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In 1963 Billy Edward "Edd" Wheeler released the album "A New Bag of Songs". That bag contained this song as well as his more famous "Jackson". Johnny Cash grabbed them both. First he got a Grammy for "Jackson" together with his howling, jarring wife. In October -69 CBS released "Blistered" as a single (Flip side "See Ruby Fall") to promote his following 33th studio album "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" (1970). He stripped off all the 7th chords, let Bob Wootton and Fluke Holland go rattling berserk and turned the bluesy skiffle song into a country-rock porridge. Ravage! But it sold. None of Wheeler's own recordings ever did. But here we go, oh yeah: preserve the 7th's, damn it!A7 I've got great big blisters on my bloodshot eyes from lookin' A7 at that long-legged female up ahead A7 what she does ? simply walkin' down the sidewalks of the city A7 makes me think about some stray cat gettin' fed D7 she's got a whole lot of motion in her soul E7 I know that her soul is not the place she lets it show E7 she's got that body oh yeah E7 she's got that motion oh yeah E7 she's gonna get me oh yeah E7 she's gonna burn me oh yeah A7 D7 she's gonna tear my soul apart and put big blisters on my heart E7 A7 what a mighty crazy cookin' way to go
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