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Columbus Stockade Blues
Words and Music by Jimmie Davis and Eva Sargent -1943
Original Words and Music by Jimmie Tarlton and Thomas Darby - 1927
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G - D7 G
- - D7 G
C G C G
- - D7 G     (repeat)
8-beat intro. Play 4 or 8-beats for each cell, your choice.
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Way down in Columbus Georgia,  Want to be back in Tennessee.
Way down in Columbus Stockade,  Friends all turned their back on me.
Go and leave me if you wish to,  Never let it cross your mind.
If in your heart you love another,  Leave me little darling I don't mind.
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Performer Links:
(webpage)
 
Listen to the WineLand Banjo Band perform "'Columbus Stockade Blues" (youtube)
 
Listen to Bill Monroe perform "Columbus Stockade Blues" (youtube)
 
Listen to Nashville Banjos perform "Columbus Stockade Blues" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com