If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Cifras

IF I HAD POSSESSION OVER JUDGEMENT DAY
As recorded by Robert Johnson
(1936 recording)
 
 
 
Robert Johnson played this song in Open E-Tuning.
Here it is arranged for Standard tuning.
 
 
 
[Intro]
A    A7/G A/F# A/F A/E
 
 
[Verse 1]
     D              A     A7           A
If I had possession, over judgment day
   D                               A
If I had possession, over judgment day
                       E
Lord, the little woman I’m lovin’ wouldn’t
D                A
Have no right to pray
 
 
[Verse 2]
A
And I went to the mountain
A
Lookin’ far as my eyes could see
A
And I went to the mountain
A
Lookin’ far as my eye could see
           E                         D
Some other man got my woman and the ‘a
               A
Lonesome blues got me
 
 
[Verse 3]
A
And I rolled and I tumbled and I
A
Cried the whole night long
A
And I rolled and I tumbled and I
A
Cried the whole night long
                    E
Boy, I woke up this mornin’
D                 A
My biscuit roller gone
 
 
[Verse 4]
A
Had to fold my arms and I
A
Slowly walked away
A
I didn’t like the way she done
A
Had to fold my arms and I
A
Slowly walked away
             E
I said in my mind, “Yo,”
D                 A
Trouble gon’ come some day
 
 
[Verse 5]
A
Now run here, baby
A
Set down on my knee
        E
I wanna tell you all about the
D                A
Way they treated me
 
 
[Outro]
A   A/G A/F# A/F  A
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