Chords for Canned Heat - The Story of My Life & Serves Me Right to Suffer with John Lee Hooker [HQ]
Tempo:
87.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Cm
G
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[F]
[C] [Cm]
[C] [G]
[A] [C] If my [Gm] mother hadn't died, [F] [D] Lord, my father [Db] left [C] his child at home.
[G]
[A]
[C] [F] If my mother [D] hadn't [Cm] died, [D] Lord, my father [Db] left [C] his child at [E] home.
[Cm] [Bb]
[A] [Dm] My [G] life wouldn't be so miserable, baby.
[F] [Cm] I wouldn't feel so all alone.
[F]
[Cm] [G]
[B] [C] I was [Gm] born [F] [D]
[C]
[Cm] in [A]
[Eb] [F] [Cm] Alabama, [Eb] [Cm] evil I was [C] raised up in Tennessee.
[Cm] [C]
[Am] Well, [G] I've been through all this sorrow.
[F] [A]
Someone's always [F] trying [C] to uphold me.
[Cm] [C] [G]
[C]
[F]
[Cm]
[C] [Gm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [A]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Cm] [Gm] [G]
[F] [Cm] [Eb]
[F] [C]
[Gm]
[Bb] [C] Well, I'd [G] rather be lying dead, [F] [Eb] sleeping [Cm] way down [C] in my grave.
[Cm]
Well, I'd [D] rather be [F] dead, [Cm] sleeping way [Eb] down [C] in my grave.
[Eb]
[A] [G] Than to live all this sorrow [F] and misery [C] every day.
[Eb] [C]
[Db]
Another number I love to do.
I [E] rarely get to enjoy it.
And when I do it, it goes so deep inside of me.
[A] [E] I feel it so [B] deep.
And [A] I feel everything I do, just as much as you enjoy it, [Bb] I enjoy it too.
[Em]
[Eb] Because they call [Em] me Mr.
Blues, and I am the blues.
[E]
[B] [Bm]
[E]
Serve me right to [Em] suffer.
Serve me right to be alone.
[A] [Em]
Serve me right to suffer this way, baby.
Serve me right to be alone.
Every time I see another woman's face, oh, the woman makes me think of mine.
And that's why when I see another woman, oh, boy, I can't keep from crying.
You know the tears come down her face when I see another woman's face.
You know the tears come down her face.
And that's why when I see another woman, [Gb] [Bm] oh, boy, I can't keep from [Em] crying.
[Bm]
[G] [E]
[Em] My doctor put me on, put me on milk, cream, and alcohol.
Oh, my doctor, my doctor put me on, put me on milk, cream, and alcohol.
[D] [G] [A]
[E] You know [Em] you're nervous so bad, can't sleep at all at night.
I hear what he said.
He said, once a night, three times a day.
And once a night [E] before you go to bed, soothe your nerves, soothe your nerves.
Soothe your nerves, soothe your nerves.
[Bm] You got a bad case of [Em] nerves.
You got a bad, bad case of nerves.
I put on [E] milk, milk, cream, and alcohol.
[Em]
Milk, cream, and alcohol. Oh, baby.
[Gbm]
[F]
[C] [Cm]
[C] [G]
[A] [C] If my [Gm] mother hadn't died, [F] [D] Lord, my father [Db] left [C] his child at home.
[G]
[A]
[C] [F] If my mother [D] hadn't [Cm] died, [D] Lord, my father [Db] left [C] his child at [E] home.
[Cm] [Bb]
[A] [Dm] My [G] life wouldn't be so miserable, baby.
[F] [Cm] I wouldn't feel so all alone.
[F]
[Cm] [G]
[B] [C] I was [Gm] born [F] [D]
[C]
[Cm] in [A]
[Eb] [F] [Cm] Alabama, [Eb] [Cm] evil I was [C] raised up in Tennessee.
[Cm] [C]
[Am] Well, [G] I've been through all this sorrow.
[F] [A]
Someone's always [F] trying [C] to uphold me.
[Cm] [C] [G]
[C]
[F]
[Cm]
[C] [Gm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [A]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Cm] [Gm] [G]
[F] [Cm] [Eb]
[F] [C]
[Gm]
[Bb] [C] Well, I'd [G] rather be lying dead, [F] [Eb] sleeping [Cm] way down [C] in my grave.
[Cm]
Well, I'd [D] rather be [F] dead, [Cm] sleeping way [Eb] down [C] in my grave.
[Eb]
[A] [G] Than to live all this sorrow [F] and misery [C] every day.
[Eb] [C]
[Db]
Another number I love to do.
I [E] rarely get to enjoy it.
And when I do it, it goes so deep inside of me.
[A] [E] I feel it so [B] deep.
And [A] I feel everything I do, just as much as you enjoy it, [Bb] I enjoy it too.
[Em]
[Eb] Because they call [Em] me Mr.
Blues, and I am the blues.
[E]
[B] [Bm]
[E]
Serve me right to [Em] suffer.
Serve me right to be alone.
[A] [Em]
Serve me right to suffer this way, baby.
Serve me right to be alone.
Every time I see another woman's face, oh, the woman makes me think of mine.
And that's why when I see another woman, oh, boy, I can't keep from crying.
You know the tears come down her face when I see another woman's face.
You know the tears come down her face.
And that's why when I see another woman, [Gb] [Bm] oh, boy, I can't keep from [Em] crying.
[Bm]
[G] [E]
[Em] My doctor put me on, put me on milk, cream, and alcohol.
Oh, my doctor, my doctor put me on, put me on milk, cream, and alcohol.
[D] [G] [A]
[E] You know [Em] you're nervous so bad, can't sleep at all at night.
I hear what he said.
He said, once a night, three times a day.
And once a night [E] before you go to bed, soothe your nerves, soothe your nerves.
Soothe your nerves, soothe your nerves.
[Bm] You got a bad case of [Em] nerves.
You got a bad, bad case of nerves.
I put on [E] milk, milk, cream, and alcohol.
[Em]
Milk, cream, and alcohol. Oh, baby.
[Gbm]
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ [C] If my [Gm] mother hadn't died, [F] _ _ [D] Lord, my father [Db] left [C] his child at home.
[G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] [F] If my mother [D] hadn't [Cm] died, _ _ [D] Lord, my father [Db] left [C] his child at [E] home. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] [Dm] My [G] life wouldn't be so miserable, baby.
[F] _ _ [Cm] I wouldn't feel so all alone.
[F] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [B] _ [C] _ I was [Gm] born _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] in _ [A] _
_ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] Alabama, _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] evil I was [C] raised up in Tennessee. _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _
[Am] Well, [G] I've been through all this sorrow.
_ [F] _ _ _ [A]
Someone's always [F] trying [C] to uphold me. _
_ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] Well, I'd [G] rather be lying dead, [F] _ _ [Eb] sleeping [Cm] way down [C] in my grave. _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
Well, I'd [D] rather be [F] dead, _ _ [Cm] sleeping way [Eb] down [C] in my grave. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [A] [G] Than to live all this sorrow [F] and _ _ misery [C] every day. _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
Another number I love to do.
I [E] rarely get to enjoy it.
And when I do it, it goes so deep inside of me.
[A] _ _ [E] I feel it so [B] deep.
And [A] I feel everything I do, just as much as you enjoy it, [Bb] I enjoy it too.
_ [Em] _ _ _
[Eb] Because they call [Em] me Mr.
Blues, and I am the blues. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Serve me right to [Em] suffer. _ _ _ _
_ _ Serve me right to be alone.
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ Serve me right to suffer this way, baby. _ _ _ _
Serve me right to be alone.
_ Every time I see another woman's face, _ _ _ oh, the woman makes me think of mine. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And that's why when I see another woman, _ oh, boy, I can't keep from crying. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You know the tears come down her face when _ _ I see another woman's face. _
_ _ You know the tears come down her face. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And that's why when I see another woman, _ [Gb] _ [Bm] oh, boy, I can't keep from [Em] crying. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
doctor put _ me on, put me on _ _ _ _ _ milk, cream, and alcohol.
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ my doctor, my doctor _ put me on, put _ _ _ me on milk, cream, and alcohol.
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[E] You know [Em] you're nervous so bad, _ _ can't sleep at all at night. _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I hear what he said. _ _ _ _
_ He said, once a night, _ _ three times a day.
And once a night [E] before _ you go to bed, _ _ soothe your nerves, soothe your nerves. _
Soothe your nerves, soothe your nerves. _ _
[Bm] You got a bad case of [Em] nerves. _ _ _
_ You got a bad, bad case of nerves. _
_ _ _ I put on [E] milk, milk, cream, and alcohol.
[Em] _ _
_ Milk, cream, and alcohol. Oh, _ _ _ baby. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ [C] If my [Gm] mother hadn't died, [F] _ _ [D] Lord, my father [Db] left [C] his child at home.
[G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] [F] If my mother [D] hadn't [Cm] died, _ _ [D] Lord, my father [Db] left [C] his child at [E] home. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] [Dm] My [G] life wouldn't be so miserable, baby.
[F] _ _ [Cm] I wouldn't feel so all alone.
[F] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [B] _ [C] _ I was [Gm] born _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] in _ [A] _
_ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] Alabama, _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] evil I was [C] raised up in Tennessee. _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _
[Am] Well, [G] I've been through all this sorrow.
_ [F] _ _ _ [A]
Someone's always [F] trying [C] to uphold me. _
_ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] Well, I'd [G] rather be lying dead, [F] _ _ [Eb] sleeping [Cm] way down [C] in my grave. _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
Well, I'd [D] rather be [F] dead, _ _ [Cm] sleeping way [Eb] down [C] in my grave. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [A] [G] Than to live all this sorrow [F] and _ _ misery [C] every day. _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
Another number I love to do.
I [E] rarely get to enjoy it.
And when I do it, it goes so deep inside of me.
[A] _ _ [E] I feel it so [B] deep.
And [A] I feel everything I do, just as much as you enjoy it, [Bb] I enjoy it too.
_ [Em] _ _ _
[Eb] Because they call [Em] me Mr.
Blues, and I am the blues. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Serve me right to [Em] suffer. _ _ _ _
_ _ Serve me right to be alone.
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ Serve me right to suffer this way, baby. _ _ _ _
Serve me right to be alone.
_ Every time I see another woman's face, _ _ _ oh, the woman makes me think of mine. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And that's why when I see another woman, _ oh, boy, I can't keep from crying. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You know the tears come down her face when _ _ I see another woman's face. _
_ _ You know the tears come down her face. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And that's why when I see another woman, _ [Gb] _ [Bm] oh, boy, I can't keep from [Em] crying. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
doctor put _ me on, put me on _ _ _ _ _ milk, cream, and alcohol.
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ my doctor, my doctor _ put me on, put _ _ _ me on milk, cream, and alcohol.
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[E] You know [Em] you're nervous so bad, _ _ can't sleep at all at night. _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I hear what he said. _ _ _ _
_ He said, once a night, _ _ three times a day.
And once a night [E] before _ you go to bed, _ _ soothe your nerves, soothe your nerves. _
Soothe your nerves, soothe your nerves. _ _
[Bm] You got a bad case of [Em] nerves. _ _ _
_ You got a bad, bad case of nerves. _
_ _ _ I put on [E] milk, milk, cream, and alcohol.
[Em] _ _
_ Milk, cream, and alcohol. Oh, _ _ _ baby. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _