C. C. Rider

(originally, "See See Rider" - also, "Easy Rider")

(Ma Rainey's original version)

Words & Music:

Ma Rainey

 

E                                 E7

See, See Rider, see what you have done.

A               A7                E    E7

See, See Rider, see what you have done.

         B7                A7              E E7 A Am E B7

You done made me love you, now your baby's come!

 

If I was a catfish, swimmin' in the deep, blue sea

Oh, if I was a catfish, swimmin' in the deep, blue sea

I would swim across the ocean, bring my baby back to me.

 

Well, I'm goin' away, I won't be back till fall.

Well, I'm goin' away, I won't be back till fall.

If I find me another baby, I won't be back at all.

 

Oh, See See Rider, where did you stay last night?

Oh, See See Rider, where did you stay last night?

Your shoes ain't buttoned & your clothes don't fit you right.

(alt: You didn't come home 'til the sun was shining bright.)

 

I'm gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I am tall.

I'm gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I am tall.

If you won't have me, you won't have no-one at all.

 




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