Skip James Hard Time Killin Floor Blues Lyrics

Intrigued by a macabre title hard time killing floor blues he asked the shop s owner to play a nearly pristine 78 with a paramount label.

Skip james hard time killin floor blues lyrics.

Hard times here an everywhere i go time is harder than ever been before people are driftin from door to door can t find no heaven i don t care where. Hard time killin floor blues lyrics. Times is harder than they been before. General commentskip james one of the legends of delta blues this is a different song but has the same title as a later electric blues killing floor the structure is 8 bars the verses just tell it like it is.

Hard time killin floor by nehemiah skip james 1930 you know that hard times are here an everywhere you go. Hard time killing floor blues this song is by skip james and appears on the album skip james today. Hard time s is here an ev rywhere you go times are harder than th ever been befo um hm hm um hm um hm hm um hm hm hm. Sung moaned or hummed between verses and the people are driftin from door to door can t find no heaven don t care where they go.

Early american rural music volume 5 2002 on the compilation blues story 2003. Skip james hard time killing floor blues. Lyrics to hard time killing floor by skip james. A life of hardship and despair true to the hard times of the 1930 s depression when it was recorded his singing is haunting and bleak a dark classic of the blues.

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