Crossroad Blues

Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson b. May 8, 1911

Crossroad Blues

I went down to the crossroad
 fell down on my knees
I went down to the crossroad
 fell down on my knees
Asked the lord above “Have mercy now
 save poor Bob if you please”
Yeeooo, standin at the crossroad
 tried to flag a ride
ooo ooo eee
 I tried to flag a ride
Didn’t nobody seem to know me babe
 everybody pass me by
Standin at the crossroad babe
 risin sun goin down
Standin at the crossroad babe
 eee eee eee, risin sun goin down
I believe to my soul now,
 Poor Bob is sinkin down
You can run, you can run
 tell my friend Willie Brown
You can run, you can run
 tell my friend Willie Brown
(th)’at I got the crossroad blues this mornin Lord
 babe, I’m sinkin down
And I went to the crossroad momma
 I looked east and west
I went to the crossroad baby
 I looked east and west
Lord, I didn’t have no sweet woman
 ooh-well babe, in my distress

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