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Liederbuch/ Things About Coming My Way

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Blues Alternativtitel: "Things 'bout Comin' My Way"  •  Text und Melodie: Bluesband "Mississippi Sheiks" (um 1931) bearbeitet von Paniolo 

Die Mississippi Sheiks gelten als eine der populärsten und einflussreichsten Country-Bues-Bands der 30er Jahre. Ihr größter Erfolg war "Sitting On Top Of The World". Sie spielten hauptsächlich akustischen Instrumenten wie Gitarre und Fiddle. Das Lied  It Hurts Me Too fußt auf "Things 'bout Coming' My Way".

Gitarre Ukulele (gcea)
G G7 C7  
 
E7 A7 D7 D7

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Things About Comin' My Way

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1st Verse
[G] Ain't got no money, can't buy no [G7]grub
[C7] Backbone and navel doin' the belly [G]rub
Refrain
Now after [C7]all my hard [G]trav'lin' [E7]
[A7]Things about [D7]comin' my [G]way
2nd Verse
[G] The rent was due, the light was [G7]out
[C7] I said, "Mama, what's it all a-[G]bout?"   (Chorus)
3rd Verse
[G] The pot was empty, the cupboard [G7]bare
[C7] I said, "Mama, what's goin' on [G]here?"   (Chorus)
4th Verse
[G] Sister was sick, the doctor couldn't [G7]come
[C7] Cause we couldn't pay him, the proper [G]sum   (Chorus)
5th Verse
[G] Worked all last summer, worked all this [G7]fall
[C7] Gonna make new years in my over-[G]alls   (Chorus)
6th Verse
[G] One of these days, it won't be [G7]long
[C7] You'll call my name, Lord, I will be [G]gone
Last Chorus
'Cause after [C7]all my hard [G]trav'lin' [E7]
[A7]Things'll be [D7]comin' my [G]way