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          E7           A7     E7     B7  A7  E7  B7
          // // // //  // //  // //  //  //  //  //

[Chorus]
  
E7
The blues overtook me when I was a little child.
         A7                                    E7
You know blues overtook me when I was a little child.
         B7                     A7                     E7     B7
You know fast women an’ whiskey made this southern boy wild.
          
           
[Verse 1]
 
E7
When I was a kid, early on my own, 
E7          
I took the highway, to be my home         

[Chorus]
           
    A7                                    E7
And blues overtook me when I was a little child.
         B7                      A7                     E7     B7
You know fast women an’ whiskey, made this lonesome boy wild.

[Harmonica solo]

          E7           A7     E7     B7  A7  E7  B7
          // // // //  // //  // //  //  //  //  // (2x)

[Verse 2]

E7
It's dark and cloudy, I believe it's gonna rain,
E7          
'makes me wanna hear my baby, call my name.

[Chorus]

    A7                                    E7
The blues overtook me when I was a little child.
         B7                      A7                 E7     B7
You know fast women an’ whiskey, made this poor boy wild.

[Verse 3]

E7
When you get in trouble, everybody’s down on you.
E7
The blues will overtake you, an’ pull you on through.

[Chorus]

          A7                              E7
And blues overtook me when I was a little child.
         B7                      A7                     E7     B7
You know fast women an’ whiskey, made this lonesome boy wild.     (I ain’t complainin’.)

[Guitar solo]

          E7           A7     E7     B7  A7  E7  B7
          // // // //  // //  // //  //  //  //  // (2x)

[Verse 4]

E7
Hand me down my suitcase, pack up my trunk.
E7
I ain't been drinkin', it's the blues made me drunk.

[Chorus]

A7                                        E7
The blues overtook me when I was a little child.
         B7                      A7                 E7     B7
You know fast women an’ whiskey, made this poor boy wild.

[Verse 5]

E7
You might run, try to escape,

the blues will overtake you, one rainy day.

[Chorus]

A7                                     E7
Blues overtook me, when I was a little child.
         B7                      A7                 E7     B7
You know fast women an’ whiskey, made this poor boy wild.

[Harmonica solo]

          E7           A7     E7     B7  A7  E7  B7
          // // // //  // //  // //  //  //  //  // (2x)