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Thread #108009   Message #2247313
Posted By: PoppaGator
28-Jan-08 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Waiting For You (Mississippi John Hurt)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MJH 'Waiting For You'
The four quatrains above are verse 1, chorus, verse 2 and verse 3. The chorus/refrains repeats after each verse, of course. See Peace's link, above, for the tablature, which is fairly accurate, maybe a little oversimplified.

This lyric just might be the most deeply depressing (or depressed?) expression of unrequited love ever put to music.

And the music is a fairly sprightly, cheerful-sounding melody. Well, I suppose that's just John Smith Hurt in a nutshell...