Chords for Alan Lomax - Southern prison music and Lead Belly
Tempo:
110.45 bpm
Chords used:
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D
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A
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] I'll read [E] goodnight.
I'll read [Gbm] goodnight.
Goodnight I'll read.
Goodnight [D] I'll read.
[E] I get to [Gbm] end my dreams.
[G] That's fine, my brother.
You were fine as ice, sir.
[Gbm] Thank you for both.
Thank you.
My father had the great idea that probably all the sinful people [Gb] were in jail.
And that's where we found them.
And that's where we found this incredible body of music that now I think it's the most [G] interesting of all our folk music.
[Bb] I don't [Db] know, did you ever hear [Bb] Go [D] Down, Old [Bb] Hannah?
Well, I'd say that's the American Volga [G] Boatman.
It addresses [Gb] the sun.
[Db] Go [A] down, old Hannah, [Gb] will, will, will.
[Db] Don't you [A] rise no more.
[F] Don't you [A] rise no more.
If you rise in the morning, [Am] let the world know.
[A] [Bb] [F]
Where [D] did you first hear it?
That's where we [Eb] heard it, in Texas Penitentiary.
That was the first, almost the first recording we made [Db] for the Library of Congress.
And that, I had heard [Eb] all the symphonies there were and all the chamber music and the [Bb] best jazz.
And [C] I said, this is the greatest music.
There [Eb] were 50 black [Db] men who were working under the whip and the gun.
And they had the soul to make the most wonderful song I'd ever heard.
And they had not [E] only that, but [D] scores more.
[Ab] Gizzly bear, oh, [G] have mercy.
[B] [G] Gizzly bear, you know my papa went a-huntin' for
[B] Gizzly bear, he's got a heart that's on the register.
Gizzly bear, [Ab] he was a-huntin' for a [A] man named
[C] Gizzly [G] bear, I heard him gigglin' and [Eb] callin' him
[Db] Gizzly bear, [D] well, he's an excuse me.
Gizzly bear, oh, [Eb] have mercy.
[Db] Gizzly bear, you can find him [C] down in the old brown's house.
[Ab] Gizzly bear, you can find him down [D] where I'm from.
Gizzly bear, [G] you know he's scared of no bear.
[C] Gizzly bear, he's a-costin' a lot to [Bb] find a kilt [A] in there.
Gizzly bear, [C] well, [D] he's an excuse [A] me.
Gizzly bear, oh, have mercy.
Gizzly bear, [Eb] you're so [Ab]
nice and kind.
[G] This is where we keep some
I'll read [Gbm] goodnight.
Goodnight I'll read.
Goodnight [D] I'll read.
[E] I get to [Gbm] end my dreams.
[G] That's fine, my brother.
You were fine as ice, sir.
[Gbm] Thank you for both.
Thank you.
My father had the great idea that probably all the sinful people [Gb] were in jail.
And that's where we found them.
And that's where we found this incredible body of music that now I think it's the most [G] interesting of all our folk music.
[Bb] I don't [Db] know, did you ever hear [Bb] Go [D] Down, Old [Bb] Hannah?
Well, I'd say that's the American Volga [G] Boatman.
It addresses [Gb] the sun.
[Db] Go [A] down, old Hannah, [Gb] will, will, will.
[Db] Don't you [A] rise no more.
[F] Don't you [A] rise no more.
If you rise in the morning, [Am] let the world know.
[A] [Bb] [F]
Where [D] did you first hear it?
That's where we [Eb] heard it, in Texas Penitentiary.
That was the first, almost the first recording we made [Db] for the Library of Congress.
And that, I had heard [Eb] all the symphonies there were and all the chamber music and the [Bb] best jazz.
And [C] I said, this is the greatest music.
There [Eb] were 50 black [Db] men who were working under the whip and the gun.
And they had the soul to make the most wonderful song I'd ever heard.
And they had not [E] only that, but [D] scores more.
[Ab] Gizzly bear, oh, [G] have mercy.
[B] [G] Gizzly bear, you know my papa went a-huntin' for
[B] Gizzly bear, he's got a heart that's on the register.
Gizzly bear, [Ab] he was a-huntin' for a [A] man named
[C] Gizzly [G] bear, I heard him gigglin' and [Eb] callin' him
[Db] Gizzly bear, [D] well, he's an excuse me.
Gizzly bear, oh, [Eb] have mercy.
[Db] Gizzly bear, you can find him [C] down in the old brown's house.
[Ab] Gizzly bear, you can find him down [D] where I'm from.
Gizzly bear, [G] you know he's scared of no bear.
[C] Gizzly bear, he's a-costin' a lot to [Bb] find a kilt [A] in there.
Gizzly bear, [C] well, [D] he's an excuse [A] me.
Gizzly bear, oh, have mercy.
Gizzly bear, [Eb] you're so [Ab]
nice and kind.
[G] This is where we keep some
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[N] _ I'll read _ [E] _ goodnight.
_ _ I'll read [Gbm] goodnight. _
_ Goodnight I'll read.
Goodnight [D] I'll read.
[E] I get to [Gbm] end my dreams.
[G] That's fine, my brother.
You were fine as ice, sir.
[Gbm] Thank you for both.
Thank you.
My father had the great idea that probably all the sinful people [Gb] were in jail.
And that's where we found them.
And that's where we found this incredible body of music that now I think it's the most [G] interesting of all our folk music.
[Bb] I don't [Db] know, did you ever hear [Bb] Go [D] Down, Old [Bb] Hannah?
_ Well, I'd say that's the American Volga [G] Boatman.
_ It addresses [Gb] the sun. _
[Db] Go [A] down, old Hannah, [Gb] _ will, will, will.
[Db] Don't you [A] rise no more.
[F] Don't you _ [A] rise no more.
If you rise in the morning, _ _ _ _ [Am] let the world know.
_ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
Where [D] did you first hear it?
That's where we [Eb] heard it, in Texas Penitentiary.
That was the first, almost the first recording we made [Db] for the Library of Congress.
And that, I had heard [Eb] all the symphonies there were and all the chamber music and the [Bb] best jazz.
And [C] I said, this is the greatest music.
There [Eb] were 50 black [Db] men who were working under the whip and the gun.
And they had the soul to make the most wonderful song I'd ever heard.
And they had not [E] only that, but [D] scores more.
[Ab] Gizzly bear, oh, [G] have mercy.
[B] _ [G] Gizzly bear, you know my papa went a-huntin' for
[B] Gizzly bear, he's got a heart that's on the register.
_ Gizzly bear, [Ab] he was a-huntin' for a [A] man named
[C] Gizzly [G] bear, I heard him gigglin' and [Eb] callin' him
[Db] Gizzly bear, [D] well, he's an excuse me.
Gizzly bear, oh, [Eb] have mercy.
[Db] Gizzly bear, you can find him [C] down in the old brown's house.
[Ab] Gizzly bear, you can find him down _ [D] where I'm from.
Gizzly bear, [G] you know he's scared of no bear.
[C] Gizzly bear, he's a-costin' a lot to [Bb] find a kilt [A] in there.
Gizzly bear, [C] well, [D] he's an excuse [A] me.
Gizzly bear, oh, have mercy.
Gizzly bear, [Eb] you're so [Ab]
nice and kind.
_ [G] _ _ This is where we keep some
_ _ I'll read [Gbm] goodnight. _
_ Goodnight I'll read.
Goodnight [D] I'll read.
[E] I get to [Gbm] end my dreams.
[G] That's fine, my brother.
You were fine as ice, sir.
[Gbm] Thank you for both.
Thank you.
My father had the great idea that probably all the sinful people [Gb] were in jail.
And that's where we found them.
And that's where we found this incredible body of music that now I think it's the most [G] interesting of all our folk music.
[Bb] I don't [Db] know, did you ever hear [Bb] Go [D] Down, Old [Bb] Hannah?
_ Well, I'd say that's the American Volga [G] Boatman.
_ It addresses [Gb] the sun. _
[Db] Go [A] down, old Hannah, [Gb] _ will, will, will.
[Db] Don't you [A] rise no more.
[F] Don't you _ [A] rise no more.
If you rise in the morning, _ _ _ _ [Am] let the world know.
_ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
Where [D] did you first hear it?
That's where we [Eb] heard it, in Texas Penitentiary.
That was the first, almost the first recording we made [Db] for the Library of Congress.
And that, I had heard [Eb] all the symphonies there were and all the chamber music and the [Bb] best jazz.
And [C] I said, this is the greatest music.
There [Eb] were 50 black [Db] men who were working under the whip and the gun.
And they had the soul to make the most wonderful song I'd ever heard.
And they had not [E] only that, but [D] scores more.
[Ab] Gizzly bear, oh, [G] have mercy.
[B] _ [G] Gizzly bear, you know my papa went a-huntin' for
[B] Gizzly bear, he's got a heart that's on the register.
_ Gizzly bear, [Ab] he was a-huntin' for a [A] man named
[C] Gizzly [G] bear, I heard him gigglin' and [Eb] callin' him
[Db] Gizzly bear, [D] well, he's an excuse me.
Gizzly bear, oh, [Eb] have mercy.
[Db] Gizzly bear, you can find him [C] down in the old brown's house.
[Ab] Gizzly bear, you can find him down _ [D] where I'm from.
Gizzly bear, [G] you know he's scared of no bear.
[C] Gizzly bear, he's a-costin' a lot to [Bb] find a kilt [A] in there.
Gizzly bear, [C] well, [D] he's an excuse [A] me.
Gizzly bear, oh, have mercy.
Gizzly bear, [Eb] you're so [Ab]
nice and kind.
_ [G] _ _ This is where we keep some