Jeffrey Lee Pierce: "Alabama Blues" [written by Skip James]
(from the "Ramblin Jeffrey Lee" album)
(*)= play here the following lick between the E chords ------------- ------------- -1/4-—1/4--0- ------------- ------------- ------------- E7 (2 times) G E G E Hard time here and everywhere you go B A G E(*) times are harder than ever before E G E(*) oh-oh-oh E G E(*) E7 oh-oh-oh People are driftin' from door to door can't find no heaven, anywhere they go oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh Hear me tell you people, just before I go these hard times will kill you just dry long so oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh Well, you hear me singin' my lonesome song these hard times can last very long oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh If I ever get off this killin' floor I'll never get down this low no more oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh And you say you had money, you better be sure 'cause these hard times will drive you from door to door oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh Sing this song, I ain't gonna sing no more sing this song, I ain't gonna sing it no more oh-oh-oh hard times will drive me from door to door