Biography:
Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor
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From uunet!cbmvax!macon Wed Jul 1 15:39:18 PDT 1992
Article: 445 of alt.guitar.tab
Path: nevada.edu!uunet!cbmvax!macon
From: [email protected] (Glen Macon)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Music : statesboro blues
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 1 Jul 92 13:33:10 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
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Distribution: world
Organization: COMMODORE West Cester PA
Lines: 64
007
Title: STATESBORO BLUES (Blind Willie McTell)
C7 F7 C7
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
F7 C7
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
G7 F7 C7
You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.
C7 F7 C7
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues
F7 C7
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues
G7 F7 C7
I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too.
LEAD
G7 C7
Well my momma died and left me
C7
My poppa died and left me
C7
I ain't god lookin' baby
C7
But somewhere I'm sweet and kind
F7 C7
I'm goin' to the country, baby do you want to go
G7 F7 C7
If you can't make it baby, your sister Lucile said she wanna go
(and I sure will take her).
C7 F7 C7
I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen
F7 C7
I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen
G7 F7 C7
She treats me like a king, I treat her like a dog gone queen.
C7 F7 C7
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
F7 C7
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
G7 F7 C7
You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
___ _ _ Glen Macon
_ __ __ any-net: [email protected]
_ _ __ _ Standard disclaimer...
_ ___ _ _ _ Commodore doesn't endorce what I say, I do
_ _ _ _ Who wants to know...
_ _ _ _
___ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.
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From uunet!cbmvax!macon Wed Jul 1 15:39:18 PDT 1992
Article: 445 of alt.guitar.tab
Path: nevada.edu!uunet!cbmvax!macon
From: [email protected] (Glen Macon)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Music : statesboro blues
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 1 Jul 92 13:33:10 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected] (Glen Macon)
Distribution: world
Organization: COMMODORE West Cester PA
Lines: 64
007
Title: STATESBORO BLUES (Blind Willie McTell)
C7 F7 C7
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
F7 C7
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
G7 F7 C7
You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.
C7 F7 C7
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues
F7 C7
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues
G7 F7 C7
I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too.
LEAD
G7 C7
Well my momma died and left me
C7
My poppa died and left me
C7
I ain't god lookin' baby
C7
But somewhere I'm sweet and kind
F7 C7
I'm goin' to the country, baby do you want to go
G7 F7 C7
If you can't make it baby, your sister Lucile said she wanna go
(and I sure will take her).
C7 F7 C7
I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen
F7 C7
I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen
G7 F7 C7
She treats me like a king, I treat her like a dog gone queen.
C7 F7 C7
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
F7 C7
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low
G7 F7 C7
You got no love babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
___ _ _ Glen Macon
_ __ __ any-net: [email protected]
_ _ __ _ Standard disclaimer...
_ ___ _ _ _ Commodore doesn't endorce what I say, I do
_ _ _ _ Who wants to know...
_ _ _ _
___ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.
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