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When You Gotta Good Friend (R. Johnson)

from You Better Lie Down by Scott Ainslie

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A straight 12-bar blues from Robert Johnson's recordings. A stand-by in my live sets, still!

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When You've Gotta Good Friend (Robert Johnson)

When you’ve got a good friend that will stay right by your side. (2x)
Give her all your spare time. Love and treat her right.

I mistreated my baby. I can’t see the reason why. (2x)
Every time I think about it, I just wring my hands and cry.

I wonder could I bear to apologize. And would she sympathize with me? (2x)
She’s a brown-skinned woman, just as sweet as any girlfriend can be.

Oh, babe, I may be right or wrong.
Maybe in your opinion, well, I may be right or wrong.
Watch your close friends, baby, then your enemies can’t do you no wrong.

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from You Better Lie Down, track released September 22, 2002
Scott Ainslie, guitar and vocal

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Scott Ainslie Brattleboro, Vermont

A long history with older black blues and gospel players in the mid-South marks Ainslie's work deeply. He transcribed all of Robert Johnson's recorded songs for "Robert Johnson/At The Crossroads" (Hal Leonard, 1992) and has a teaching DVD on Johnson's music. A fine songwriter with a social conscience and a belief in the power of music to move and inspire, Ainslie's voice is a great force for good! ... more

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