Chords:
Fmaj7 133210 or x-8-10-10-10-12
F6 13x231 or x-8-10-10-10-10
Am/f# 202210 or xx4555 (=F#m7-5)
SIm7-5 x2323x
E7-5 010100 or, more correctly, 010130
D9 x54555 or x54530 (in the bridge)
SI5 x2440x
SOL6 320000
G 320003 or 320033
The E7-5 is the combined result of guitar and bass. A plain E7 is just as good.
The G at the end of the bridge is, just like in Mississippi, more of a G7sus4 (3x301x) or G11 (3x3211).
FAmaj7 FA6 DO LAm/FA# FAmaj7 SOL6 SOL DO
|-12----10--------|-----------------|--------/3-1---0-|-----------------
|-10----10--------|-1-----1---------|/5-5-5-5/5-3---1-|-----------------
|-10----10--------|-0-----2---------|--------(0-0---0)|-----------------
|-10----10--------|-2-----2---------|/5-5-5-5---------|-----------------
|-----------------|-3-----0---------|-----------------|-----------------
|-----------------|-------2---------|-----------------|-----------------
DO SIm7-5 MI7(-5)
Man came to the door, I say, "For whom are you lookin' "
LAm RE9
He says, "Your wife." I say, "She's busy in the kitchen cookin' "
FAmaj7 FA6 DO LAm/FA#
Po' boy, where you been?
FA(maj7) SOL6 SOL DO
I already told you, won't tell you again.
I say, "How much you want for that?" I go into the store,
Man says, "Three dollars." "All right," I say, "Will you take four?"
Po' boy, never say die,
Things will be all right by and by.
Workin' like on the main line, working like a devil,
The game is the same, it's just up on another level.
Po' boy, dressed in black,
Police at your back. B(5)
MIm SI7 MIm SI7
Po' boy in a red hot town,
MIm SI7 MIm
out beyond the twinklin' stars,
MI7 LAm MI7 LAm
Ridin' first class trains, makin' the rounds,
MI7 LAm RE9 SOL
Tryin' to keep from fallin' between the cars
SOL
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-5-6---5-|-8---8-----6------- --1-3---1-|-5---5-----3-------
-5-7---5-|-9---9-----7------- or ----------|-------------------
---------|------------------- --2-3---2-|-5---5-----3-------
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Othello told Desdemona, "I'm cold, cover me with a blanket,
By the way, what happened to that poisoned wine?"
She said, "I gave it to you, you drank it."
Po' boy, layin' him straight,
Pickin' up the cherries fallin' off the plate.
Time in [/and?] love is brandin' me with its claws
Had to go to Florida dodgin' them Georgia laws.
Po' boy, in the hotel called The Palace of Gloom,
Call down to room service, says "Send up a room."
My mother was a daughter of a wealthy farmer [/royalty farmer/former],
My father was a travelin' salesman, I never met him.
When my mother died, my uncle took me and he ran a funeral parlor.
He did a lot of nice things for me and I won't forget him.
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--1-3---1-|-5---------3-3-----
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--2-3---2-|-5---------3-3-----
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All I know is that I'm thrilled by your kiss,
I don't know any more than this.
Po' boy, pickin' up sticks,
Build you a house out of mortar and bricks.
Knockin' on the door, I said, "Who's it, where you from?"
Man said, "Freddie." I said, "Freddie who?"
He said, "Freddie or not, here I come!"
Po' boy, 'neath the stars that shine,
Washin' them dishes, feedin' them swine.
[Intro (slowly)]
An alternate way of playing the end of the intro:
FAmaj7 SOL6 DO
|-0--------0---------0-|-------
|-1--------0---3-1---1-|-------
|-2--------0---------0-|-------
|-3--------0---------2-|-------
|-3--------2---------3-|-------
|-1--------3-----------|-------
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