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It's nobody's fault but mine

Rise Again:
Blues
p. 12
Alternate Title: 
Nobody's fault but mine
First Line: 
Nobody's fault but mine (2x)

Artist & Tune

Composed by: 
Blind Willie Johnson

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Reference

Genre: 
blues

About the Song

Johnson said that this song tells of a spiritual struggle, and with reading the Bible as a way to salvation. Johnson was blinded at age seven when his stepmother threw a caustic solution and his verses attribute his father, mother, and sister with teaching him how to read. 

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