Blues #1 / Kill the Old Grey Mule

Transcribed by Blahnok

This song is played in standard tuning, in the open position, like a "blues in E". It was recorded in 1978 in Canton, MS.

Tired of sleeping, low-down lonesome cell
Tired of sleeping there, low-down lonesome cell
And I wouldn't've been here, hadn't've been for Nell

Kill that old grey mule, burn down the white man's barn
Kill that old grey mule, burn down that white man's barn
I didn't mean no trouble, I didn't mean no harm

I want you to love me or leave me, girl, anything you wanta do
I want you to love me or leave me, anything you wanta do
What a strange thing happenin', someday might a-happen to you

Well you say you gonna leave me, said you're goin' away
Well, you said you're gonna leave me, pretty Maggie, said you was goin' away

I said, luck be the fortune, you'll come back home some day
I said luck beats a fortune, gonna make you come some home someday