Geechy Joe Chords by Cab Calloway

Tempo:
84.9 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

Ebm

Abm

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Cab Calloway - Geechy Joe chords
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[Abm] [Ebm]
[D] [Ebm] [Eb]
[Abm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Abm] [B]
[Eb]
[D] Way
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] down in Charleston, live a man, a man, a man, a man, a man.
Lives [Eb] old Geechee Joe.
[C]
[Ab] I'm going down to [Dm] Charleston to dig old [Eb] Geechee Joe.
[G]
[Bb] Got a good old [C] Geechee urge.
Can't do nothing [Eb] else but go.
[Ab] [Eb] [C]
[Bbm] Got misery, [Ab] misery, I [Bbm] can't live.
I [Eb]
[Ab] got misery, misery, [Ebm] nothing but [Bbm] bad news.
[Gb] Gonna dig [Fm] old Geechee Joe to food to these [Eb] Jimson blues.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] I gotta get back to Charleston.
[Ab] If I walk down, [Cm] don't railroad tracks.
[G] Gonna [Bbm]
[Ebm] rub my hands on a [Eb] lodestone blue is black.
[Ebm] [Eb]
If old Geechee Joe can't get [D] it, I just ain't ever coming back.
[Ab] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[Bb]
[Ebm] Yeah!
[Db] Woo!
[D] [Eb] Old Geechee Joe coming home.
[N]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Ebm
13421116
Abm
123111114
D
1321
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Ebm
13421116
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To learn Cab Calloway - Geechy Joe chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Ab, Eb, Ab, C, Eb, Bb and Eb. Kick off your practice at a gentle 42 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 85 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of Ab Major in mind.

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[Abm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ Way _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] down in Charleston, live a man, a man, a man, a man, a man.
Lives [Eb] old Geechee Joe.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
[Ab] I'm going down to [Dm] Charleston to dig old [Eb] Geechee Joe.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[Bb] Got a good old [C] Geechee urge.
Can't do nothing [Eb] else but go.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
[Bbm] Got misery, _ _ [Ab] misery, I [Bbm] can't live.
I _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] got misery, _ _ misery, [Ebm] nothing but [Bbm] bad news. _ _ _ _
[Gb] Gonna dig [Fm] old Geechee Joe to food to these [Eb] Jimson blues.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] I gotta get back to Charleston.
[Ab] If I walk down, [Cm] don't railroad tracks.
[G] Gonna _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Ebm] rub my hands on a [Eb] lodestone blue is black.
[Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
If old Geechee Joe can't get [D] it, I just ain't ever coming back.
[Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] Yeah!
_ [Db] Woo! _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Eb] Old Geechee Joe coming home.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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