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	E	B
Well, I	used to wake the mornin'	before the rooster crowed,

	E	A	F#
	Searchin' for soda bottles to	get myself some	dough.

	E	B
	Run 'em down to the corner,	down to the country store,

	A	E
	Cash 'em in, and give my money to a man named Curtis	Loew.

Verse:

	E	B	A	G	E
	Old Curt was a	black man with	white cu	-rly	hair,

	E	B	D	A	G	E
	When he had a fifth of	wine he	did not have a	care,

	E	B	A	G	E
	He used to own an old	Do-bro, used to	play it '	cross his k	nees

	E	B	D	E	A
	I give old Curt my	money, he	play all day for	me.

Chorus:

	A	E	A
	Play me a song, Curtis	Loew, Curtis Loew,

	A	E	A
	Well, I got your drinkin' money,	tune up your Dobro.

	A	E	F#
	People said he was useless, them	people all were	fools,

	E	D	A	E	E	D	A	G	E
'Cause C	urtis Loew was the	finest picker to	ever play the	blues

verse

	E	B	A	G	E
	He looked to be	sixty,	and maybe	I was	ten,

	B	D	A	G
Mama used to	whoop me, but I'd	go see him	again	.

	E	B	A	G	E
	I clap my hands,	stomp my feets,	try to	stay in	time,

	E	B	D	E
	He'd play a	song or two, then	take another drink of	wine.

Chorus:

	A	E	A
	Play me a song, Curtis	Loew, Curtis Loew,

	A	E	A
	Well, I got your drinkin' money,	tune up your Dobro.

	A	E	F#
	People said he was useless, them	people all were	fools,

	E	D	A	E	E	D	A	G	E
'Cause C	urtis Loew was the	finest picker to	ever play the	blues

verse

	E	B	A	G	E
	On the day ole	Cur-tis died no_	bod-y	came to	pray,__ old preacher

	B	D	A	G
	said some words and	they chunked him in the	clay.

	E	B	A	G	E
	well he lived a	life-time	play-in the	black mans_	blues

	E	B	D	E
	and on the	day he lost his life thats	all he had to	lose

Chorus:

	A	E	A
	Play me a song, Curtis	Loew, Curtis Loew,

	A	E
	I wish that you was here __ so	ev-ry one would know

	A	E	F#
	People said he was useless, them	people all were	fools,

	E	D	A	E	E	D	A	G	E
'Cause C	urtis Loew you're the	finest picker to	ever play the	blues

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Ballad Of Curtis Loew

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