Statesboro Blues Chords & Tabs

by Taj Mahal

[Version Description]
Song follows intro structure all the way through, except start of third verse, which stays on E. Toss in some A7s as needed.
( ) = Chord from previous section.

[Intro]
E A E E
A A E E
B7 A E |E B7|

[Verse]
 B7    E              A                     E 
Yes now, wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
A                                  E 
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
             B7                A                        E    B7
Have you got the nerve to drive poor Papa Taj from your door?

[Verse]
E                         A                      E    
Woke up this mornin' baby, I had them Statesboro blues
(Statesboro Georgia, that is)
A                                         E    
Woke up this mornin', had them Statesboro blues
B7                        A                      E  B7
Looked over in the corner,  well my baby had 'em too

[Verse]
E                                                         
Mama died and left me reckless, Papa died and left me wild
I ain't good lookin' baby, but I'm someone's sweet angel child
A                                         E  
Going to the country, baby do you want to go?
          B7                      A                            E B7
I know if you can't make it, your sister Lucille say she wanna go

[Solo]
E A E E
A A E E
B7 A E |E B7|

[Verse]
 B7       E                A                               E   
You know I loved that woman better than any woman I'd ever seen
    A                                                 E   
Yes I loved that woman better than any woman I'd ever seen
    B7                                    A                  E    B7
She treat me like a king, I treat her like she was a doggone queen

[Outro]
E            A                     E 
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
A                                  E 
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
         B7                     A                   E   
Have you got the nerve to drive Papa Taj from your door?