How to Fingerpick "Richland Woman Blues" on the Guitar

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""Richland Woman Blues" is another one that, I guess, not quite as well known one for John Hurt, but it's one I really like because there are a lot of chords in it. Not really that, but it kind of has a sort of a, what do you say, kind of a vaudeville feel to it. And it's, it's similar to the "Lay Me a Pallet Floor," "Isn?t No Telling" progression, where it starts on an F, but it kind of has more of a swing to it, I guess. So, it kind of goes, let's see. In F, C, G, C, C7, F, C, G, F, C. "Give me red lipstick and poppy red rouge, a shingle bob haircut, and a shot of good booze, and then hurry home sweet daddy. Don't you take your time? If you wait too long, your mama will be gone. Go down to the dress shop; get the one that looks best. Your own sweet mama wants a brand new dress. And hurry home sweet daddy, and don't you take your time. If you wait too long, your mama will be gone." So one of the cool things about these songs is they're really, even though the picking seems a little complicated, the song's structure is rarely complicated. There's usually only two parts, so no bridge. And some are just as simple as one part that just repeated over and over and over again. I mean, like "Sliding Delta" is just that one part over and over and over again and, whereas, that "Richland Woman Blues" is like two parts, back and forth, back and forth and that's basically the song structure."