Brown's Ferry Blues - Arr. Watson

Written by Alton Delmore

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

NOTE: Sung verses have an extra beat on “got them.” Instrumental breaks don’t.

Verse

G
Hard luck papa comin' down the lane
C                      C7
Mama give him back his walkin' cane
G                                     D7
Lord, Lord, I got them* Brown's Ferry Blues
G
Thrown it away and he went to town
   C                  C7
To see that woman and now he's down
G                       D             G
Lord, Lord, I got them* Brown's Ferry Blues

Instrumental breaks between each verse

Verse

Hard luck papa gettin' too tired
If he don't quit drinkin', he'll be high as a kite
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry Blues
He's drinkin' that block and tackle kind
He can walk a block and tackle a lion
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry Blues

Verse

I walked up to my girl's old man
And I asked him for my true love's hand
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry Blues
He said, "You la-la-little galoot"
And instead of her hand, I got his foot
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry Blues

Verse

Hard luck papa standin' in the rain
If the world was corn, he couldn't buy grain
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry Blues
He runs around in secondhand clothes
You can smell his feet wherever he goes
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry Blues

Verse

Revenue man took my gin
I hope they won't come back again
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry Blues
Took my sweetie with them too
'Cause she'd had a little drink or two
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry Blues
Said that's why he took her

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