'cause my good woman she might kill me dead, And don't you let my good gal catch you here Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Jelly Roll Morton explained the title: "A pallet is something that – you get some quilts – in other words, it's a bed that's made on a floor without any four posters on 'em." Ain't no telling just how fur I'll go, I get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee E F I'm going up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow. No don't you let my good gal catch you here Make me down a pallet on your floor I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Make me a pallet on your floor cho: Make me a pallet on your floor, Make it right down to the door, Make it long, make it low, so my good gal won't ever know, "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (also "Make Me a Pallet on your Floor", "Make Me a Pallet", or "Pallet on the Floor") is a blues/jazz/folk song. Make me a pallet on your floor Make me baby a pallet on your floor Make it soft, make it low I swear he'll never know When your main one comes I swear he'll never know Make it baby By that kitchen door Make it baby By that kitchen door Make it soft, make it low I swear that he'll never know When your good man comes, I swear he'll never know Capo 1 (G)Make me down a pallet on your (D)floor (G)Make me down a pallet on your (D)floor (D)Make (A)me down A (Em) pallet soft and (G) low (D) When I’m broken I (A)got no where to (D) go repeat for entire song. The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Orville plays the song through and then explains the guitar part phrase by phrase. Code: DLHAPPA23; Skill Level: ... Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor can be traced back to the 19th Century, but it has been a standard of the folk and blues revival for over 50 years. 27 Best Ever Songs From Movie Soundtracks, HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawg​" - LYRICS, NEW SONG: Rod Wave - POP SMOKE - "MOOD SWINGS" ft. Lil Tjay - LYRICS, NEW SONG: AC/DC - "Shot In The Dark" - LYRICS, Match These Taylor Swift Songs to Her Ex-Boyfriends, NEW SONG: Shawn Mendes - "Wonder" - LYRICS. Yes, you know that I can't lay down 'cross your pretty bed F C Up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow. About “Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor” This is one of the earliest published blues songs, first appearing in print in 1911. The way I'm sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I'm sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I'm sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Gonna roll around and try my other side. Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low When I'm broke and I got nowhere to go Been hanging 'round with a good-time friends of mine The recording has a similar sound to This Train and so tends to the record company's idea of what a folk song should sound like, as opposed to a folk club's idea. Honey, make it down, make it soft and low The song Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor was written by [Traditional] and was first released by Virginia Liston in 1925. You know that I can't lay down on your bed (Make that pallet, honey). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "Make Me down a Pallet on Your Floor" - Mississippi John Hurt (Doc Watson Style) Page 2 / 2! " Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Sam Chatmon: Make Me A Pallet On the Floor (1978) - YouTube A great classic of Acoustic Blues Fingerstyle Guitar The Best Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons to learn how to play in the style of the greatest Bluesmen such as Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Son House and many others. Then maybe my good gal she won't know Last … Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Listen to Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor from Rory Block's Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. A. Johnson] Sandy Denny sang Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor in a session with the Johnny Silvo group on 22 March 1967. With some practice, you should be able to do it all on your own. and the singer's desire to return or a meeting between the singer's lover and girl. Make me down a pallet on your floor / Make me down a pallet on your floor / Make me down a pallet soft and low / When I'm broke and I got nowhere to go / Been hanging 'round with a Copyright: Writer(s): Gillian Howard Welch Lyrics Terms of Use, Make me down a pallet on your floor Get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low Make me down a pallet on your floor. Then maybe my good gal she won't know, I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Make me down a pallet soft and low We're in blues, honey, everywhere I see arr. When I've got a dollar and a dime, We're in blues everywhere I see Ain't no tellin' what o' she might do, Ooh, make me down a pallet on your floor c2 E B G D A E 7 C $ 3 $ 0 $ 2 $ 3 $ 1 $ 2 F $ 1 $ 2 $ 3 G7 $ 3 $ 0 $ 0 8 C $ 3 $ 0 $ 2 $ 3 $ $ 2 $ 0 $ 3 $ 2 $ 1 $ 3 $ 0 $ 2. If I can catch that fast train and ride, So, make me down a pallet on your floor I get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee I told you I's a-commin' soon, you'd better look for me, Honey, I can't lay down on your bed The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired E F Make me down a pallet down, soft and low C G C Make me a pallet on your floor. Make me down a pallet on your floor Oh, they treat me very nice and kind © 2021 METROLYRICS, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Babe, I'm broke and I got nowhere to go. 27 Best Ever Songs From Movie Soundtracks, HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawg​" - LYRICS, NEW SONG: Rod Wave - POP SMOKE - "MOOD SWINGS" ft. Lil Tjay - LYRICS, NEW SONG: AC/DC - "Shot In The Dark" - LYRICS, NEW SONG: Shawn Mendes - "Wonder" - LYRICS, 23 Boy Band Slow Jams That Made You Believe In Love. Thinking goin' turn over, tryin' sleepin' on my side, Ooh, make me down a pallet on your floor Way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tired Make Me a Pallet, Two-Lesson Set Happy Traum 43 minutes, includes tab. Subject: Lyr Add: MAKE ME A PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR (Denny) From: keitho@globalnet.co.uk Date: 25 Feb 97 - 06:47 PM Come all you good time friends of mine, (2x) When I had ten dollars, you treated me so fine, When you knew I only had a dime. that's it! Mississippi John Hurt playing Make Me a Pallet on the Floor. Come tomorrow, I'll be satisfied Then maybe my good gal she won't know, Now the way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired F C I'm going up the country where the cold, sleet and snow. Hanging around with a good-time friends of mine Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low When I'm broke and I got nowhere to go Been hanging 'round with a good-time friends of mine “Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor” Fingerstyle, Part 1 In this lesson you’ll learn a fingerstyle arrangement of the folk-blues classic “Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor” inspired by the playing of Mississippi John Hurt. Make me down a pallet on your floor Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor DESCRIPTION: Possibly about life in the south (Atlanta?) We're in blues everywhere I see It is considered a standard. No one ever had the blues like me, Way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tired Honey, make it down, make it soft and low © 2021 METROLYRICS, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Title: make-me-down-a-pallet-on-your-floor Author: Brandon Johnson Created Date: Burninguitar show you how to play MAKE ME A PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR in Mississippi John Hurt’s Version. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Author LedDaveZeppelin [a] 7,961. [Roud 13930; Ballad Index Handy190; trad. It was covered by Alain Giroux, Katherine Davis & The Chicago Boogie Ensemble ft. Lurrie Bell & Erwin Helfer ‎, Oregon Jazz Band, Roger Marks' Armada Jazz Band and other artists. When I'm broke and I got nowhere to go, Been hanging 'round with a good-time friends of mine This will give you a chance to work with the syncopated fingerpicking pattern in a specific musical context. C … Doo, she might shoot you, cut and stump you too 33,123 views, added to favorites 459 times. In this lesson, you will learn to play the song, Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor. Goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow See if you can play this song along with me. Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low Make Me A Pallet On The Floor tab by Mississippi John Hurt.