32-20 Blues by Robert Johnson

Intro A7 E7 D7 A7 E7

Verse 1

If I [A7]send for my baby, man, and she don't come

[D7]Send for my baby, man, and she don't [A7]come

All the [E7]doctors in Hot Springs [D7]sure can't help her, [A7]none [E7]

Verse 2

If she [A7]gets unruly, thinks she don’t want you

If she [D7]gets unruly, thinks she don’t want [A7]you

Take my [E7]32-20, now and [D7]break her half in [A7]two [E7]

Verse 3

She got a [A7].38 special but I believe it's much too light

She got a [D7].38 special but I believe it's much too [A7]light

I got a [E7]32-20, [D7]makes the camp al- [A7]right [E7]

Verse 4

If I [A7]send for my baby, man, and she don't come

[D7]Send for my baby, man, and she don't [A7]come

All the [E7]doctors in Hot Springs [D7]sure can't help her, [A7]none [E7]

Verse 5

Gonna [A7]shoot my pistol, shoot my Gatling gun

Gonna [D7]shoot my pistol, shoot my Gatling [A7]gun

You [E7]made me love you, [D7]now your man has [A7]come [E7]

Verse 6

If I [A7]send for my baby, man, and she don't come

[D7]Send for my baby, man, and she don't [A7]come

All the [E7]doctors in Hot Springs [D7]sure can't help her, [A7]none [E7]

Verse 7

[A7]Oh, baby, where’d you stay last night?

[D7]Oh, baby, where’d you stay last [A7]night?

You got your [E7]hair all tangled and [D7]you ain’t talking[A7]right [E7]

Verse 8

Her [A7].38 special, boy, it do well

Her [D7].38 special, boy, it do [A7]well

I got a [E7]32-20 now, [D7]it's a burning [A7]hell [E7]

Instrumental A7 D7 A7 E7 D7 A7 E7

Verse 8

If I [A7]send for my baby, man, and she don't come

[D7]Send for my baby, man, and she don't [A7]come

All the [E7]doctors in Hot Springs [D7]sure can't help her, [A7]none [E7]

Verse 9

[A7]Hey, baby, where’d you stay last night?

[D7]Hey, baby, where’d you stay last [A7]night?

[E7]Didn’t come home ’till the [D7]sun was shining [A7]bright [E7]

Verse 10

Oh, [A7]boy, I just can't take my rest

Oh, [D7]boy, I just can't take my [A7]rest

With this [E7]32-20 laying [D7]up and down my [A7]breast

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