Chords for Clawhammer Banjo - Song (and Tab) of the Week: "MILWAUKEE BLUES"
Tempo:
94.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Gm
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [E] [D]
[G]
Early one morning it looked like [D] rain around the bank of my passenger [Gm] train.
On the blindside, old Bill Jones, he was a good old [D] hobo and he's [G] trying to get home.
Trying to get [Gm] home.
Yes, trying to get home.
He's a good old [D] hobo and he's [G] trying to get home.
[Gm] [D]
[G] [Gm]
[G] Way down in Georgia on a tramp, the [D] roads are getting muddy and my feet are getting [G] damp.
Gotta catch a freight train to leave this town cause the old old [D] hobos [G] are hanging around.
Hanging [C] around.
Yeah, [G] hanging around.
The old old [D] hobos [G] are hanging around.
[D]
[G]
[Gm] [G]
I left Atlanta one mournful day, [D] the brakeman said you'll have [Gm] to pay.
I got no money so I pawned my shoes.
I wanna go west, [D] got the [G] Milwaukee blues.
Milwaukee blues.
[E] [G] Yeah, Milwaukee blues.
I wanna go west, got the Milwaukee blues.
[Gm] [D] [G]
[Gm] [G]
Old Bill Jones said before he [D] died, fix the roads so the folks can ride.
[G] If they ride, [C] they'll ride the [Gm] rods.
Put their faith [D] in the hands [G] of God.
Hands [Em] of [E] God.
[G] Yeah, the hands of God.
Put their faith in the hands of God.
[D] [G]
[Gm]
[G]
Old Bill Jones said before he [D] died, there's two more roads that he'd like to [G] ride.
Fireman said what can it be?
Southern [D] Pacific and the [G] Santa Fe.
Santa [E] Fe.
[G] Yeah, the Santa Fe.
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe.
[Gm] [D] [G] [Gm]
[G]
[N]
[G]
Early one morning it looked like [D] rain around the bank of my passenger [Gm] train.
On the blindside, old Bill Jones, he was a good old [D] hobo and he's [G] trying to get home.
Trying to get [Gm] home.
Yes, trying to get home.
He's a good old [D] hobo and he's [G] trying to get home.
[Gm] [D]
[G] [Gm]
[G] Way down in Georgia on a tramp, the [D] roads are getting muddy and my feet are getting [G] damp.
Gotta catch a freight train to leave this town cause the old old [D] hobos [G] are hanging around.
Hanging [C] around.
Yeah, [G] hanging around.
The old old [D] hobos [G] are hanging around.
[D]
[G]
[Gm] [G]
I left Atlanta one mournful day, [D] the brakeman said you'll have [Gm] to pay.
I got no money so I pawned my shoes.
I wanna go west, [D] got the [G] Milwaukee blues.
Milwaukee blues.
[E] [G] Yeah, Milwaukee blues.
I wanna go west, got the Milwaukee blues.
[Gm] [D] [G]
[Gm] [G]
Old Bill Jones said before he [D] died, fix the roads so the folks can ride.
[G] If they ride, [C] they'll ride the [Gm] rods.
Put their faith [D] in the hands [G] of God.
Hands [Em] of [E] God.
[G] Yeah, the hands of God.
Put their faith in the hands of God.
[D] [G]
[Gm]
[G]
Old Bill Jones said before he [D] died, there's two more roads that he'd like to [G] ride.
Fireman said what can it be?
Southern [D] Pacific and the [G] Santa Fe.
Santa [E] Fe.
[G] Yeah, the Santa Fe.
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe.
[Gm] [D] [G] [Gm]
[G]
[N]
Key:
G
D
Gm
E
C
G
D
Gm
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Early one morning it looked like [D] rain around the bank of my passenger [Gm] train.
On the blindside, old Bill Jones, he was a good old [D] hobo and he's [G] trying to get home.
Trying to get [Gm] home.
Yes, trying to get home.
_ He's a good old [D] hobo and he's [G] trying to get home.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Way down in Georgia on a tramp, the [D] roads are getting muddy and my feet are getting [G] damp.
Gotta catch a freight train to leave this town cause the old old [D] hobos [G] are hanging around.
Hanging [C] around.
Yeah, [G] hanging around.
_ _ The old old [D] hobos [G] are hanging around.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I left Atlanta one mournful day, [D] the brakeman said you'll have [Gm] to pay.
I got no money so I pawned my shoes.
I wanna go west, [D] got the [G] Milwaukee blues.
Milwaukee blues.
[E] _ [G] Yeah, Milwaukee blues.
_ _ I wanna go west, got the Milwaukee blues.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Old Bill Jones said before he [D] died, fix the roads so the folks can ride.
[G] If they ride, [C] they'll ride the [Gm] rods.
Put their faith [D] in the hands [G] of God.
Hands [Em] of [E] God.
[G] Yeah, the hands of God.
_ Put their faith in the hands of God.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Old Bill Jones said before he [D] died, there's two more roads that he'd like to [G] ride.
Fireman said what can it be?
Southern [D] Pacific and the [G] Santa Fe.
Santa [E] Fe.
[G] Yeah, the Santa Fe. _
_ Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe. _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Early one morning it looked like [D] rain around the bank of my passenger [Gm] train.
On the blindside, old Bill Jones, he was a good old [D] hobo and he's [G] trying to get home.
Trying to get [Gm] home.
Yes, trying to get home.
_ He's a good old [D] hobo and he's [G] trying to get home.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Way down in Georgia on a tramp, the [D] roads are getting muddy and my feet are getting [G] damp.
Gotta catch a freight train to leave this town cause the old old [D] hobos [G] are hanging around.
Hanging [C] around.
Yeah, [G] hanging around.
_ _ The old old [D] hobos [G] are hanging around.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I left Atlanta one mournful day, [D] the brakeman said you'll have [Gm] to pay.
I got no money so I pawned my shoes.
I wanna go west, [D] got the [G] Milwaukee blues.
Milwaukee blues.
[E] _ [G] Yeah, Milwaukee blues.
_ _ I wanna go west, got the Milwaukee blues.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Old Bill Jones said before he [D] died, fix the roads so the folks can ride.
[G] If they ride, [C] they'll ride the [Gm] rods.
Put their faith [D] in the hands [G] of God.
Hands [Em] of [E] God.
[G] Yeah, the hands of God.
_ Put their faith in the hands of God.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Old Bill Jones said before he [D] died, there's two more roads that he'd like to [G] ride.
Fireman said what can it be?
Southern [D] Pacific and the [G] Santa Fe.
Santa [E] Fe.
[G] Yeah, the Santa Fe. _
_ Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe. _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _