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4 WHENYOU GOT AGOOD FRIEND
Il LITTLE QUEEN OF SPADES
22 THEY'RE RED HOT
34 MEAND THE DEVIL BLUES
38 TRAVELING RIVERSIDE BLUES
44 LAST FAIRDEAL GONE DOWN
52 STOP BREAKIN' DOWN BLUES
59 MILKCOW' S CALF BLUES
65 KIND HEARTED WOMAN BLUES
73 COME ONLNMY KITCHEN
77 IF l HAD POSESSION OVERJ UDGMENT DAY
81 LOVE LNVAINBLUES
87 32-20 BLUES
95 HELL HOUND ONMY TRAIL
102 Guitar Notation Legend
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Traveling Riverside Blues
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love
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ssession Over Judgmen
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had pos - ses sion 0 ver judg - ment
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rny blues
when all your love' s in vain. __
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for my ba - by, man, and she __ don' t come.Le,
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