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Blues Lyrics - Robert Johnson
If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
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GuitarPro
by
Robert Johnson
recording of 3rd of 5 sessions, November 27 1936, San Antonio, Texas
from
The Complete Recordings (CBS 467246 2 & Columbia/Legacy C2K-46222 & Columbia 4622 & Sony 64916)
If I had possession, over judgment day
If I had possession, over judgment day
Lord, the little woman I'm lovin' wouldn't, have no right to pray
And I went to the mountain, lookin' as far as my eyes could see
And I went to the mountain, lookin' as far as my eyes would see
Some other man got my woman, and these lonesome blues got me
And I rolled and I tumbled and I, cried the whole night long
And I rolled and I tumbled and I, cried the whole night long
Boy, I woke up this mornin', my
biscuit roller
gone
Had to fold my arms and I, slowly walked away
(spoken: I didn't like the way she done)
Had to fold my arms and I, slowly walked away
I said in my mind, "Yo' trouble gon' come some day
1"
Now run here, baby, set down on my knee
Now run here, baby, set down on my knee
I wanna tell you all about the way they treated me
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Note: this is another version of the Mississippi piece often known, though mostly with very differing lyrics, as
Rollin' And Tumblin'
Rollin' And Tumblin'
, by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters &
Rolling And Tumbling
, by Elmore James), in many versions it's also known as
Brownville Blues
Note 1: alternatively "I felt in my mind, your trouble gon' come some day" instead of "I said in my mind, "Yo, trouble gon' come some day" ".
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Bluesman Harry
Page last updated on:
December 29 2000
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