Level: 2/3
Tuning: Standard

Unusually for Blind Blake, this tune is in both C and A minor. It was recorded in 1931 and covered both sides of the original 78 with Part One and Part Two. It is most notably because of his dramatic use of minor chords, trills and relatively minimal flourishes. It's the tale of a man who catches a backdoor man speaking sweet nothings to his woman, kills the man, lays "him out cold with his heels in a tub", gets arrested by the Sheriff and is now contemplating "...if a women worth it now." The song reaches it's dramatic pinnacle, not with words, but with the A-minor to E7 trills that release into the beautiful guitar break in C-major.