Biography:
Alfonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1894 – June 6, 1970) was a pioneering blues and jazz singer/guitarist born in New Orleans, Louisiana. There is some dispute over the year of his birth, but 1894 is what appears on his passport.
Lonnie Johnson's early recordings are the first guitar recordings that display a single-note soloing style with use of string bending and vibrato. While it cannot be proven that this contains the influence of earlier players who did not record, it is the origin of Blues and Rock solo guitar.
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[Verse 1]
D7 G
Well, I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
C G
Philadelphia ain’t the place for me
G7 C
Well, I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
C G
Philadelphia ain’t the place for me
D7 D#7 D7
‘Cause it's chicks don’t want no one good man
G
They want every man they see
[Verse 2]
D7 G
Well, I’m goin’ back home
C G
If I have to hitchhike all the way
G7 C
Well, I’m goin’ back home
C G
If I have to hitchhike all the way
D7 D#7 D7
That’s why I can make love by the moonlight
G
Lay in the shade all through the day
[Verse 3]
D7 G
Creole baby's got big bright eyes
C G
An’ coal black curly hair
G7 C
Those Creole baby's got big bright eyes
G
Coal black curly hair
D7 D#7 D7
An’ they know how to love a man
G
That’s why I’m goin’ back there
[Verse 4]
D7 G
Yes, I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
C G
When I get home I’m goin’ to stay
G7 C
Yes, I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
C G
When I get home I’m goin’ to stay
D7 D#7 D7
Yes, I don’t have to worry ‘bout love
G
‘Cause I find good love each and every day
D7 G
Well, I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
C G
Philadelphia ain’t the place for me
G7 C
Well, I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
C G
Philadelphia ain’t the place for me
D7 D#7 D7
‘Cause it's chicks don’t want no one good man
G
They want every man they see
[Verse 2]
D7 G
Well, I’m goin’ back home
C G
If I have to hitchhike all the way
G7 C
Well, I’m goin’ back home
C G
If I have to hitchhike all the way
D7 D#7 D7
That’s why I can make love by the moonlight
G
Lay in the shade all through the day
[Verse 3]
D7 G
Creole baby's got big bright eyes
C G
An’ coal black curly hair
G7 C
Those Creole baby's got big bright eyes
G
Coal black curly hair
D7 D#7 D7
An’ they know how to love a man
G
That’s why I’m goin’ back there
[Verse 4]
D7 G
Yes, I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
C G
When I get home I’m goin’ to stay
G7 C
Yes, I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
C G
When I get home I’m goin’ to stay
D7 D#7 D7
Yes, I don’t have to worry ‘bout love
G
‘Cause I find good love each and every day
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