Stones In My Passway (Robert Johnson)

Sources:

Gissing, Werner: Mississippi Delta Blues: Formen und Texte von Robert Johnson (1911-1938). (Beiträge zur Jazzforschung. Studies in Jazz Research). Graz, 1986.

Sheet Music:

King of Spades Music

Recordings:

1937 - Robert Johnson - Dallas, Texas - June 19, 1937 - ARC 7-12-67 Vocalion 03723 (3 takes, take 1 unissued) - Robert Johnson (v,g)

1964 - Homesick James - on: Blues On the South Side

1986 - The Weather Prophets - on: Blue Skies & Free-Rides

1987 - Hans Theessink - on: Baby Wants To Boogie

1994 - Johnny Nicholas - Topcat, on: Thrill on the Hill

1995 - Brain Surgeons - on: Trepantation

1999 - Andy Eggert Blues Band - on: Live

1999 - Chris Thomas King - on: Me, My Guitar and the Blues

2001 - Blue Love Monkey - on: A Crooked Mile

2001 - Lucky Peterson - on: Hellhound On My Trail

2002 - Billy Goodman - on: Blues

2002 - Dylan-Thomas Vance - on: Cowboy Soul and Country Blues Vol.1

2003 - Jimmy Bowskill - on: Old Soul

2003 - John Hammond - on: At the Crossroads: The Blues of Robert Johnson

2003 - John Mellencamp - on: Trouble No More

2004 - Melanie Mason - on: Lonsome Is I

2004 - Son Lewis - on: The Country Blues

2005 - Dan Phelps - on: Matchbox Blues

2005 - Dylan Thomas Vance, Griff Bear - Nov. 2003-Jan. 2004 - Triple M, on: Live at Biddy McGraw's

2006 - Lance Lopez - on: Simplify Your Vision

2007 - Fragile - on: Smile

2008 - Big Jim Adam - on: Rock Island Line

2008 - Dredd Foole - on: Kissing the Contemporary Bliss

2008 - Tim Lothar - on: In It for the Ride

2008 - Joe Louis Walker - Dixiefrog, on: Witness to the Blues

2009 - Doug Simmons - on: Hellbound

2009 - Johnny Winter - on: Live Bootleg Series Vol.3

2009 - Jose Louis Pardo & The Mojo Workers - on: Country & City Blues

2009 - Rusty Stone - on: Live & Alone

2009 - Travelin' Hellhound - on: Travelin' Hellhound

2012 - Joe Bonamassa - Provogue, on: Driving Towards the Daylight

2013 - Joe Bonamassa - July 3, 2012 - Vienna, Austria - Mascott, on: An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House - Joe Bonnamassa (v,g), Gerry O'Connor (bj, fiddle), Mats Wester (nyckelharpa, mandola), Arlan schierbaum (harmonium, accordion,p,Glockenspiel), Lenny Castro (perc)

I got stones in my passway
And my road seem dark as night.
I got stones in my passway
And my road seem dark as night.
I have pains in my hearts
They have taken my appetite.

I have a bird to whistle
And I have a bird to sing.
Have a bird to whistle
And I have a bird to sing.
I got a woman that I'm loving
Boy, she don't mean a thing.

My enemies have betrayed me
Have overtaken poor Bob at last.
My enemies have betrayed me
Have overtaken poor Bob at last.
An' here`s one thing certainly
They have stones all in my pass.

Now you trying to take my life
And all my loving too.
You laid a passway for me
Now what are you trying to do.
I'm crying please,
Plea-ease let us be friends.
And when you hear me howling in my passway, rider
Plea-ease open your door and let me in.

I got three legs to truck home
Boys, please don't block my road.
I got three legs to truck home
Boys, please don't block my road.
I've been feelin' ashamed 'bout my rider,
Babe, I'm booked and I got to go.