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Blues Lyrics - Robert Johnson
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
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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)
It's the last fair deal goin' down,
last fair deal goin' down
It's the last fair deal goin' down, good Lord,
on that
Gulfport Island Road
Please, Ida Belle, don't cry this time
Ida Belle, don't cry this time
If you cry about a nickel, you'll die 'bout a dime
She wouldn't cry, but the money won't
mine
I love the way you do,
I love the way you do
I love the way you do, good Lord,
on this Gulfport Island Road
My
captain
's so mean on me,
my captain's so mean on me
My captain's so mean on me, good Lord,
on this Gulfport Island Road
Take camp tain he and see, camp ain't he and see
At scal ain't be at seen
, good Lord,
on that Gulfport Island Road
Ah, this last fair deal goin' down,
it's the last fair deal goin' down
This' the last fair deal goin' down, good Lord,
on this Gulfport Island Road
I'm workin' my way back home,
I'm working my way back home
I'm workin' my way back home, good Lord,
on this Gulfport Island Road
And that thing don't keep-a ringin' so soon
That thing don't keep-a ringin' so soon
And that thing don't keep-a ringin' so soon,
good Lord, on that Gulfed-and-Port Island Road
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Note 1: The Gulfport Island or Gulf & Ship Island railroad linked the docks at Ship Island, Mississippi, just off the main land at the city of Gulfport on the Gulf of Mexico with the main railroad line at Jackson;
Note 2: won't is a dialectic substitute for weren't;
Note 3: Robert sure lost everyone here, a pure phonetical transcription here, can't make head nor tail of this part of the song. Hear the
and please mail me if you think you know the words,
bluesmanharry@bigfoot.com
Dennis Anderson offers this alternative text for this verse:
"The captain he can see, captain he can see
That captain he can see good lord
Oh that Gulfport Island Road"
Thanks to Dennis Anderson for this contribution.
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