Biography:
Aleck "Rice" Miller (December 5, 1899 – May 25, 1965), also known as Sonny Boy Williamson II, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He is not to be confused with the original Sonny Boy Williamson, also a blues musician but of no relation.
Although John Lee Williamson was a major blues star who had already released dozens of successful and widely influential records under the name Sonny Boy Williamson from 1937 onward, Aleck Miller would later claim to have been the first to use the name
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well, I'm goin' down to Rosie's,
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Stop at Fannie Mae's
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Gonna tell Fannie what I heard
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her boyfriend say
[Chorus]
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Don't start me to talkin', I'll tell her everything I know
D C G D7
I'm gonna break up this signifyin', 'cause somebody's got to go
[Verse 2]
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Jack give his wife two dollars, go downtown
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and get some market*
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Gets out on the streets,
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ol' George stopped her
He knocked her down,
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and blackened her eye
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She gets back home
G G7
tell her husband a lie
[Chorus]
C G
Don't start me to talkin', I'll tell her everything I know
D C G D7
I'm gonna break up this signifyin', 'cause somebody's got to go
[Instrumental]
G C G D C G D7
[Verse 3]
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She borrowed some money,
go to the beauty shop
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Jim honked his horn,
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she begin to stop
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Said, "Take me, baby,"
around the block,
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I'm goin to the beauty shop, where I can
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get my hair sock
[Chorus]
C G
Don't start me to talkin', I'll tell her everything I know
D C G D7
I'm gonna break up this signifyin', 'cause somebody's got to go
[Outro]
G C G D C G D7 G7
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[Intro]
G G7 D7
[Verse 1]
G
Well, I'm goin' down to Rosie's,
G
Stop at Fannie Mae's
G
Gonna tell Fannie what I heard
G G7
her boyfriend say
[Chorus]
C G
Don't start me to talkin', I'll tell her everything I know
D C G D7
I'm gonna break up this signifyin', 'cause somebody's got to go
[Verse 2]
G
Jack give his wife two dollars, go downtown
G
and get some market*
G
Gets out on the streets,
G
ol' George stopped her
He knocked her down,
G
and blackened her eye
G
She gets back home
G G7
tell her husband a lie
[Chorus]
C G
Don't start me to talkin', I'll tell her everything I know
D C G D7
I'm gonna break up this signifyin', 'cause somebody's got to go
[Instrumental]
G C G D C G D7
[Verse 3]
G
She borrowed some money,
go to the beauty shop
G
Jim honked his horn,
G
she begin to stop
G
Said, "Take me, baby,"
around the block,
G
I'm goin to the beauty shop, where I can
G7
get my hair sock
[Chorus]
C G
Don't start me to talkin', I'll tell her everything I know
D C G D7
I'm gonna break up this signifyin', 'cause somebody's got to go
[Outro]
G C G D C G D7 G7
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Sonny Terry
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