DEEP ELLUM BLUES
Merle Lovell-Shafter FSA Camp
1940 Voices of Dust Bowl
Tab by: bluerabbit10
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When you go down in Deep Ellum to have a little fun
You must have your fifteen dollars ready when that po-liceman comes.
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Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them Deep Ellum Blues
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Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got then Deep Ellum Blues.
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Once I knew a preacher, preached the bible through and through
But he went down in Deep Ellum, now his preachin' days are through.
G7 D
Oh, sweet mama, daddy',s got them Deep Ellum Blues,
A7 D
Oh, sweet mama, daddy s got them Deep Ellum Blues.
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Once I had a sweet girl, meant the world and all to me
But she went down in Deep Ellum, now she ain't what she used to be.
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Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them Deep Ellum Blues
A7 D
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them Deep Ellum Blues.
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When you go down in Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoes
'Cause the women in Deep Ellum got them Deep Ellum Blues.
G7 D
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got then Deep Ellum Blues
A7 D
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got then Deep Ellum Blues.