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Artist: Jerry Garcia
Canonical path: /jerry-garcia/deep-elem-blues
Related lyric paths: 6
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Deep Elem Blues
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Deep Elem Blues
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When you go down to deep elem
To have a little fun
Have your ten dollars ready
When that tall police man comes
Oh, sweet mama
Your daddy's got them deep elem blues
If you go down to deep elem
Put your money in your shoes
The women in deep elem
They give you the deep elem blues
Oh, sweet mama
Your daddy's got them deep elem blues
Once I knew a preacher
Preached the bible through and through
He went down to deep elem
Now his preaching days are through
Oh, sweet mama
Your daddy's got them deep elem blues
Once I had a girlfriend
She meant the world to me
She went down to deep elem
Now she ain't what she used to be
Oh, sweet mama
Your daddy's got them deep elem blues
When you go down to deep elem
To have a little fun
Have your ten dollars ready
When that tall police man comes
Oh, sweet mama
Your daddy's got them deep elem blues
When you go down to deep elem
Put your money in your pants
'Cause the women in deep elem
They don't give a man a chance
Oh, sweet mama
Your daddy's got them deep elem blues
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Jerry Garcia performs "Deep Elem Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Jerry Garcia catalog on LyroVerse.
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