Dave Van Ronk - Backwater Blues This is a pretty simple blues chord progression, it goes F#7/B7/C#7. If you wanted to capo on 2, it could go E7/A7/B7, but I prefer to just do bar chords for the whole gig. Intro: F#7 F#7 B7 F#7 Well it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night B7 F#7 Yes it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night C#7 B7 F#7 There's a trouble takin' place in the lowlands at night F#7 B7 F#7 I woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my door B7 F#7 Yes woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my door C#7 B7 F#7 Trouble make a poor boy wonder where he want to go F#7 B7 F#7 And it thundrin and lightnin' and the wind began to blow B7 F#7 Yes it thundered and lightnined' and the wind began to blow C#7 B7 F#7 And there's a thousand people ain't got no place to go F#7 B7 F#7 Well they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond B7 F#7 Yes they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond C#7 B7 F#7 Yes I packed my clothes, throwed them in it and they rowed me along F#7 B7 F#7 I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill B7 F#7 You know I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill C#7 F#7 (Fill here) Yes I looked on the old house were I used to live (This verse has a different picking pattern, but the chords are the same) F#7 B7 F#7 Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go B7 F#7 Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go C#7 B7 F#7 Yes my house fell down and I can't live there no more F#7 B7 F#7 Mmm, I can't move no more B7 F#7 Mmm, I can't move no more C#7 B7 F#7 Yes my house washed away and I can't live there no more
