D (xx0232@1) AWell (x02220@1)I used to wake the mornin' before the rooster crowed
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) ESearchin (022100@1)for soda bottles to get myself some dough
D (xx0232@1) ABrung (x02220@1)em down to the corner, down to the country store
G (320003@1) DCash (xx0232@1)em in and give my money to a man named Curtis Lowe
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DOl' (xx0232@1)Curt was a black man with white curly hair
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)he had a fifth of wine he did not have a care
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DHe (xx0232@1)used to own an old dobro used to play it 'cross his knee
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DI'd (xx0232@1)give Ol' Curt my money, he'd play all day for me
Chorus
G (320003@1) DPlay (xx0232@1)me a song, Curtis Lowe, hey Curtis Lowe
G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)got your drinkin' money, tune up your dobro
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) EPeople (022100@1)said you was useless but them people all were fools
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DCause (xx0232@1)Curtis Lowe was the finest picker to ever play the blues
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DHe (xx0232@1)looked to be 60, maybe I was 10
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DMama (xx0232@1)used to whoop me but I'd go see him again
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DI'd (xx0232@1)clap my hands, stomp my feets tryin' to stay in time
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DHe'd (xx0232@1)play me song or two then take another drink of wine
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D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DOn (xx0232@1)the day Ol' Curtis died nobody came to pray
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DOld (xx0232@1)preacher said some words and they chucked him in the clay
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DHe (xx0232@1)lived a lifetime playin' the black man's blues
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
And on the day he lost his life that's all he had to lose
G (320003@1) DPlay (xx0232@1)me a song Curtis Lowe, hey Curtis Lowe
G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)wish that you was here so everyone would know
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) EPeople (022100@1)said you was useless but them people all were fools
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DCause (xx0232@1)Curtis, you're the finest picker to ever play the blues
