Backwater Blues Chords

Capo 2nd fret (B)

 
[Intro]
A   D A  E A
 
 
[Verse 1]
A
Be kind to me
      D                 E                  A
Ain't got nobody, ain't got no one to look after me
  D                  E        A
I didn't choose this life but it chose me
    E                   D               A
The more the tide rolls in, time rolls away from me
 
 
[Verse 2]
A
On a river bank
      D              E                  A
Ain't never taken anything that don't belong to me
    D                     E                 A
But when she decides to return, she'll take everything she sees
  E                D
A copperhead might strike you dead
              E
Before you've seen anything
 
 
[Chorus]
A                                             D
Oh, mama, seems like the water's been 10 feet high
A                                           E
And I just don't understand why it makes me cry
         A
If I can keep it together until the spring
                          D
When that damn river runs dry
     A
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
E               A
That are in the sky
 
 
[Interlude]
A   D A  E A
 
 
[Verse 3]
A
When it all comes down
D                     E      A
I'll be here to clean up and claim my ground
    D                    E
You wouldn't know mother nature's power
       A
If she never made a sound
        E          D               E
I can't be too proud, she's got me cryin' out loud
 
 
[Chorus]
A                                             D
Oh, mama, seems like the water's been 10 feet high
A                                           E
And I just don't understand why it makes me cry
         A
If I can keep it together until the spring
                          D
When that damn river runs dry
     A
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
E               A
That are in the sky
A
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
E               A
That are in the sky
 
 
[Outro]
A  D A   E A