Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You Was Born To Die - Blind Willie Mctell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Sven Letanosky E-mail: [email protected]
[Intro] DDDDGGDDAGDD Spoken "oh, Play that thing boy, I know you're blue... "
[Verse] D Don't want no woman D That run around D Stay out in the street D act like a badfoot clown
[Chorus] G You made me love you D And you made me cry A You should remember, GD that you were born to die...
[Verse] D The stream are yellow D Tossed it black and brown D I gotta black woman D Used to be the woman in town
[Chorus] G You made me love you D And you made me cry A You should remember, GD that you were born to die...
[Instrumental] DDDDGGDDAGDD Spoken "play it now for me..."
[Verse] D I'm home at morning D Face full of frown D I know about that baby D You been running around
[Chorus] G You made me love you D And you made me cry A You should remember, GD that you were born to die...
[Verse] D Now look here woman D Give me your right hand D I thought you my woman D You go to your man
[Chorus] G You made me love you D And you made me cry A You should remember, GD that you were born to die...