Solo tabs
[intro]
C minorCm Cm Bb majorBb C minorCm x2
[verse]
C minorCm
Papa was a blues man
C minorCm
Gave me the blues hand me down
C minorCm
An alligator shoes man
C minorCm
Gave me the blues hand me downs
Bb majorBb
Moonshine drinking
AbAb G minorGm
Do everything but thinking
C minorCm
Blues hand me downs
[verse]
C minorCm
Racing the wrong way
C minorCm
Chasing every skirt in town
C minorCm
Taking the long way
C minorCm
Waiting for the sun to come out
Bb majorBb
Wheeling and hustling
AbAb G minorGm
Dealing and shuffling
C minorCm
Blues hand me downs
[bridge]
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
C minorCm
Lord, have mercy on my soul
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
C minorCm
I didn’t know
C minorCm
You never know
[verse]
C minorCm
A augmentedA fighter. No lover.
C minorCm
No fucking around
C minorCm
And just like my big brother
C minorCm
He stood on shaky ground
Bb majorBb
His pride got the best of him
AbAb G minorGm
Smoking got the rest of him
C minorCm
Blues hand me downs
[bridge]
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
C minorCm
Lord, have mercy on my soul
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
C minorCm
I didn’t know
C minorCm
You never know
[chorus]
DbDb C minorCm
Hand me down blues
DbDb C minorCm
Hand me down blues
DbDb C minorCm
Hand me down blues
[solo]
C minorCm D5D5 Eb MajorEb F5F5 G minorGm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Cm
N.C.
I come from vintage trouble
N.C.
Look out if I’m the one you found
N.C.
I’ll pop your bubble
N.C.
With my live wire, straight shooting dirty mouth
Bb majorBb
Papa was a blues man
AbAb G minorGm
Please baby understand
C minorCm
I got the, got the, got the, got the
C minorCm
Blue hand me downs
[bridge]
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
C minorCm
Lord, have mercy on my soul
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb
C minorCm
I didn’t know
C minorCm
You never know
[chorus] x2
DbDb C minorCm
Hand me down blues
DbDb C minorCm
Hand me down blues
DbDb C minorCm
Hand me down blues
[outro]