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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
G C
G E7 A7 D
Verse 1:
G
I am an old, old woman.
C
I’m old and free at last.
G E7
Free of the trouble and the heartache
A7 D
I could not let go in the past
Verse 2:
G
Trouble keeps a woman busy
C
And heartache would keep me on the ground
G E7
But I’ve got to let go every worry
A7 D
And hold on this freedom I’ve found
Chorus:
C G
Trouble comes knocking at my back door every day
C D G
I don’t listen to what that cold wind say
C D G F
It keeps me rocking, can’t stop it anyway
C D
But there’s a blue, blue sky
G C G D
Above this cloudy day
Verse 3:
G
Sometimes I can see my light come shining
C
All the way from Abraham to me
G E7
But the light is bigger than the shadow
A7 D
That blue sky is easy to see
Chorus:
C G
Trouble comes knocking at my back door every day
C D G
I don’t listen to what that cold wind say
C D G F
It keeps me rocking, can’t stop it anyway
C D
But there’s a blue, blue sky
G C G D
Above this cloudy day
Verse 4:
G
Yeah, I am an old, old woman
C
I know I did not come here to stay
G E7
Everybody on this train goin’ somewhere
A7 D
And somewhere there’s an uncloudy day
Chorus:
C G
Trouble comes knocking at my back door every day
C D G
I don’t listen to what that cold wind say
C D G F
It keeps me rocking, can’t stop it anyway
C D
But there’s a blue, blue, blue sky
G C G
Above this cloudy day
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Last Updated: June 14, 2021