M & O Blues

portrait of willie brown with guitarWillie Brown
  • Tuning: Standard - EADGBE
  • Date transcribed:
    March 24, 2025
  • Reference audio: YouTube
  • Video lesson: YouTube

i. Sheet music / tablature

Transcribed by Blahnok

ii. Slow-downer / pitch shifter

iii. Notes

This is one of the few recordings which persist of Willie Brown. It is played in E-position, in standard tuning.

Lyrics

I leave here I'm going to catch that M&O<br>
Now when I leave here I'm going to catch that M&O<br>
I'm going way down South where I ain't never been before<br>
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Once I had a notion, Lord, and I believe I will<br>
Once I had a notion, Lord, and I believe I will<br>
I'm going to build me a mansion out on Decatur Hill<br>
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Now it's all of you men oughta be ashamed of yourself<br>
It is all of you men oughta be ashamed of yourself<br>
Going 'round here swearing before God you got a poor woman by yourself<br>
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I started to kill my woman till she laid down across the bed<br>
I started to kill my woman till she laid down across the bed<br>
And she looked so ambitious till I took back everything I said<br>
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And I asked her how about it, Lord, and she said "All right"<br>
And I asked her how about it, Lord, and she said "All right"<br>
But she never showed up at the shack last night<br>