IntroBb7Ab7Bb7Bb7Eb9Eb9Bb7Bb7F9Eb9Bb7 |Bb7 F9|
VerseBb7
There's a Red House over yonder
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That's where my baby stays
Eb9
There's a Red House over yonder, baby
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That's where my baby stays
F9Eb9
Well, I ain't been home to see my baby,
Bb7 |Bb7 F9|
in ninety nine and one half days.
Bb7
Wait a minute something's wrong here
Eb9
The key won't unlock the door.
Bb7
Wait a minute something's wrong,
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Lord, have mercy, this key won't unlock this door,
(something's goin' on here.)
F9
I have a bad bad feeling
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that my baby don't live here no more.
F9
That's all right, I still got my guitar
Look out now . . .
[Solo:] Bb major 12 bar blues...
OutroBb7Eb9
Well I might as well uh, go on back down yonder
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way back 'cross yonder hill
Eb9
I might as well go back over yonder
Bb7
way back over yonder 'cross the hill,
(That's where I came from.)
F9Eb9 (hard stop)
'Cause if my baby don't love me no more,
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I know her sister will!
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.