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Make Me A Pallet On The Floor by Mississippi John Hurt
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
Tuning: Standard
F C
Make me down a pallet on your floor.
F C
Make me down...
E F
Make me down a pallet down, soft and low
C G C
Make me a pallet on your floor.
F C
Up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow.
F C
I'm going up the country where the cold, sleet and snow.
E F
I'm going up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow.
C G C
No tellin' how much further I may go.
(Repeat 1st Verse)
F C
Don't you let my good girl catch you here.
F C
Please Don't let my good girl catch you here.
E F
Oh she, might shoot you, liable to cut and starve you too.
C G C
No tellin' what she might do.
(Repeat 1st Verse)
F C
Make it baby, close behind your door.
F C
Make it baby, close behind the door.
E F
Make me a pallet, close behind the door.
C G C
Make it where your good man will never go.
(Repeat 1st Verse)
Well make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Up to country twenty miles or more
Going up to country twenty miles or more
Going up to country where the cold, sleet and snow
No tellin' how much further I might go
Well make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet close behind your door
Make it where your good man never goes, now
Oh, my good gal catch you here
Don't you let my good gal catch you here
She, might shoot you, might cut and scar you too
No tellin' what that gal might do
Oh make me down a pallet on your floor
Just make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down, a pallet soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Oh make me down
Yeah make me down
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Well make me down, make me down
Right over here in the corner would be fine baby, hm
Yeah, this roll-out blanket right there in
Yeah, come on over baby
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version 2
Tuning: Standard
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Well make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Up to country twenty miles or more
Going up to country twenty miles or more
Going up to country where the cold, sleet and snow
No tellin' how much further I might go
Well make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet close behind your door
Make it where your good man never goes, now
Oh, my good gal catch you here
Don't you let my good gal catch you here
She, might shoot you, might cut and scar you too
No tellin' what that gal might do
Oh make me down a pallet on your floor
Just make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down, a pallet soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Oh make me down
Yeah make me down
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Well make me down, make me down
Right over here in the corner would be fine baby, hm
Yeah, this roll-out blanket right there in
Yeah, come on over baby
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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version 3
No real verses or chorus or anything specific here. Play instrumental parts everytime you feel like it:
that's definitely how he would do it. Play some F6 with a pinkie hammer on the Fmaj7 for more groove.
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Make me down
E7 Fmaj7 C
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Fmaj7 G C C/G C
Make me a pallet on your floor
C/G Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Oh make me down
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Make me down
E7 Fmaj7 C
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Fmaj7 G C C/G C C/G
Make me a pallet on your floor
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Up the country
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Up the country by the cold sleet and snow
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
I'm going up the country by the cold sleet and slow
Fmaj7 G C C/G C C/G
No telling how much further I may go
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Make me down
E7 Fmaj7 C
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Fmaj7 G C C/G
Make me a pallet on your floor
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Well, sleeping, my back and shoulders tire
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tire
E7 Fmaj7 C
The way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tire
Fmaj7 G C C/G C
Gonna turn over and try it on the side
C/G Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Oh make me down
E7 Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Fmaj7 G C C/G C C/G
Make me a pallet on your floor
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Don't you let my good girl catch you here
Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Please don't let my good girl catch you here
E7 Fmaj7 C
Oh she might shoot you might cut and starve you too
C Fmaj7 G C C/G C
No telling what she might do
C/G Fmaj7 C C/G C C/G
Oh make me down
E7 Fmaj7 C
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Fmaj7 G C
Make me a pallet on your floor
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version 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
F C
Make me a pallet on your floor.
F C
Make me a pallet on your floor.
E7 F
Make it soft, make it low, so my good gal will never know.
C G7 C
Make me a pallet on your floor.
[Verse 2]
F C
I'd be more than satisfied,
F C
if I could reach that train and ride.
E7 F
If I reach Atlanta with no place to go,
C G7 C
Make me a pallet on your floor.
[Verse 3]
F C
Gonna give everybody my regards,
F C
even if I have to ride the rods.
E7 F
If I reach Atlanta with no place to go,
C G7 C
Make me a pallet on your floor.
Well make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Up to country twenty miles or more
Going up to country twenty miles or more
Going up to country where the cold, sleet and snow
No tellin' how much further I might go
Well make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet close behind your door
Make it where your good man never goes, now
Oh, my good gal catch you here
Don't you let my good gal catch you here
She, might shoot you, might cut and scar you too
No tellin' what that gal might do
Oh make me down a pallet on your floor
Just make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down, a pallet soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Oh make me down
Yeah make me down
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Well make me down, make me down
Right over here in the corner would be fine baby, hm
Yeah, this roll-out blanket right there in
Yeah, come on over baby
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