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b. b. king + lucille

devil got my woman

i'd rather be blind

garbage man

going down slow

hard times 

howlin' wolf 

i'm in the mood

love in vain

sweet home chicago

you can't lose what...

you gotta move

 


devil got my womanwould you like to listen to the song?

Skip James
(sung by bonnie raitt)

(all right skip wherever you are, this one is for you)

You know I'd rather be the devil, than be a woman to that man
You know I'd rather be the devil, than be a woman to that man
You know I'm so sorry that I 've fallen in love with you
You know I'm so sorry that I have fallen in love with you
because now you don't treat me better than the way you used to do

I laid down last night,
you know I laid down last night
then I tried to take me some rest
but my mind got a-ramblin',
like a wild geese in the west

You know the man that I love
You know the man that I love
I 've stolen from my best friend
You know that she got lucky,
and he have stolen back again

You know my babe don't like whisky
I know he crazy about wine
you know that nothing but the devil
has changed my baby's mind

You know that I might be right
than again I might be wrong

you know that nothing but the devil
he had got my baby and gone

you know that nothing but the devil
he had got my baby and gone

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd rather be blindwould you like to listen to the song?
by Etta James

Something told me it was o___
when I saw you and her t____,
Something d___ down in my s___ said, ´Cry Girl´,
when I s__ you and that g__ , w____ out.
I would r___ , I would r___ go b___ boy,
Than to s__ you, walk a___ from me c___ , and all.
Ooooo So you s___ , I love you so much
That I don't w___ to w___ you leave me baby,
M__ of all, I just don't, I just don't w__ to be f___ no

I was just, I was just, I was just sitting here t______
Of your kisses and your w__ embrace, yeah,
When the r_____ in the glass that I held to my l___ now baby,
Revealed the t____ that was on my f___ , yeah.
And baby, baby, I would r____ be b___ boy
Than to see you w___ away, see you w__ a____ from me, yeah
Baby, baby, baby, I'd r___ be b___ now

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

garbage manwould you like to listen to the song?
by Tab Benoit

My baby, ran away with the garbage man
My baby, she ran away with the garbage man
Oh I need you so bad baby, so you can empty my garbage can

I don't know where she's been, I don't know where she's goin'
I don't know where she's been, I don't even know where she's goin'
Please come back to me baby, my garbage can is overflowin'

My baby, she ran away with all my hard earned cash
My baby, ran away with all my hard earned cash
I don't need the money all that bad, I just need someone to empty my trash

My baby, ran away with the garbage man
My baby, she ran away with the garbage man
Oh I need you so bad honey, so you can empty my garbage can

My baby, she ran away with the garbage man
My baby, she ran away with the garbage man
I need you so bad, so you can empty my garbage can

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

going down slowwould you like to listen to the song?
(James Burke Oden)


(spoken: Man, you know I've enjoyin' things that kings and queens will never have
In fact, things kings and queens can't never get
And they don't even know about it
And good times? mmmmmmmmm-mmmh)

I have had my fun, if I never get well no more
I have had my fun, if I never get well no more
Whoa, my health is fadin'
Oh yes, I'm goin' down slow

(spoken: Now looky here
I did not say I was a millionaire
But I said I have spent more money than a millionaire
'Cause if I had kept all of the money I had already spent,
I'd would have been a millionaire a long time ago
And women? Well, Googly Moogly)

Please write my mama
Tell her the shape I'm in
Please write my mama
Tell her the shape I'm in
Tell her pray for me
Forgive me for my sins

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

love in vain would you like to listen to the song?
Robert Johnson

(sung by mick jagger)

Well, I followed her to the station with a suitcase in my hand
Yeah and I f_____ her up to the station with a s_____ in my hand
Well, it's h___ to t___, it's h___ to t___l, all your love's in v___
When the train come in the station I l_____ her in the eye
Well, the train come in the station I l____ her in the eye
Yeah and I f___ so s___ and lonesome that I could not help but c__
When the train l__ the station, it had two l___ on behind
Yeah, when the train l___ the station, it had two l___ on b____
Yeah, when the train l___ the station, it had two l___ on b____
Yeah, the blue l___ was my baby and the red light was my m___
All my love's in v__
All, all my love's in v___


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


hard time killing floor blueswould you like to listen to the song?
by Skip James

Hard time here and e_____ you go
Times is harder than ever been before

And the people are driftin' from d___ to d___
Can't find no h___ , I don't c___ where they go

Hear me tell you people, just before I go
These hard times will kill you just dry long so

Well, you h___ me singin' my l_____ song
These hard times can l___ us so very long

If I ever get off this killin' f____
I'll never get down this l___ no more
No-no, no-no, I'll never g__ d___ this l___ no more

And you say you had money, you better be s___
'Cause these hard times will d___ you from d___ to d___

Sing this song and I ain't gonna sing no more
Sing this song and I ain't gonna sing no more
These hard times will drive you from door to door

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


sweet home chicagowould you like to listen to the song?
Robert Johnson

Ooh, baby don't you w__ to g__?
Ooh, baby don't you w___ to g__?
Back to the land of California, to my s___ h____ Chicago

Ooh, baby don't you want to go?
Ooh, baby don't you want to go?
Back to the land of California1, to my sweet home Chicago

Now one and one is t__, two and two is f___
I'm heavy loaded baby, I'm booked, I gotta go
Cryin' baby, baby don't you want to go?
Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago

Now two and two is four, four and two is six
You gonna keep monkey'in 'round here friend-boy,
you gonna get your business all in a trick
But I'm cryin' baby, baby, don't you wanna go
Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago

Now six and two is e____, eight and two is t__
Friend-boy, she trick you one time, you know she gonna do it a___
Oh baby, baby, don't you w___ to g_
Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago

I'm goin' to California, from there to Des Moines, Iowa'y
Somebody will t___ me that you, n___ my help someday,
cryin', babe, baby don't you want to go
Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago

 


 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 bourbon, 1 scotch, 1 beer
(John Lee Hooker) would you like to listen to the song?

Wanna tell you a s___
About the house-man blues
I come home one F____
Had to tell the landlady I'da l__ my j__
She s___ that don't confront me
Long as I get my m___ next F___
Now next Friday come I didn't get the r___
And out the door I w___

So I goes to the l_____
I said you let me slide?
I'll have the rent for you in a m_____
Next I don't know
So said let me slide it on you know people
I notice when I come home in the evening
She ain't got nothing nice to say to me
But for five year she was so nice
Loh' she was lovy-dovy
I come home one particular evening
The landlady said you got the r___ money yet?
I said no, can't f___ no j__
Therefore I ain't got no money to pay the r__
She said I don't b_____ you're tryin' to find no job
Said I seen you today you was standin' on a c____
Leaning up against a post
I said but I'm tired, I've been w____ ' all day
She said that don't confront me
Long as I get my money next Friday
Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent
And out the door I went

So I go down the s____
Down to my good friend's h____
I said look man I'm o_____ you know
Can I stay with you maybe a c____ days?
He said let me go and ask my w____
He come out of the h____
I could see it in his f____
I k____ that was no
He said I don't know man ah she kinda funny, you know
I said I know, everybody f____ , now you f____ too
So I go b___ home
I tell the landlady I got a job, I'm gonna pay the rent
She said yeah? I said oh yeah
And then she was so n___
Loh' she was lovy-dovy
So I go in my room, p___ up my things and I go
I slip on out the b___ door and down the s____ I go
She a-howlin' about the front rent, she'll be lucky to get any back rent
She ain't gonna get none of it
So I stop in the l____ bar you know people
I go to the bar, I ring my coat, I c___ the bartender
Said look man, come down here, he got down there
So what you w___?

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
Well I ain't seen my baby s____ I don't know w___
I've been d_____ bourbon, whiskey, scotch and gin
Gonna get h__ man I'm gonna get loose
Need me a triple shot of that juice
Gonna get drunk don't you have no fear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

But I'm sitting n__ at the bar
I'm getting drunk, I'm feelin' mellow
I'm drinkin' bourbon, I'm drinkin' scotch, I'm drinkin' beer
Looked down the bar, here come the b_______
I said look man, come down here
So w___ you w___?

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No I ain't seen my baby since the night before last
Gotta get a drink man I'm gonna get gassed
Gonna get high man I ain't had enough
Need me a triple shot of that stuff
Gonna get drunk won't you listen right here
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

Now by this time I'm plenty high
You know when your mouth a-getting dry you're plenty high
Looked down the bar I say to my b______
I said look man, come down here, he got down there
So what you want this time?
I said look man, a-what time is it?
He said the clock on the wall say three o'clock
Last call for alcohol, so what you n____?

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No I ain't seen my baby since a nigh' and a week
Gotta get drunk man till I can't even speak
Gonna get high man listen to me
One drink ain't enough Jack you better make it three
I wanna get drunk I'm gonna make it real c____r
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

howlin' wolf would you like to listen to the song?
McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters


You know I'm a howlin' wolf, and I been howlin' all around your door
Well you know I'm a howlin' wolf, and I been howlin' all around your door
If you give me what I want little girl, and you won't hear me howl no more

You know when I get-ta howlin', I dig me a hole down in the ground
Well when I get-ta howlin', I dig me a hole down in the ground
Some people call me a black panther, but my baby, she knows the way I sound

I'll howl so long, ya know it make my time go slow
I'll howl so long, if you give me what I want little girl
And you won't hear me howl no more

Well when I get-ta howlin', they call me "Too Bad Jim"
Yeah when I get-ta howlin', ya know they call me "Too Bad Jim"
You know I get so bad sometime
I get real bad..., and I be jumpin' from limb to limb!

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i'm in the mood would you like to listen to the song?
by John Lee Hooker / Bernard Bessman


I'm in the mood for love, yes I am
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood for love
I'm in the mood, in the mood, I'm in the mood for love, Lord, Lord

Hooked on you, I say, hey!, night time is the right time, be with the one you love
But night 'n, night come baby you're so far away, away, 'way
I'm in the mood for love, Lord, Lord I'm in the mood, in the mood, mood,
I'm in the mood for love
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, oh Lord, I'm in the mood for love

Bonnie Raitt!
Yeah, yes, my daddy told me,
(I know he did)
leave that man alone
Yes he did
But my daddy didn't tell me, Lord, what that man was puttin' down
(Hmmm, puttin' down, down, down down,down)
In the mood, baby,
(No he didn't)
I'm in the mood for some of your love
(Baby)
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood for love
(Oh, love, ah!)
All right John Lee, play it, play it, play it baby!
(Yeah)
Lord love you, Bonnie Raitt

I don't want be with no, no, no, one else
I can't get my thrill, babe, hon', unless I be with you, you, you
'Cause night, night time is right time
Oh Lord, oh Lord, to be with the one you love
I'm in the mood, in the mood baby
Oh Lord, I'm in a mood for love
Lord have mercy on me
Have mercy on me, on me, on me
Ha!, have mercy on me, on me, on me,. on me
Lord, Lord, I'm in the mood for you babe, the mood for you babe
An' now, now, Bonnie, now Bonnie, now Bonnie
What can I do, what can I do baby?
(Hmm, hmm)
I, I love you, I love you, I love you, you
(Hmm, hmm, I hear you knock)
I love you, I love you, Bonnie
What can I do, what can I do?
(Hmm, hmm, hmm, I hear you call)
I'm in the mood
Some of your love, some of your love, ha!
(I'm in the mood)
Some of your love, some 'o your love
(I'm comin' on)
I'm in the mood, hmmm
I'm in the mood, baby, yeah
(ha, ha, ha!)
I'm in a mood for some love
(No, no)

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you can't lose what you never hadwould you like to listen to the song?

Muddy Waters

Had a sweet little girl, I lose my baby, boy ain't that bad
Had a sweet little girl, I lose my baby, boy ain't that bad
You can't spend what you ain't got,
you can't lose some little girl you ain't never had

Had money in the bank, I got busted, people ain't that bad
Had money in the bank, I got busted, people ain't that bad
You can't spend what you ain't got,
you can't lose some little girl you ain't never had

Ain't that the truth boys

Had a sweet little home, it got burned down, people ain't that bad
My own fault, people ain't that bad
Well you know you can't spend what you ain't got,
you can't lose some blues you ain't never had

Have mercy!

Sweet little home, got burned down, people ain't that bad
Yeah you know I had a sweet little home, it got burned down, people ain't that bad
Whoa you know you can't spend what you ain't got,
you can't lose some little girl you ain't never had

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Gotta Move would you like to listen to the song?

by Mississippi Fred McDowell

 

You got to move, you got to move,
you got to move child, you got to move
But when the Lord gets ready, you got to move

You may be high, you may be low
You may be rich, child, you may be poor
But when the Lord gets ready, you got to move

You see that woman, that walk the street
You see the policeman, out on his beat
But when the Lord gets ready, they got to move

You got to move, you got to move,
you got to move child, you got to move
But when the Lord gets ready, you got to move

 


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