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T.B. Is Killing Me Chords

Music by: John Lee Hooker
Tone G# minor BPM 40 Views 5
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[Verse 1]
[Em]Now, but,[A][Em]
[A][Em]
[E]oh,[Em]
[A]the T.B is killing me[Em][E]
[A]Oh, [Em]yeah, baby, [A]the T.B is killing [Em]me
[A]Yes, I want my body buried
Way [Em]down [A]in Jackson,
[Em]Tennessee

[Verse 2]
[G][Em][E]
[Em]When I was on [A]my bed afflicted, baby
You didn't even down to come
[Em]around[E]
[Em]When I was [A]sick and in my
[Em]bed, baby[E]
[Em]You wouldn't even [A]down to
come [Em]around[E]
[A]And you know one thing, baby
The TB was killing [Em]me
[E][Em][E]

[Verse 3]
[Em]When I was up [A]on my feet
I had friends all over [Em]town[E]
[Em]When I was [A]up on my feet
[Em]I had [A]friends all over town[Em]
[E][Em][E]
[A]But when I got sick and in my bed
[Em]I didn't have a friend that came

[Interlude 1]
around
[Em][A][Em][E]
[Em][E]

[Verse 4]
[Em]Oh, [A]now,
[Em]the [A]TB is kill[Em]ing[E][Em][E]
[A]I declare, I declare, I d[Em]eclare[E]
[Em]Don't you [A]know the TB is
[Em]killing me?[E]
[Em]Someone should [A]write
[E]to my mother
[Em]Lord, and tell her the shape I in

[Interlude 2]
[Em][A][E][Em]
[A]
[Em][A][Em][E][Em]
[A][Em]
[E]
[A]I sit

[Verse 5]
by your will, everybody
[Em]I be[A]liev[E]e th[A]is is the en[E]d[Em]
[E]I sit b[Em]y your will, e[A]verybody
[Em]And[E][Em][E]
don't you know
And don't you know
The TB is killing me?
[E][Em]
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