Back Door Man — Howlin' Wolf
Chords and lyrics for Back Door Man by Howlin' Wolf (key of Em).
Verse 1
Note: (to get the plung play the open G string with the ringfinger and palm
mute a bit)
Intro
[E]
Chorus
[E]I am a back door man
[E]I am a back door man
Well the men don't know,[G7] but the little girls [E]understand
Verse 1
[E]When everybody's tryin' to sleep
[E]I'm somewhere making my midnight creep
Every [G7]morning, when the rooster [E]crow
Something tell [G7]me, [E]I got to go
Chorus
[E]I am a back door man
[E]I am a back door man
Well the men don't know,[G7] but the[E] little [G7]girls [E]understand
Verse 2
[E]They take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes
[E]Nurse cried, please save the soul
Killed him for [G7]murder, first [E]degree
Judge's wife [G7]cried, [E]let the man go free
Chorus
[E]I am a back door man
[E]I am a back door man
Well the men don't know,[G7] but the little girls [E]understand
Verse 3
[E]Stand out there
[E]Cop's wife cried, don't take him down
[E]Rather be dead, six feets in the ground
[E]When you come home you can eat pork and beans
[G7]I eats mo' [E]chicken, any man seen
Outro
[E]I am a back door man
[E]I am a back door man
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