Natchitoches Blues chords
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"Natchitoches Blues"
Joey Green Band
drop D tuning
D
First day of school ain't got no shoes
D A G/B
Never too poor to sing the Natchitoches blues
D
Five growin' boys in a shotgun house
D A G/B
Way down deep in the Louisiana south
D
Natchitoches blues, Natchitoches blues
D A G/B
Never too poor to sing the Natchitoches blues
D A G/B
First day of school ain't got no shoes momma couldn't help with...
D
Sherriff come knockin' on our front door
D A G/B
Said daddy ain't gonna be around no more
D
Gun and woman in a motel room
D A G/B
Daddy went down with the Natchitoches blues
D
Natchitoches blues, Natchitoches blues
D A G/B
Daddy went down with the Natchitoches blues
D A G/B
Gun and woman in a motel room Daddy went down with the Natchitoches...
D
Yeah the old Cane River and the shufflin' feet
D A G/B
Dancin' to the band down on Front Street
D
Momma and Ray done paid them dues
D A G /B A G/B
Barely gettin' by got the Natchitoches blues, got the Natchitoches blues
D
Scored me a job workin' at Sinclaire's
D A G/B
I was pumpin' gas I was pumpin' air
D
I worked for free for a year or two
D A G/B
Yeah hardly gettin' paid, got the Natchitoches blues
D
Mickey got popped for stealin' cars
D A G/B
I scored a second job workin' at K-mart
D
Jimmy moved away and Danny did too tryin' to out run 'em...
D
Brother David died young but he had a good heart
D A G/B
Seein' Momma cry was the hardest part
D
Buryin' your babies ain't easy to do
D A G/B
You can still hear 'em moanin' the Natchitoches blues
D
They sing Natchitoches blues Natchitoches blues,
D A G/B
Still hear 'em moanin' the Natchitoches blues
D
First day of school ain't got no schoes,
D A G/B
momma couldn't help me with the Natchitoches blues
D
Natchitoches blues, Natchitoches blues
D A G/B
Never too poor to sing the Natchitoches blues (x4)
*I'm not 100% on the lyrics but they're close. Also, it sounds like he
peppers in some Dsus4 on the D especially when the song slows down a little