Statesboro Blues

STATESBORO BLUES
By: Willie McTell
Allman Brothers Band
Key: D

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Wake up ma-ma, turn your lamp down low;
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Wake up ma-ma, turn your lamp down low.
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You got no nerve  ba- by, 
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to turn un-cle john from your door.

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I woke up this morn-ing, 
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I had them states-bor-o blues,
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I woke up this morn-ing, 
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I had them states-bor-o blues.
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Well, I looked ov-er in the cor-ner, ba-by
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and grand-pa seemed to have them too.

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Well my ma-ma died and left me,
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My pop-pa died and left me,
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I ain’t good look-ing ba-by,
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Want some-one sweet and kind.

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I’m go-in’ to the coun-try, 
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Ba-by do you wan-na go? 
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But if you can’t make it ba-by, 
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your sis-ter lu-cille said she wan-na go.

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I love my wom-an, 
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Bet-ter than an-y wom-an I’ve ev-er seen;
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Well, I love that wom-an, 
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Bet-ter than an-y wom-an I’ve ev-er seen.
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Well, now, she treat me like a  king, 
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yeah, yeah, yeah,
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I treat her like a dog gone queen.

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Wake up ma-ma, turn your lamp down low;
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Wake up ma-ma, turn your lamp down low.
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You got no nerve  ba- by, 
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to turn un-cle john from your door.