Brown-Skin Woman

Brown-Skin Woman-Bo Carter
Bo Carter, vocal and guitar in DGDGBE tuning

INTRO

If you see my brownskin woman, tell her I says, "Come on home."
If you see my brownskin woman, tell her I says, "Come on home"
Lord, I haven't had nobody to burn my bread for me right, since my brownskin woman been gone

If you see my brownskin woman, tell her I says, "Come on home tonight."
If you see my brownskin woman, tell her I says, "Come on home tonight."
Lord, my mind is all crossed, hoo, and my bed don't lay just right

Hey, hey, hey, pretty brownskin, tell your daddy, what do you mean to do?
Lord, I tried half of my life, baby, just to try to get along with you
And you've got me in al this low-down trouble, hoo, this old low-down way you do

SOLO (Spoken: Yeah!)

Now, won't you look-a, look-a yonder, come a-walkin' down the road
A-look-a, look-a yonder, come a-walkin' down the road
Lord, it walks like my brownskin woman, hoo, man, but I b'lieve she walks too slow

Hey, hey, hey, little old pretty brownskin, tell your daddy, what do you mean to do?
I tried all my days, baby, just to try to satisfy ol' you
And you've got me in all this worrisome trouble, hoo, just old low-down way you do

CODA

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