NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE I

Yeah, nobody's fault but mine,
Nobody's fault but mine.
If I don't read my soul'll be lost.

I have a Bible in my hand (twice)
If I don't read my soul'll be lost.

Father, he taught me how to read (twice)
If I don't read my soul'll be lost,
Nobody's fault but mine.

Lord, Lord,
Nobody's fault but mine
If I don't read my soul'll be lost.

Mother, she taught me how to read (twice)
If I don't read my soul'll be lost,
Nobody's fault but mine.

Sister, she taught me how to read (twice)
If I don't read my soul'll be lost
Nobody's fault but mine.

Lord, Lord,
Nobody's fault but mine,
If I don't read my soul'll be lost.

Blind Willie Johnson
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NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE II

I got a Bible I can read (twice)
If I fail to read it an' my soul get lost,
Nobody's fault but mine.

I got a Jesus I can serve (twice)
If I fail to serve him an' my soul get lost,
Nobody's fault but mine.

I got a song that I can sing (twice)
If I fail to sing it an' my soul get lost,
Nobody's fault but mine.

I got a prayer that I can pray (twice)
If I fail to pray it, etc.

I got a moanin' that I can moan (twice)
If I fail to moan, etc.

Simon Williams, Johnson Place Baptist Church, near Livingston, AL.
John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection for notes and sound.
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