Just A Poor Country Boy

by recording of 19 from Jimmy Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436) They call me a country preacher Jimmy Reed, is my name Sometime they think I'm the Boss Man It all mean the same I'm just a poor country boy Lookin' for a home to call my own Sometime the load get so heavy Just like a dog ain't got no bone A barman with no sticks A junkie with no fix A rat ain't got no hole A poor man lost his soul I'm just a poor country boy Tryin' to find myself a home Well now, I may look like I'm happy Ev'rything I do is wrong

 

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Playing "Help-Me" In the Style of Sonny Boy Williamson II: A step by step, note for note analysis of some of Sonny Boy's Signature Riffs