You Give An Account Track #5 3:11 Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee) (Sonny Boy Williamson) Sonny Boy - harmonica & vocal with Big Joe Williams - guitar, James 'Yank' Rachell - mandolin Recorded: Aurora, Illinois June 17,1938 BS 0208-46-1 Album: The Bluebird Recordings 1938 Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com I'm gonna tell you somethin' Babe, that you can do You better take it kind-a easy I got my eyes on you You gotta give an account Just what you'll Just-a what you'll do If you got a good woman An she won't treat you right An feed her three times a day An wup her a little at night You gotta give an account Just what you'll Just what you'll do Now, Mr. Depot agent Don't cha make me cry
Did my baby stop here? Did she keep on ridin'? You got to give an account Just what you'll Just a-what you'll do Now, I want all you people To gather around My baby doesn't even love me Treat me like a hound You got to give an account Just what you Just what you'll do, now (harmonica & strings) I go'd out buy her Chevrolet Still, she wanted a V8 Ford She said she wanted something Would be easy to hold in the road She got to give an account Just what she'll Just what she'll do I wave my hand She wouldn't pay me no mind Right on my do' She nailed up a sign But she got to give an account Just what you Just what she'll do. (harmonica & strings to end) ~