| T.B. |
| Blues Track #11 2:57
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| Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee)
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| John Lee Williamson — vocal and harmonica
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| with Walter Davis — piano, Big Bill Broonzy — guitar
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| Chicago July 21, 19'
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| Album: 'Sugar Mama'
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| The Essential Recordings of Sonny Boy Williamson
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| Indigo Recording Ltd IGOCD 2014
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| Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com
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| (harmonica and guitar intro)
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| Now, but, ooh, the T. B's is killin’me
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| Now, an’I want my body buried
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| Way down in Jackson, Tennessee
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| Now, when I was upon my feet
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| An I couldn’t even walk down the street
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| Pretty women, lookin’at me From my head to my feet
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| But ooh, T.B.'s is killin’me
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| Now, an’I want my body buried
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| Way down in Jackson, Tennessee
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| I ain’t goin’to buy you no more pretty dresses
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| I ain’t gonna even, buy you no diamond ring
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| An’I’m 'onna a-sell my V8 Fo'
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| 'Cause I don’t want a doggone thing
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| Because ooh, the T.B.'s a-killin'me
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| Now, an’I want my body buried
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| Way down in Jackson, Tennessee
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| Well now, my mother she said one thing
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| You know my father said the same
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| 'You keep on foolin''round, Sonny Boy
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| They gon’change your name.'
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| But I told her, 'Ooh, mama T.B.'s is killin’me'
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| Now, an’I want my body buried
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| Down in Jackson, Tennessee
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| Well now, here I am here sick, baby
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| You know an’I’m, a-layin'here in my bed, now
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| Even won’t none of my friends, come an even
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| Rub my achin’head
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| Because ooh, 'n T.B.'s is killin’me
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| Now, an’I want my body buried
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| Way down in Jackson, Tennessee. |