Album: The Complete Recordings
Words & Music: Robert Johnson
Tempo: Modertely slow
BPM: 85
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Early this morning
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When you knocked upon my door
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Early this morning, ooh,
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When you knocked upon my door
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And I said hello Satan
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I believe it's time to go
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[Verse 2]
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Me and the Devil
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Was walkin' side by side
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Me and the Devil, ooh,
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Was walking side by side
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And I'm goin' to beat my woman
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'Til I get satisfied
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[Verse 3]
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She said you don't see why
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That she would dog me 'round
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(Spoken:) Now baby you know you ain't doin' me right don't cha
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She say you don't see why, hoo,
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That she would dog me 'round
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It must-a be that old evil spirit
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So deep down in the ground
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[Verse 4]
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You may bury my body
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Down by the highway side
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(Spoken:) Baby, I don't care where you bury my body when I'm dead and gone
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You may bury my body, ooh,
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Down by the highway side
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So my old evil spirit
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Can get a Greyhound bus and ride
[Outro]
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