The Ballad Of Curtis Loew
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
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[Verse 1]
D
Well I used to wake the morning
A
before the rooster crowed
D F#m G E
Searching for soda bottles to get myself some dough
D
I'd Take'em down to the Courner
A E F#m
down to the country store
G D
Cash 'em in and give my money to a man named Curtis Loew
G D
Old Curt was a black man with white curly hair
A C G D
When he had a fifth of wine he did not have a care
A G D
He used to own an old dobro used to play it across his knees
A C G
I'd give old Curt my money he'd play all day for me
[Chorus]
G D
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew
G D
I got your drinking money tune up your dobro
G D E
Folks said he was useless, them people Are fools
D G Dm
'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues
D A G D
[Verse 2]
Am G D
He looked to be sixty and maybe I was ten
A C G
Mama used to whoop me but I'd go see him again
D A G Dm
I Used clap And I stomp my feet, Just tryin to stay in time
D A C G
I'd Give Ol' Curt My Money then take another drink of wine
[Chorus]
G D
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew
G D
I got your drinking money tune up your dobro
G D E
Folks said he was useless, them people Are fools
D G Dm
'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues
D A G D
[Verse 3]
D A G Dm
On the day old Curtis died nobody came to pray
D Am C G D
The preacher said A Few words and they chunked him in the clay
A G D
Well he lived a lifetime playin' the black man's blues
D5 A5 G
And on the day he lost his life that's all he had to lose
[Chorus]
G D
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew
G D
I got your drinking money tune up your dobro
G D E
Folks said he was useless, them people Are fools
D G Dm
'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues
D A G D
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