John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt (July 3, 1893 or March 8, 1892 - November 2, 1966) was an American country blues singer and guitarist.
Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Singing to a melodious finger-picked accompaniment, he began to play local dances and parties while working as a sharecropper. He first recorded for Okeh Records in 1928, but these were commercial failures.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Got the Blues - Mississippi John Hurt ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G7 Got the blues, can't be satisfied CG Got the blues, can't be satisfied DG Keep the blues, I'll catch that train and ride
G7 Yes, whiskey straight will drive the blues away CG Yes, whiskey straight will drive the blues away DD That be the case, I wants a quart today
G7 I bought my baby a great big diamond ring CG I bought my baby a great big diamond ring DG Come right back home and caught her shakin that thing
G7 I said Babe, what make you do me this away? CG I said Babe, what make you do me this away? DG Well that I bought, now you give it away
G7 I took my gun and broke the barrel down CG I took my gun and broke the barrel down DG I put that joker six feet in the ground
G7 You got the blues, and I still ain't satisfied CG You got the blues, and I still ain't satisfied DG Well, some old day, gonna catch that train and ride