Jeffrey Lee Pierce: "Future Blues" [written by Willie Brown]
(from the "Ramblin Jeffrey Lee" album)


play with two guitars and throughout the song more or less as shown at the instrumental after the 4th verse

A7
------------------------------------------
D                                      A  A7
Can't tell my future, I can't tell my past
E7                          F#dim7       A    A7
Lord it seems every minute, gonna be my last


Minutes seem like hours and those hours seem like days
and the minutes seem like hours and hours seem like days
and I wish I had a woman better lowdown way


The woman I love, she's five feet from the ground
I said, the woman I love, mama, five feet from the ground
she's tailor made, ain't no hand me down


Lord, the woman I love now, she's lightning, when she, lightning, when she, when she smiles
the woman I love, when she's lightning when she smiles
five feet and four inches, she's just good hugging size


intrumental (= verse):

 

1st guitar                                                   A  A7

            -------------------------------------------------0---3---x---3-

            -------------------------------------------------2---2---x---2-

            -------------------------------------------------2---2---x---2-

            -------------------------------------------------2---2---x---2-

            -------------------------------------------------0---0---x---0-

            -3---2---1---0---3---2---1---0---3---2---1---0-----------------

  

2nd guitar  -8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-----3-------3-
            -7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-----2-------2-

            -----------------------------------------------------2-------2-

            -----------------------------------------------------2-------2-

            ---------------------------------------------------------------

            ---------------------------------------------------------------

 

1st guitar   A  D                                                   A7

            -0--2-------------------------------------------------x--3-

            -2--3-------------------------b1-------b1-------b1----x--2-

            -2--2-----------2----------2-----2--------2---2----2--x--2-

            -2--0-----------0----------0-------4--2-----4---------x--2-

            -0--0-----------0----------0--------------------------x--0-

            ------------0-3--------0-3---------------------------------
  

2nd guitar  -------8----------8-----------8---------8----------------3-
            -------7-10-------7-10----------10-7-----10-7-10---------2-

            -------7--7-------7--7----------------9------------------2-

            -------7--7-------7--7-----------------------------------2-

            -----------------------------------------------------------

            -----------------------------------------------------------

 

1st guitar   A    E7             F#dim7                      A       A7

            -------------------------------------------------0--3--x--3-

            -------------------------------------------------2--2--x--2-

            -------------------------------------------------2--2--x--2-

            -2--2-------2---2-3-4-----2-4-----2-7---5--4--3--2--2--x--2-

            -------------------------------------------------0--0--x--0-

            -0--0-------0---0-1-2-----0-2-----0-5---3--2--1-------------

 

2nd guitar  -0--------------------5-5-----5-5-----5-------------------3-

            -2----3-3-3---3-------4-4-----4-4-------8--7--6-----------2-

            -2----1-1-1---1-------5-5-----5-5-------------------------2-

            -2----2-2-2---2-------4-4-----4-4-------------------------2-
            ------------------------------------------------------------

            ------------------------------------------------------------

 


Well, you know I've seen that picture upon your mother's, upon your mother's, mother's shelf
I've seen that picture now, upon your mother's shelf
you know I'm gettin' tired sleeping by myself


And it's T for Texas and it's T for Tennessee
and it's T for Texas, now and T for Tennessee
Lord, bless that woman, put that thing on me

 

 

at the end:

1st guitar                       A7 A

            ---------------------3--0-

            ---------------------2--2-

            ---------------------2--2-

            ------2-7---5--4--3--2--2-

            ---------------------0--0-

            ------0-5---3--2--1-------

 

2nd guitar  ----------5----------3--5-

            ------------8--7--6--2--5-

            ---------------------2--6-

            ---------------------2--7-
            ---------------------0--0-

            --------------------------

 


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