Biografía:
Willie Watson (born September 23, 1979) is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and banjo player born in Watkins Glen, New York, who was a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show. His debut solo album Folk Singer, Vol. I, was released in May 2014[1] and he appeared at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival.[2] Raised in Upstate New York around Ithaca, he currently resides in Topanga, California.
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Willie Watson - James Alley Blues (Folksinger Vol. 1 - 2014)
original by Rabbit Brown (1927)
Capo on 2nd fret
[Chords]
C C7 F G
e|--------------1-----3-----|
B|--1-----1-----1-----3-----|
G|--0-----3-----2-----0-----|
D|--2-----2-----3-----0-----|
A|--3-----3-----3-----2-----|
E|--------------1-----3-----|
The song is fingerpicked and when on C alternate the base notes between C and G
C
C
Times ain't now nothing like they used to be
F C
Oh times ain't now nothing like they used to be
G C
And I'm tellin' you all the truth lord now take it from me
C C7
I done seen better days but I'm puttin' up with these
F C
I done seen better days but I'm puttin' up with these
G C
I could have a much better time if you girls weren't so hard to please
C C7
Cause I was born in the country she thinks I'm easy to rule
F C
Cause I was born in the country she thinks I'm easy to rule
G C
She want to hitch me to her wagon, she want to drive me like a mule
[Harmonica - same as verse chords]
C F C F C G C
C
How you want me to love you, you keep on treatin' me mean
F C
How do you want me to love you, you keep on treatin' me mean
G C
You're my daily thought and my nightly dream
C
You know I bought the groceries and I paid the rent
F C
You know I bought the groceries and I paid the rent
G C
Tried to make me wash her clothes but I got good common sense
[Harmonica]
C F C F C G C
C C7
Well if you don't want me why don't you tell me so
F C
Well if you don't want me why don't you tell me so
G C
Cause I ain't like a man that ain't got nowhere to go
C
Sometimes I think that you're too sweet to die
F C
Sometimes I think that you're too sweet to die
G C
And another time I think you oughta be buried alive
[Harmonica]
C F C F C G C
C
Times ain't now nothing like they used to be
F C
Oh times ain't now nothing like they used to be
G C
I'm tellin' you the truth lord now take it from me
(Harmonica)
F C
(Extra verse sung in some live performances):
I've been givin' you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
I'll give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
And if you can't get along with me well it's your own fault
original by Rabbit Brown (1927)
Capo on 2nd fret
[Chords]
C C7 F G
e|--------------1-----3-----|
B|--1-----1-----1-----3-----|
G|--0-----3-----2-----0-----|
D|--2-----2-----3-----0-----|
A|--3-----3-----3-----2-----|
E|--------------1-----3-----|
The song is fingerpicked and when on C alternate the base notes between C and G
C
C
Times ain't now nothing like they used to be
F C
Oh times ain't now nothing like they used to be
G C
And I'm tellin' you all the truth lord now take it from me
C C7
I done seen better days but I'm puttin' up with these
F C
I done seen better days but I'm puttin' up with these
G C
I could have a much better time if you girls weren't so hard to please
C C7
Cause I was born in the country she thinks I'm easy to rule
F C
Cause I was born in the country she thinks I'm easy to rule
G C
She want to hitch me to her wagon, she want to drive me like a mule
[Harmonica - same as verse chords]
C F C F C G C
C
How you want me to love you, you keep on treatin' me mean
F C
How do you want me to love you, you keep on treatin' me mean
G C
You're my daily thought and my nightly dream
C
You know I bought the groceries and I paid the rent
F C
You know I bought the groceries and I paid the rent
G C
Tried to make me wash her clothes but I got good common sense
[Harmonica]
C F C F C G C
C C7
Well if you don't want me why don't you tell me so
F C
Well if you don't want me why don't you tell me so
G C
Cause I ain't like a man that ain't got nowhere to go
C
Sometimes I think that you're too sweet to die
F C
Sometimes I think that you're too sweet to die
G C
And another time I think you oughta be buried alive
[Harmonica]
C F C F C G C
C
Times ain't now nothing like they used to be
F C
Oh times ain't now nothing like they used to be
G C
I'm tellin' you the truth lord now take it from me
(Harmonica)
F C
(Extra verse sung in some live performances):
I've been givin' you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
I'll give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
And if you can't get along with me well it's your own fault
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