The Ballad Of Curtis Loew

	 
[Intro]
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Well, I used to wake the morning
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 before the rooster crowed 
Well, I used to wake the morning before the rooster crowed 
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   Searching for soda bottles to get
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 myself some dough 
   Searching for soda bottles to get myself some dough 
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   Brought 'em down to the corner,
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 down to the country store 
   Brought 'em down to the corner, down to the country store 
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   Cash 'em in and give my money to a
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 man named Curtis Loew
   Cash 'em in and give my money to a man named Curtis Loew
[Strophe]
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Old Curt was a black man with white
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 curly hair 
Old Curt was a black man with white curly hair 
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When he had a fifth of wine he did
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 not have a care 
When he had a fifth of wine he did not have a care 
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He used to own an old dobro, used to
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 play it across his knee 
He used to own an old dobro, used to play it across his knee 
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I'd give old Curt my money, he'd play
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 all day for me
I'd give old Curt my money, he'd play all day for me
[Refrain]
A                     E           
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis
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 Loew 
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew 
A                                E   
Well, I got your drinking money, tune
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 up your dobro 
Well, I got your drinking money, tune up your dobro 
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People said he was useless, them
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 people are the fools 
People said he was useless, them people are the fools 
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cause Curtis Loew was the finest
           A              E 
 picker to ever play the blues
cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues
[Instrumentale]
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[Strophe]
E               B      A          
He looked to be sixty, and maybe I
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 was ten 
He looked to be sixty, and maybe I was ten 
E            B               D     
Mama used to whip me but I'd go see
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 him again 
Mama used to whip me but I'd go see him again 
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I'd clap my hands, stomp my feets,
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 try to stay in time 
I'd clap my hands, stomp my feets, try to stay in time 
E              B 
He'd play me a song or two 
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Then take another drink of wine.
[Refrain]
A                     E           
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis
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 Loew 
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew 
A                                E   
Well, I got your drinking money, tune
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 up your dobro 
Well, I got your drinking money, tune up your dobro 
A                               
People said he was useless, them
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 people are the fools 
People said he was useless, them people are the fools 
      E                   D     
cause Curtis Loew was the finest
           A              E 
 picker to ever play the blues
cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues
[Interlude]
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Yes sir
[Solo]
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[Strophe]
E              B            A     
On the day old Curtis died, nobody
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 came to pray 
On the day old Curtis died, nobody came to pray 
E            B                   
Ol' preacher said some words, and
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 they chunked him in the clay 
Ol' preacher said some words, and they chunked him in the clay 
E               B        A          
Well he lived a lifetime playin' the
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 black man's blues 
Well he lived a lifetime playin' the black man's blues 
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And on the day he lost his life,
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 that's all he had to lose
And on the day he lost his life, that's all he had to lose
[Refrain]
A                     E        
Play me a song Curtis Loew, hey
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 Curtis Loew 
Play me a song Curtis Loew, hey Curtis Loew 
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I wish that you was here so everyone
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 would know 
I wish that you was here so everyone would know 
A                               
People said he was useless, them
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 people all are fools 
People said he was useless, them people all are fools 
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cause Curtis you're the finest picker
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 to ever play the blues
cause Curtis you're the finest picker to ever play the blues
[Outro]
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