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