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Thread #113562 Message #3470356
Posted By: Jim Dixon
23-Jan-13 - 08:28 AM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
Subject: Lyr Add: WASHINGTON D.C. HOSPITAL CENTER BLUES
I can't help with the chords, but this is a remarkable blues song, and deserves to have its lyrics posted here.
WASHINGTON D.C. HOSPITAL CENTER BLUES As sung by Skip James on "Vanguard Visionaries" (2007)
Yes, I was a good man, but I was a poor man, you understand.
In a hospital, in Washington D.C. , Ain't got nobody, to see about me, But I was a good man, but I was a poor man; you can understand.
All the doctors, and nurses too They came and asked me, "Who in the world are you?" I says, "I's a good man, but I's a poor man; you can understand."
The doctors and nurses, they shaken my hand, Said, "Take this poor man, and put him to bed, Because he's a good man; we know he's a poor man; we can understand."
I didn't go hungry; I had a-plenty to eat. I had good treatment, and a place to sleep, Because I was a good man; they knew I was a poor man; they could understand.
I met a little dancer; she promised me That she would love me, and always be sweet. She find out I was a poor man, yeah, but I was a good man; she couldn't understand.
Now when she left me, she got in the door, She waved me goodbye; I haven't seen her no more. She found out I was a good man; she knew I was a poor man; she couldn't understand.
The doctors and nurses, they shaken my hand, Say, "You can go home now, Skip; you's a sound well man, Because you's a good man; you's a poor man; we can understand."
I taken my doctor, and I shaken his hand. "I'm gon' play these Hospital Blues, till you's a wealthy man. You took me; I's a good man; you knowed I was a poor man; you could understand. You knowed I was a good man, but I's a poor man; you can understand."