Chords for Buddy Guy - “Take Me To The River” at the Rialto Square Theater, Joliet, IL 02/18/23
Tempo:
127.5 bpm
Chords used:
Em
E
A
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[C#]
[D]
[Bm] I'm not doing it.
[N] [Em]
I'm not doing it.
not doing it.
[A] [G]
[Bm] I'm not doing it.
[D]
[Bm] I'm not doing it.
[N] [Em]
I'm not doing it.
not doing it.
[A] [G]
[Bm] I'm not doing it.
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Em
E
A
D
B
Em
E
A
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] I'm not doing it.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I'm _ _ not doing _ it.
_ [Bm] I'm not doing it.
I'm not doing it.
I'm not doing it.
I'm not doing it.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] I'm not doing it. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] I'm _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] not doing it. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] I knew [A] [Em] I was changing the [D] ethnic [E] world. _
[B] With my money, my [D] children,
[A] _ [E] _
_ I'm seeing all the [D] bad kids.
[C] _
_ Hello.
[G] _ Yes
_ [D] _ help
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] help help _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] help
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] hel
I _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ said _ thank you I like you,
I _ _ _ _ said thank you I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like you, [D#] things
they didn't [C] like about black _ musicians.
musicians. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] I'm from the Territory. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
You know, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] 1960, _ _ _ 1961 to 62, I was a manager of the
[C] own private solo. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] And the blues was _ [C] _ kind of everywhere.
They had all the steel mills and
Gary.
_ _ _ [N]
Everybody had a fucking job. _ _ _
And somehow all these politicians that owned those jobs
went to other countries.
_ _ And dumb as I am, I know what happened. _ _ _
M-O-N-E-Y-O.
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ But as
I was about to say, _ _ _ _ you got to [F#m] listen to some of the lyrics in blues.
And if you haven't
lived it [B] yet, just keep listening.
_ _ _ _ Some of these things are good.
And we sing about the
good when we sing [C] about the bad.
_ _ [F#] _ And I want you to know, I didn't learn how to play my
guitar by the book.
_ _ [C#]
I learned by listening to people like the [C] great Money Wallace.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ The
Lightning Hopkins.
_ _ _ [B] The gig-go-crunkers. _
_ _ [A#] Now, _ _ I'm telling you this [D#m] because most times you
see a blues player, you say he _ _ got so fucked up [N] he forgot the song.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm going to play a
_ something from all of _ them.
I'm doing it on purpose.
I'm not drunk. _ _
_ _ Alright? _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] The [N] first one I will get to is the late John Lee Hook.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ It's [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C] the _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ late John Lee [N] Hook.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
[F#] _ And yes, the late Jim and Reed. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Oh, [F#m] you [Em] don't have to _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Bm]
go.
_ _ [A] Oh, baby, _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] you don't have _ _ [A] to [Em] go. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm [B] going to pack up darling.
_ [A] _ I'm going to go. _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] I'm _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] going to go.
I'm running [C#] [Em] down, _ [C] go [Em] downtown.
_ [E] Come back in the heat.
I'm going to be on [G] top. _
[A] Oh, baby. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] I want you. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] [D] I _ want [B] to play _ _ bad.
[C#] _ [G#] Baby, would you?
I [N] got a brother. _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, that's John Lee Hook. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm getting what I want. _ _
But I do make out. _ _ _
In case you don't know, _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ it's a great, you
can say all you [N] want. _
_ _ That's _ _ why I like to tell it [A#] because some people can't believe
that.
_ If it rained, we had fresh water.
_ _ If it rained and it was nice and it was out of
high, my mama just gave me a bottle of soap and a towel and said, now run out there. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ Yeah, that was my shot.
_ _ _ Yeah.
[D] _
And by the way, if it didn't [D#m] rain, we had to break that wall
out of [A#] a creek _ and _ _ [B] it was such a green [A#] stuff come on that creek.
_ [F#] And we had to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ leave some
of that in there.
We didn't boil [C] that water back then _ because we didn't have no gas _ _ _ stoves
_ _ _ _ _ and gas heaters.
We had to go by _ a fire place. _ _ _ _ _
So we drank that water just like it come out
of that creek and guess what? _
[N] _ I didn't have to pay for it. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] I'm not doing it.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I'm _ _ not doing _ it.
_ [Bm] I'm not doing it.
I'm not doing it.
I'm not doing it.
I'm not doing it.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] I'm not doing it. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] I'm _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] not doing it. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] I knew [A] [Em] I was changing the [D] ethnic [E] world. _
[B] With my money, my [D] children,
[A] _ [E] _
_ I'm seeing all the [D] bad kids.
[C] _
_ Hello.
[G] _ Yes
_ [D] _ help
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] help help _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] help
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] hel
I _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ said _ thank you I like you,
I _ _ _ _ said thank you I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like you, [D#] things
they didn't [C] like about black _ musicians.
musicians. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] I'm from the Territory. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
You know, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] 1960, _ _ _ 1961 to 62, I was a manager of the
[C] own private solo. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] And the blues was _ [C] _ kind of everywhere.
They had all the steel mills and
Gary.
_ _ _ [N]
Everybody had a fucking job. _ _ _
And somehow all these politicians that owned those jobs
went to other countries.
_ _ And dumb as I am, I know what happened. _ _ _
M-O-N-E-Y-O.
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ But as
I was about to say, _ _ _ _ you got to [F#m] listen to some of the lyrics in blues.
And if you haven't
lived it [B] yet, just keep listening.
_ _ _ _ Some of these things are good.
And we sing about the
good when we sing [C] about the bad.
_ _ [F#] _ And I want you to know, I didn't learn how to play my
guitar by the book.
_ _ [C#]
I learned by listening to people like the [C] great Money Wallace.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ The
Lightning Hopkins.
_ _ _ [B] The gig-go-crunkers. _
_ _ [A#] Now, _ _ I'm telling you this [D#m] because most times you
see a blues player, you say he _ _ got so fucked up [N] he forgot the song.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm going to play a
_ something from all of _ them.
I'm doing it on purpose.
I'm not drunk. _ _
_ _ Alright? _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] The [N] first one I will get to is the late John Lee Hook.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ It's [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C] the _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ late John Lee [N] Hook.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
[F#] _ And yes, the late Jim and Reed. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Oh, [F#m] you [Em] don't have to _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Bm]
go.
_ _ [A] Oh, baby, _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] you don't have _ _ [A] to [Em] go. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm [B] going to pack up darling.
_ [A] _ I'm going to go. _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] I'm _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] going to go.
I'm running [C#] [Em] down, _ [C] go [Em] downtown.
_ [E] Come back in the heat.
I'm going to be on [G] top. _
[A] Oh, baby. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] I want you. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] [D] I _ want [B] to play _ _ bad.
[C#] _ [G#] Baby, would you?
I [N] got a brother. _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, that's John Lee Hook. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm getting what I want. _ _
But I do make out. _ _ _
In case you don't know, _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ it's a great, you
can say all you [N] want. _
_ _ That's _ _ why I like to tell it [A#] because some people can't believe
that.
_ If it rained, we had fresh water.
_ _ If it rained and it was nice and it was out of
high, my mama just gave me a bottle of soap and a towel and said, now run out there. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ Yeah, that was my shot.
_ _ _ Yeah.
[D] _
And by the way, if it didn't [D#m] rain, we had to break that wall
out of [A#] a creek _ and _ _ [B] it was such a green [A#] stuff come on that creek.
_ [F#] And we had to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ leave some
of that in there.
We didn't boil [C] that water back then _ because we didn't have no gas _ _ _ stoves
_ _ _ _ _ and gas heaters.
We had to go by _ a fire place. _ _ _ _ _
So we drank that water just like it come out
of that creek and guess what? _
[N] _ I didn't have to pay for it. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _