Parchman Farm Blues

Parchman Farm Blues-Booker White
Cross-note tuning with slide, Washboard Sam

Judge give me life this morning, down on Parchman Farm
Judge give me life this morning, down on Parchman Farm, I wouldn't hate it so bad, but I left my wife in mournin'

Oh you, good-bye, wife, all you, have done gone
Oh, good-bye, wife, all you, have done gone, but I hope someday you will hear my lonesome song

SOLO

Oh you, listen you men, I don't mean no harm
Oh, listen, you men, I don't mean no harm, if you want to do good you better stay off ol' Parchman Farm

We goes to work in the morning, just the dawn of day
We go to work in the morning, just the dawn of day, just to the settin' of the sun, that's when the work is done

Oh, I'm down on old Parchman Farm and I sure wanta go back home
I'm down on old Parchman Farm but I sure want to go back home, but I hope someday, I will overcome

OUTRO

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