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Me And The Devil Blues by Robert Johnson - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            Album: The Complete Recordings
Words & Music: Robert Johnson
Tempo: Modertely slow
BPM: 85

[Intro]
A7  Adim7  Dm6
A A7/G  D/F# Dm/F
A/E E7

[Verse 1]
A7
Early this morning
                             Adim7 A7 Adim7 A7 Adim7
When you knocked upon my door
A7         D7/F#
Early this morning, ooh,
                             A7 Adim7 A7
When you knocked upon my door
      E7
And I said hello Satan
D7/F#
I believe it's time to go
A A7/G D/F# Dm/F A/E E7

[Verse 2]
A7               Adim7
Me and the Devil
A7                      Adim7 A7 Adim7 A7 Adim7
Was walkin' side by side
A7         D7
Me and the Devil, ooh,
                        A7 Adim7 A7
Was walking side by side
             E7
And I'm goin'  to beat my woman
D7/F#
'Til I get satisfied
A A7/G D/F# Dm/F A/E E7

[Verse 3]
         A7               Adim7
She said you don't see why
A7                          Adim7
That she would dog me 'round
          A7                                         Adim7    A7 Adim7
(Spoken:) Now baby you know you ain't doin' me right don't cha
A7          D7/F#
She say you don't see why, hoo,
                            A7 Adim7 A7
That she would dog me 'round
          E7
It must-a be that old evil spirit
D7/F#
So deep down in the ground
A A7/G D/F# Dm/F A/E E7

[Verse 4]
    A7              Adim7
You may bury my body
A7                      Adim7
Down by the highway side
          A7                                                      Adim7
(Spoken:) Baby, I don't care where you bury my body when I'm dead and gone
A7 Adim7
A7              D7/F#
You may bury my body, ooh,
                        A7 Adim7 A7
Down by the highway side
               E7
So my old evil spirit
D7/F#
Can get a Greyhound bus and ride

[Outro]
A A7/G D/F# Dm/F E7 A

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