Deford Rides Again Chords

🎸 Intro: G 🎸 Verse 1: G DeFord was a man from Castlewood Tenn' D G Blowed on that harp both night and day How he wailed on them reeds 'til his lips would bleed D G Played 'til the Lord knows when D Just a little baby boy with a silver toy And the polio strikin' fire and wind At four foot nine, just one of his kind G The greatest there ever been

🎸 Chorus: C G Blow, blow DeFord, blow C D Play that Pan-American G F D G Oh, oh, where did he go? D G DeFord Bailey rides again 🎸 Verse 2: G Arise, gals and gents, for the show to commence D G There's a good-nature riot on the air G Little DeFord's on the loose with them Muscle Shoals Blues D G Let the Jim Crow South beware D Like the fox chasin' game He was black balled and shamed Stripped out the silver from his hand Now, it's welfare lines and a dollar shine G Singin', "Oh Lord, ain't I a man " 🎸 Chorus: C G Blow, blow DeFord, blow C D Play that Pan-American G F D G Oh, oh, where did he go? D G DeFord Bailey rides again 🎸 Instrumental: C G C D G F D G D G 🎸 Bridge: Then he played his last note, in The Banner they wrote "Must have been those Ice Water Blues" Now, up in Greenwood you'll find a plot, four foot nine For our city's biggest shame, they whitewashed his name G For that kind of sin, there ain't no excuse 🎸 Chorus: C G Blow, blow DeFord, blow C D Play that Pan-American G F D G Oh, oh, where did he go? D G DeFord Bailey rides again C G Blow, blow DeFord, blow C D Play that Pan-American G F D G Oh, oh, where did he go? D G DeFord Bailey rides again D G DeFord Bailey rides again D F G DeFord Bailey rides again