Black Rat Swing - Bowling Green John Cephas Chords

Tempo:
110 bpm
Chords used:

Em

B

A

E

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Black Rat Swing - Bowling Green John Cephas chords
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[E] [Em]
[A]
[Em]
[B] [E]
[Am] [Em] [B] [Em] Lord, there's rats in my kitchen eating up all my bread when I come home.
Eating all in my bed, [A] Lord, you one black rat.
Someday I'm gonna [Em] find you, Trill.
[B] I'm gonna hide my shoe [A] somewhere beneath [Em] your shoe tail.
[B] Lord, [Em] you told me that you love me, told me a lie, but I still love [E] you, baby.
Till the day I die, [A] Lord, you one black rat.
Someday I'm gonna find [Em] you, Trill.
[B] I'm gonna hide my shoe [A]
somewhere beneath your shoe tail.
[Em]
[B] [D] [E] [Em]
[G] [A]
[Em]
[B]
[Em] [Am]
[Em] [B] [A] [Em]
[A]
[Em]
[C#]
[B] [Em]
[B] [Em] Lord, you told me that you love me, told me a lie, but I still love you, baby.
Till the day I die, [A] Lord, you one black rat.
Someday I'm gonna [Em] find you, Trill.
[B] Lord, I'm [F#m] gonna hide my shoe [G] [A] somewhere beneath [Em] your shoe tail.
[B] [D]
[Em]
[A] [Em]
[F#m] [F#] [Em]
[D#] [Em] [F#m]
[E] [Em]
[E]
[A] [Em]
[B] [Em]
[B] Well, [Em] now here you come when you're black and I left woman, Lord.
I ain't coming back, Lord, [A] you one black rat.
Someday I'm gonna [Em] find you, Trill.
Lord, [B] I'm gonna hide my [G] shoe [A] somewhere [Em] beneath your shoe tail.
[B] Well, [Em] now here you come [E] when you're [Em] blue.
I got another [E] woman, Lord, I [Em] don't want you.
[A] Yeah, you one black rat.
Someday I'm gonna [G] find you, Trill.
[E]
[B] Lord, I'm gonna hide my shoe [A] somewhere [Em] beneath your shoe tail.
[B] [Em]
[G]
[A]
[E]
[G] [B] [A]
[Em]
[N]
Key:  
Em
121
B
12341112
A
1231
E
2311
G
2131
Em
121
B
12341112
A
1231
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To start learning Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Black Rat Swing chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: B, Em, B, A and Em. For best results, commence at 55 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 110. With the song's key of E Minor, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] Lord, there's rats in my kitchen eating up all my bread _ when I come home.
Eating all in my bed, [A] Lord, you one black rat.
_ Someday I'm gonna [Em] find you, Trill. _ _ _ _ _
[B] I'm gonna hide my shoe [A] _ somewhere beneath [Em] your shoe tail. _ _ _ _ _
[B] Lord, [Em] you told me that you love me, told me a lie, but I still love [E] you, baby.
Till the day I die, [A] Lord, you one black rat.
Someday I'm gonna find [Em] you, Trill. _ _ _
_ _ [B] I'm gonna hide my shoe [A] _
somewhere beneath your shoe tail.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] Lord, you told me that you love me, told me a lie, but I still love you, baby.
Till the day I die, [A] Lord, you one black rat.
_ Someday I'm gonna [Em] find you, Trill.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Lord, I'm [F#m] gonna hide my shoe [G] _ [A] somewhere beneath [Em] your shoe tail.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _
_ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ Well, [Em] now here you come when you're black and I left woman, Lord.
I ain't coming back, Lord, [A] you one black rat.
_ Someday I'm gonna [Em] find you, Trill.
_ _ _ _ Lord, [B] I'm gonna hide my [G] shoe [A] somewhere [Em] beneath your shoe tail.
_ _ _ [B] _ Well, [Em] now here you come [E] when you're [Em] blue.
I got another [E] woman, Lord, I [Em] don't want you.
[A] Yeah, you one black rat.
_ Someday I'm gonna [G] find you, Trill.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] Lord, I'm gonna hide my shoe [A] _ somewhere [Em] beneath your shoe tail.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _

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The Living Country Blues USA Vol. 1 album includes this song.

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