Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine

Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

What're you going through, baby, and your
troubles get like mine
What're you going through, baby, and your
troubles treat like mine
Well you got nobody
that your troubles kill

Well I went to the railroad
looked it up and down
Well I went to the railroad and I
looked it up and down
I ask for nobody
but my baby to be around

Bye bye little woman
I got to leave you now
Bye bye little woman
I got to
You're tryin' to quit me
You don't even know who nor how

Tryin' to tell you, baby, your
troubles can't be like mine
Tryin' to tell you, baby, your
troubles can't be like mine
Well I haven't had none of the trouble
Lord, since I've been gone

Evil Hearted Woman Blues

Evil Hearted Woman Blues Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

I've got a little woman
And she lives upon that hill
Whooo hooo
And she lives upon that hill
Well she would already have slain me
Whooo, well it fouldn't the good master's will

She rather know I's in the sea
With a mist thrown on my back
Whooo hooo
With a mist thrown on my back
Rather than know that I've got another woman
Whooo, and I ain't goin' to take her back

She's an evil-hearted woman
And she want me out away
She's an evil-hearted woman
And she want me out away
But I know she will be happy
Whooo, when I'm six feet in the cold, cold clay

When you in love with a woman
You don't want nobody else
Whooo hooo
You don't want nobody else
When she's an evil-hearted woman
Whooo, you have to be careful yourself

Please Don't (Take 2)

Please Don't (Take 2) Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

Well don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Well don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Cause if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Well you got beauty
And you got style
You even got a
great big smile
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Well you got a car
And you got a home
When you're walking but
when you are really home
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Please Don't (Take 1)

Please Don't (Take 1) Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

Now don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Well don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Well you got beauty
And you got style
You got clothes, baby
With a great big smile
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

You got a car
And you got a home
When you're walking but
where you are really home
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Well you in society
And you played the part
Even had a oil well
drilled in your back yard
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you'll need something for your referee

Epilog

Epilog Lyrics 

by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

Note: This is not so much as a song as it is Johnny Shines playing slide in G while sharing some wisdom on the blues with Louisiana Red. On a personal note, this is one of my favorite recorded segments of Shines talking. I did my best to transcribe his speech, but on some parts I had to "round up" what he was saying, as Shines tended to slur his words in his songs and interviews. His speech is the following:

Well, Red, you know, uh, you being a, uh uh, much younger man than myself. There's lots that you don't know about it, but you'll learn. You've got to learn. And it makes no difference how long you do, you gonna always learn something. And when you get to the place you can't learn, it's time to quit then. Forget it. 

Now this is the way we used to do it a long time ago. You see a long time ago, people didn't know how to make chords: G, A, B, C, and so on like that cause they didn't know what to do wrong. And most people think the slide is something new, but it isn't. Slide was the first thing that was used on the guitar by the black man in America. Because he didn't know how to make these chords. I sell 'em and use 'em today. So effective, they make you cry. 

Just keep workin' with it. You'll make it.

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Baby Sister Blues

Baby Sister Blues Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

Hey hey baby sister
Can I have a word with you?
Hey hey baby sister
Can I have one word with you?
If you be kind to me baby
Maybe we'll be good to you

Well I'm a stranger
And I just blowed in your town
I'm a stranger baby
I just blowed in your town
I hope you not the kind of woman
That'd let a stranger down

Well I wouldn't swear to it, baby
but you look like you own an ADC
I wouldn't swear to it, but you
look like you own an ADC
You're a kinda woman
That I want to look after me

Enjoy me while I'm here, baby
I can't stay in one place too long
Enjoy me while I'm here, mama
I can't stay in one place too long
I've got the railroad blues, baby
And I got to get movin' on

Joliet Blues

Joliet Blues Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

When they sent me to prison
My baby sat down and cried
When they sent me to prison
My baby sat down and cried
She said Daddy, you know that I love you
But you keep me dissatisfied

I said If I didn't love you, baby
I would not have done my crime
I said If I didn't love you, baby
I would not have done my crime
Well now you know I'm awful sorry
For to leave you behind

She was a smooth little woman
Just as sweet as she could be
She was a smooth little woman
Just as sweet as she could be
Well she waited and told many lies
Before she turned her back on me

30 Days in Jail

30 Days in Jail Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

Mhmmmm mhmmmm
Mhmmmm mhmmmm
Well you don't like me, mama
Why should I be worried about you

Well if it weren't for you, baby
I wouldn't be here today
Well if it weren't for you, baby
Wouldn't be here today
Well you treat me low down and dirty
But I guess that, that's your way

Mhmmmm Low do lo lo lo
Mhmmmm Low do lo lo lo
Well I used to be a sweet man
But now I guess I'm just your dog

Well every time I see you, baby, you
got your mouth washed out
Every time I see you, you
got your mouth washed out
Well I haven't done nothin' to you
And I wonder what it's all about

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