Make Me a Pallet on your Floor
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Make Me a Pallet on your Floor
Doc Watson
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Chord Chart
A
CC
CC
GG
GG
CC
CC
GG
GG
B7B7
B7B7
CC
CC
GG
DD
GG
GG
Chords used:
B7
C
D
G
Lyrics
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Up the country, 20 miles more
I'm going up the country by the cold sleet and snow
I'm going up the country by the cold sleet and slow
No telling how much further I may go
'Way sleeping, my back and shoulders tired
'Way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tired
The way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tired
Gonna turn over and try it on this side
Don't you let my good girl catch you here
Don't let my good girl catch you here
Oh she might shoot you, might cut and starve you too
No telling what she might do
Make it baby close behind the door
Make it baby close behind the door
Make me a pallet close behind the door
Make it where your good man'll never go
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About This Song
Make Me a Pallet on your Floor is a traditional blues number made famous in bluegrass circles by Doc Watson, whose flatpicked guitar break became the gold standard. This old folk song about a traveler seeking a place to sleep has been covered by countless artists from Mississippi John Hurt to the Hot Mud Family.