Poor Boy Blues-Willie Lofton

Poor Boy Blues-Willie Lofton
G position, standard tuning

Oh, baby, ooo, when I was in trouble, trouble, trouble, I didn't even have no friend
Oh, baby, ooo, when I was in trouble, trouble, poor boy didn't even have no friend
Now that my friends all forsaken poor me, wouldn't even ask the poor boy in

But that's all right, baby, ooo, 'most any way that you do
Ah, maybe someday, baby, I will be up'ty then, like you

Spoken, during solo: Yeah, man! Play it for me now!

Oh, baby, ooo, when I was broke and hungry, broke and hungry, I didn't even have a dime
Lord, I woke up a-many morning, layin' down in my bed, a-cryin'

Spoken: Lord have mercy!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Spoken: Lord have mercy! I'm gonna talk about you womens now!

Oh, baby, ooo-ooo, low-down woman, low-down dirty hound
That she always tryin' to keep me in trouble, tryin' to keep a good man down

That's all right, baby, ooo, 'most any way that you do
Says, there ain't no way, mama, keep a poor man like me so blue

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