WISDOM FROM CHARLIE PATTON

Key of C:

- Poor Me

-Down the Dirt Road Blues

Key of E:

- Green River Blues

- Jim Lee Blues, Pt. I

- Some of These Days Ill Be Gone

- Pony Blues

Key of A:
- Devil Sent the Rain

Key of F:
- Shake It or Break It

Right Hand: d = downstroke, u = upstroke

p = thumb, i = index

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 POOR ME
CHARLIE PATTON

(1) Yes on me, its poor me, it must a be on poor me

I aint got nobody, take pity on poor me
You may go, you may stay, but shell come back some sweet day
By a by, sweet mama, by a by

(2) Dont the moon look pretty shinin down through the tree
Oh, I can see Bertha Lee, Lord, but she cant see me
You may go, you may stay, but shell come back some sweet day
By a by, sweet mama, baby wont you, by a by

(3) You may go, you may stay, but shell come back some sweet day
By a by, sweet mama, by a by
Yes on me, its poor me, it must a be on poor me
I aint got nobody, take pity on poor me

(1) Dont the moon look pretty shinin down through the tree
Oh, I can see Bertha Lee, but she cant see me
You may go, you may stay, but shell come back some sweet day
By a by, sweet mama, oh baby, wont you, by a by

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 POOR ME CHARLIE PATTON
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 DOWN THE DIRT ROAD BLUES
CHARLIE PATTON

(1) Im goin away, to a world unknown

Im goin away, to a world unknown
Im worried now, but I wont be worried long

(1) My rider got somethin, shes tryina keep it hid

My rider got somethin, shes tryina keep it hid
Lord, I got somethin to find that somethin with

(2) I feel like choppin, chips flyin everywhere

I feel like choppin, chips flyin everywhere
I been to the Nation, oh Lord, but I couldnt stay there

(1) Some people say them oversea blues aint bad

(spoken: Why, of course they are)
Some people say them oversea blues aint bad
(spoken: What was a-matter with em?!)
It must not a-been them oversea blues I had

(3) Every day seem like murder here

(spoken: My God, Im no sheri)
Every day seem like murder here
Im gonna leave tomorrow, I know you dont bid my care

(1) Cant go down any dirt road by myself

Cant go down any dirt road by myself
(spoken: My Lord, who ya gonna carry?)
I dont carry my, gonna carry me someone else
 DOWN THE DIRT ROAD BLUES CHARLIE PATTON

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 GREEN RIVER BLUES
CHARLIE PATTON

(1) I see a river rollin like a log

I wade up Green River, rollin like a log
I wade up Green River, Lord, rollin like a log

(2) Think I heard the Marion whistle blow

I dreamed I heard the Marion whistle blow,
and it blew just like my baby gettin on board

(3) Im goin where the Southern cross the Dog

Im goin where the Southern cross the Dog
Im goin where the Southern cross the Dog

(1) Some people say the Green River blues aint bad
Some people say the Green River blues aint bad
Then it must not a been the Green River blues I had

(2) It was late one night, everything was still

It was late one night, baby, everything was still
I could see my baby up on a lonesome hill

(1) How long evenin train been gone

How long, baby, that evenin train been gone
You know Im worried now but I wont be worried long

(2) Im goin away, it may get lonesome here

Im goin away, baby, it may get lonesome here
Yes, Im goin away, baby, it may get lonesome here

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 GREEN RIVER BLUES
CHARLIE PATTON
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 JIM LEE BLUES, PT. I
CHARLIE PATTON

(1) I went away up the river some forty mile or more I

think I heard that big Jim Lee he blowed

(2) She blow so lonesome, like she wasnt gonna blow no more
It blowed just like my baby gettin on board

(3) Im a poor old boy an a long way from home

And you causin me to leave my plumb good home

(1) My Mama she is dead and my father well could be

I aint got nobody to feel and care for me

(2) If you dont want me just give me your hand

Ill get a woman quick as you can a man

(4) I got a kid on the wheeler and a bouncer on the plow

Got a plumb good man bringing down the Johnson bayou

(3) I lay my head in a ceitful womans arm

And she laid her nappy head in mine

(1) When I got arrested what do you reckon was my fine

Says they give all coons eleven twenty-nine

(3) Takes one whose shy, dont pay me no mind

Cause I do not let no coons in mine

(1) Well that big Jim Lee keeps a backin up an down

Shes sand bar struck, man is she water boun
 JIM LEE BLUES, PT. I
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SOME OF THESE DAYS ILL BE GONE
CHARLIE PATTON

(1) Some of these days, your gonna miss your honey

Some of these days, I am goin away
Some of these days, your gonna miss your honey
I know your gonna miss me, sweet dreams, by me goin away

(2) Some of these days, you gonna be sorry

Some of these days, I am goin away
Some of these days, you gonna miss your honey
I know your gonna miss me, sweet dreams, by me goin away

(3) You will never know, what your friend will do, til hes gone away
You will miss him upon returnin
You will miss him, Im goin away
You will miss him, oh a little honey
I know your gonna miss me, sweet dreams, by me goin away

(1) Some of these days, you gonna be sorry

Some of these days, I am goin away
Some of these days, you gonna miss your honey
I know your gonna miss me, sweet dreams, by me goin away

(3) You will never know, what your friend will do, til hes gone away
You will miss him, oh a little honey
You will miss him, Im goin away
You will miss him, oh a little honey
I know your gonna miss me, sweet dreams, by me goin away

(1) Some of these days, you gonna be sorry

Some of these days, I am goin away
Some of these days, you gonna miss your honey
I know your gonna miss me, sweet dreams, by me goin away

(2) Some of these days, your gonna miss your honey

Some of these days, I am goin away
Some of these days, your gonna miss your honey
I know your gonna miss me, sweet dreams, by me goin away

(1) Some of these days, goin be leavin

Some of these days, Ill be goin away
Some of these days, you gonna miss your honey
I know your gonna miss me, sweet dreams, by me goin away
 SOME OF THESE DAYS ILL BE GONE
CHARLIE PATTON

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 PONY BLUES
CHARLIE PATTON

(1) Hitch up my pony saddle up my black mare

Hitch up my pony saddle up my black mare
Im gonna find a rider, baby, in the world somewhere

(2) Hello central, the matter with your line

Hello central, matter, Lord, with your line
Come a storm last night tore the wire down

(2) Got a brand new Shetland, man, already trained

Brand new Shetland, baby, already trained
Just get in the saddle, tighten up on your reins

(3) And a brownskin woman like somethin fit to eat

Brownskin woman like somethin fit to eat
But a jet black woman, dont put your hands on me

(2) Took my baby, to meet the mornin train

Took baby, meet that mornin train
An the blues come down, baby, like showers of rain

(3) I got somethin to tell you when I get a chance

Somethin to tell you when I get a chance
I dont wanna marry, just wanna be your man
 PONY BLUES
CHARLIE PATTON

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 DEVIL SENT THE RAIN
CHARLIE PATTON

(1) Good Lord sent the sunshine devil he send the rain
Good Lord send the sunshine devil he send the rain
I will be here tomorrow on the morning train

(2) You dont know sure dont know my mind

You dont know baby, sure dont know my mind
I dont show you my ticket darlin you sure dont know where Im going

(3) Followed sweet mama to the burying ground

Followed sweet mama to the burying ground I
didnt know I loved her till they laid her down

(1) I been to the ocean peeped down the deep blue sea I
been to the ocean peeped down the deep blue sea I
didnt see nobody looked like my sweet mama to me

(2) One of these mornings you know it wont be long

One of these mornings baby, know it wont be long
You going to be mistreated baby, Ill have to leave you home

(3) Im going away mama dont you want to

go Im going away mama dont you wanna
go I going way mama dont you wanna
 DEVIL SENT THE RAIN CHARLIE PATTON

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 SHAKE IT AND BREAK IT
CHARLIE PATTON
You can shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall
Throw it out the window, catch it fore it roll
You can break it, you can hang it on the wall
It out the window, catch it fore it falls
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it fall

Everybody have a jelly roll like mine, I lives in town I,

aint got no brown, I, an I want it now
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it fall

You can snatch it, you can grab it, you can break it,
you can twist it, any way that I love to get it
I, had my right mind since I, I blowed this town My
jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it fall

Jus shake it, you can break it,

you can hang it on the wall
it out the window, catch it fore it falls
You can break it, you can hang it on the wall it
out the window, catch it fore it...
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it fall

I aint got nobody here but me and myself

I, stay blue all the time, aw, when the sun goes down My
jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you et it fall

You can shake it, you can break it,

you can hang it on the wall
it out the window, catch it fore it fall
You can break it, you can hang it on the wall it
out the window, catch...
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it fall

You can snatch it, you can grab it,

you can break it, you can twist it,
any way that I love to get it
I, had my right mind, I, be worried sometime
Bout a jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it fall
Just shake it, you can break it,
you can hang it on the wall
it out the window, catch it fore it falls

You can break it, you can hang it on the wall

it out the window, catch it fore it falls
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it fall

I know I been to town, I, I walked around

I, start leavin town, I, I fool around
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it fall

Just shake it, you can break it,

you can hang it on the wall
it out the window, catch it fore it falls
You can break it, you can hang it on the wall it
out the window, catch it fore it...
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it fall

Jus shake it, you can break it, you

can hang it on the wall
it out the window, catch it fore it...
My jelly, my roll, sweet mama, dont you let it...
 SHAKE IT AND BREAK IT CHARLIE PATTON

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