Biography:
Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, July 23, 1943 - October 24, 2018) was an American swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who is a friend of White.
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Other songs:
- Aint Going Down This Time
- Always The Song
- As The Crow Flies
- Backside Of Paradise
- Backwoods Preacher Man
- Bayou Woman
- Billy
- Closer To The Truth
- Clovis Green
- Delta Love
- Down By The Border
- Georgia Pines
- Goin Down Rockin
- High Horse
- High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parrish
- I Believe Ive Lost My Way
- I Get Off On It
- I Just Walked Away
- Ice Cream Man
- Lake Placid Blues
- Louisiana Rain
- Polk Salad Annie
- Rainy Night In Georgia
- Red Neck Women
- Robbin My Honeycomb
- Roosevelt And Ira Lee
- Save Your Sugar For Me
- Scratch My Back
- Soul Francisco
- Steamy Windows
- Susie Q
- The Guitar Dont Lie
- Tunica Motel
- Undercover Agent For The Blues
- Who You Ganna Hoodoo Now
- Willie And Laura Mae Jones
- Yo Yo Man
- Youre Gonna Look Good In Blues
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Backwoods Preacher Man:Tony Joe White.
WARNER BROS. Records 1973.
INTRO: G A G A
#1.
A
Way down in the country, back in the Arkansas woods..
there's a man there working for Jesus tryin' to do
Am7 A
some good.
A Am7 A
He don't have no fancy building, just a big ol' raggedy
G
tent and the people who come to see him believe he was
A
Heaven sent.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
#2.
A
When you hear him talk about Jesus, you know they're
the best of friends.
G
Just one look and you can tell, he will give the devil
D A
hell and help you wash away your sins.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
INTERLUDE: Am7 A Am7
#3.
A G Am7
Let me tell everybody, tremble down to his shoes..
A D
when you hear that backwoods preacher singin' those gospel
A C A
blues.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
OUTRO:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man..backwoods preacher man..
G A
backwoods preacher man..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
WARNER BROS. Records 1973.
INTRO: G A G A
#1.
A
Way down in the country, back in the Arkansas woods..
there's a man there working for Jesus tryin' to do
Am7 A
some good.
A Am7 A
He don't have no fancy building, just a big ol' raggedy
G
tent and the people who come to see him believe he was
A
Heaven sent.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
#2.
A
When you hear him talk about Jesus, you know they're
the best of friends.
G
Just one look and you can tell, he will give the devil
D A
hell and help you wash away your sins.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
INTERLUDE: Am7 A Am7
#3.
A G Am7
Let me tell everybody, tremble down to his shoes..
A D
when you hear that backwoods preacher singin' those gospel
A C A
blues.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
OUTRO:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man..backwoods preacher man..
G A
backwoods preacher man..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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