MISC TRADITIONAL - ELDER GREEN BLUES CHORDS

Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] E - E A - A / E - B7 - E / E - E A - A / E - B7 - E (A - E) [Verse 1]

^EELDER GREEN IS GONE, (^EELDER GREEN IS GONE) ^AELDER GREEN IS GONE, (^AELDER GREEN IS GONE) GONE D^EOWN TO THE RIVER, OH, HE ^B7WENT DOWN THERE HE HAD HIS ^ELONG CLOTHES ON... ^EHE HAD HIS LONG CLOTHES ON, (H^AE HAD HIS LONG CLOTHES ON) HE WEN^ET DOWN TO THE RIVER TO B^B7APTIZE FOLKS HE HAD HIS ^ELONG CLOTHES ON.

[Verse 2] ELDER GREEN TOLD THE DEACON (HE TOLD THE DEACON) LET'S GO DOWN IN PRAYER (GO DOWN IN PRAYER) THERE'S LADIES NEED A SAVIN' IN NEW ORLEANS COME ON AND LET'S GO THERE (LET'S GO THERE COME ON AND LET'S GO THERE (LET'S GO THERE) THERE'S LADIES NEED A SAVIN' IN NEW ORLEANS COME ON AND LET'S GO THERE. [INSTRUMENTAL VERSE] [Verse 3] ELDER GREEN TOOK THE DEACON (HE TOOK THE DEACON) DOWN ST. PETER STREET (DOWN ST. PETER STREET) THEY HAD THEM SOME HOOCH, AND THEY HAD THEM SOME COOCH DOWN ON ST. PETER STREET ON ST. PETER STREET, ON ST. PETER STREET THEY HAD THEM SOME HOOCH AND THEY HAD THEM SOME COOCH DOWN ON ST. PETER STREET. [Verse 4] Now if you've got a good woman (if you've got a good woman) Better her keep her by your hand (keep her by your hand) Don't make time and singin' horizontal rhymes with Molly Cunningham Molly Cunningham, Molly Cunningham Don't make time and singin' horizontal rhymes with Molly Cunningham. [INSTRUM VERSE] SUGGEST Mod. to key of F : F - F - Bb - Bb / F - C7 - F F - F - Bb - Bb / F- C7 - F F - C7 - F [Verse 5] WELL ON THE NEXT DAY AT SUNDAY MEETIN'(NEXT DAY AT SUNDAY MEETIN') ELDER GREEN AND DEACON DAN ( GREEN AND DEACON DAN) FOR MEETIN' THEY WERE LATE AND THEIR WIVES HAD LOOKS OF HATE THEY CAME A SLINKIN' IN THEY CAME A SLINKIN' IN, THEY CAME A SLINKIN' IN FOR MEETIN' THEY WERE LATE, THEIR WIVES HAD LOOKS OF HATE THEY CAME A SLINKIN' IN. [Verse 6] WELL THE PREACHER GOT TO SCOLDIN' (PARSON, GOT TO SCOLDIN' ) YES, THAT PREACHER GOT TO SCOLDIN' (PARSON, GOT TO SCOLDIN') HE SAYS TO THE RIVER BOTH YOU GO, IN LONG CLOTHES YOU SHALL GO OR I'LL KEEP RIGHT ON a-SCOLDIN' OR I'LL KEEP RIGHT ON A-SCOLDIN' (KEEP RIGHT ON A SCOLDIN') OR I'LL KEEP RIGHT ON A-SCOLDIN'(KEEP RIGHT ON A-SCOLDIN' TO THE RIVER BOTH YOU GO, IN LONG CLOTHES YOU SHALL GO, OR I'LL KEEP A-SCOLDIN' [Instrumental verse) [Verse 7] WELL ELDER GREEN WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER (WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER) THE PREACHER DUNKED HIM DOWN (PREACHER DUNKED HIM DOWN) THE WATER TOOK THE SIN AND THE LET THE SPIRIT IN THE PREACHER DUNKED HIM DOWN THE PREACHER DUNKED HIM DOWN (DUNKED HIM DOWN) THE PREACHER DUNKED HIM DOWN (DUNKED HIM DOWN) THE WATER TOOK THE SIN AND LET THE SPIRIT IN THE PREACHER DUNKED HIM DOWN. Tag: HE HAD HIS LONG CLOTHES ON (HE HAD HIS LONG CLOTHES ON) HE WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER, OH, HE WENT DOWN THERE HE HAD HIS LONG CLOTHES ON (Bb - F) TO END ELDER GREEN BLUES - (TRAD. COVERED BY CHARLIE PATTON, ARRANGED AND ADAPTED BY LS ARMBRUSTER)