




🎸 Verse 1:
A
Be kind to me
      D                 E                  A
Ain't got nobody, ain't got no one to look after me
  D                  E        A
I didn't choose this life but it chose me
    E                   D               A
The more the tide rolls in, time rolls away from me

🎸 Verse 2:
A
On a river bank
      D              E                  A
Ain't never taken anything that don't belong to me
    D                     E                 A
But when she decides to return, she'll take everything she sees
  E                D
A copperhead might strike you dead
              E
Before you've seen anything


🎸 Chorus:
A                                             D
Oh, mama, seems like the water's been 10 feet high
A                                           E
And I just don't understand why it makes me cry
         A
If I can keep it together until the spring
                          D
When that damn river runs dry
     A
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
E               A
That are in the sky


🎸 Interlude:
A   D A  E A


🎸 Verse 3:
A
When it all comes down
D                     E      A
I'll be here to clean up and claim my ground
    D                    E
You wouldn't know mother nature's power
       A
If she never made a sound
        E          D               E
I can't be too proud, she's got me cryin' out loud


🎸 Chorus:
A                                             D
Oh, mama, seems like the water's been 10 feet high
A                                           E
And I just don't understand why it makes me cry
         A
If I can keep it together until the spring
                          D
When that damn river runs dry
     A
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
E               A
That are in the sky
A
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
E               A
That are in the sky


🎸 Outro:
A  D A   E A