Dear Jim,

Here's a version as performed over the years by the Grateful Dead and Garcia. (Chord progression is E, A7, and B)

If you go down to Deep Elem, put your money in your shoes.
The women In Deep Elem got them Deep Elem Blues.

CHORUS: Oh, sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem blues.
Oh, sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem Blues.

Once I had a girlfriend. She meant the world to me.
She went down to Deep Elem. Now she ain't what she used to be.

Once I knew a preacher, preached the bible through and through.
He went down to Deep Elem. Now his preaching days are through.

When you go down to Deep Elem to have a little fun,
Have your ten dollars ready when the policeman comes.

When you go down to Deep Elem, put your money in your pants,
Cause the women in Deep Elem, they don't give a man a chance.