Chords for Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind (Live)
Tempo:
116.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
Bm
F#m
F#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [F#m]
[B]
[A]
[F#m] [A]
Look out.
[B]
[Bm]
[F#m] [A]
[C#m]
[A]
Something told me [Bm] it was over, babe.
[F#m]
When I saw [Bm] you and [A] that girl talking, babe, [F#]
[A]
something deep [D] down in my soul said, go on
and cry, [Bm] girl.
When I saw [Em] you and that [A] same girl walking by, [F#m]
[A] and I would rather, I would rather [Bm] be
your blind [Bm] girl, babe, [F#m] [Bm]
than to see you walk away, [A]
walk away from me, babe.
[F#]
Cause you see, I [F#m] love you so much, [Bm]
why'd you leave me, [D] babe?
[Bm]
And another thing is, I [A] just don't want to be free, no, babe.
Now listen, [Bm] sitting here thinking about your sweet kiss, [A] oh, and your warm embrace, babe.
[B] [A]
When the reflection in the [Bm] glass that I held to my lips, babe, revealed the tears that
was [A] on, oh, my face, yeah, babe.
[F#] [A]
[C#m] [Bm]
I'd rather be a blind girl, [G#] [Bm]
oh, I'd [G#] rather be a blind [A] girl than to watch you walk away
from me, boy.
[C#m] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
Watch you walk [A] away from me, baby, don't leave.
[E]
[E] Oh.
Now [A] listen, I'm going to tell you all one more time.
[Bm]
I was just sitting here a minute ago thinking, [C#] babe, [Bm]
[F#] thinking about your [C#] sweet kiss, [A] oh,
your, [F#]
thinking about your sweet kiss, and your,
[Bm] ooh, la, la, la.
[D] [Bm]
[B] When I looked down in the glass that I held to my [A] lips, I was looking in the glass and
I saw the reflection of the tears rolling down my face.
I'd
[F#]
[Bm]
[F#]
[A]
rather be a blind girl.
[F#m]
[F#] [Bm]
[A]
[E]
[Am] [E]
[B]
[A] [Bm]
[A]
[E]
[A]
[B]
[Bm]
[E] [A]
[F#]
[A] Let [G#] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
him leave me, babe.
[B]
[A]
[F#]
[A]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[B]
[Bm]
I'd rather, I'd rather, I don't want to watch you leave me.
I can't stand to see you go, go away.
I'd rather be a blind [B] girl.
[A]
[F#m]
[Bm]
[Bm]
[A]
[A]
[B]
[A]
[F#m] [A]
Look out.
[B]
[Bm]
[F#m] [A]
[C#m]
[A]
Something told me [Bm] it was over, babe.
[F#m]
When I saw [Bm] you and [A] that girl talking, babe, [F#]
[A]
something deep [D] down in my soul said, go on
and cry, [Bm] girl.
When I saw [Em] you and that [A] same girl walking by, [F#m]
[A] and I would rather, I would rather [Bm] be
your blind [Bm] girl, babe, [F#m] [Bm]
than to see you walk away, [A]
walk away from me, babe.
[F#]
Cause you see, I [F#m] love you so much, [Bm]
why'd you leave me, [D] babe?
[Bm]
And another thing is, I [A] just don't want to be free, no, babe.
Now listen, [Bm] sitting here thinking about your sweet kiss, [A] oh, and your warm embrace, babe.
[B] [A]
When the reflection in the [Bm] glass that I held to my lips, babe, revealed the tears that
was [A] on, oh, my face, yeah, babe.
[F#] [A]
[C#m] [Bm]
I'd rather be a blind girl, [G#] [Bm]
oh, I'd [G#] rather be a blind [A] girl than to watch you walk away
from me, boy.
[C#m] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
Watch you walk [A] away from me, baby, don't leave.
[E]
[E] Oh.
Now [A] listen, I'm going to tell you all one more time.
[Bm]
I was just sitting here a minute ago thinking, [C#] babe, [Bm]
[F#] thinking about your [C#] sweet kiss, [A] oh,
your, [F#]
thinking about your sweet kiss, and your,
[Bm] ooh, la, la, la.
[D] [Bm]
[B] When I looked down in the glass that I held to my [A] lips, I was looking in the glass and
I saw the reflection of the tears rolling down my face.
I'd
[F#]
[Bm]
[F#]
[A]
rather be a blind girl.
[F#m]
[F#] [Bm]
[A]
[E]
[Am] [E]
[B]
[A] [Bm]
[A]
[E]
[A]
[B]
[Bm]
[E] [A]
[F#]
[A] Let [G#] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
him leave me, babe.
[B]
[A]
[F#]
[A]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[B]
[Bm]
I'd rather, I'd rather, I don't want to watch you leave me.
I can't stand to see you go, go away.
I'd rather be a blind [B] girl.
[A]
[F#m]
[Bm]
[Bm]
[A]
[A]
Key:
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F#m
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _
Look out. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Something told _ me _ [Bm] it was over, babe. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
When I saw [Bm] you _ and [A] _ that girl talking, babe, _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
something deep [D] down in my soul said, go on
and cry, [Bm] girl. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
When I saw [Em] you and that [A] same girl _ walking by, _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ and I would rather, I would rather [Bm] be
your blind [Bm] girl, babe, _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ than to see you walk away, _ _ [A]
walk away from me, babe.
[F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Cause you see, I [F#m] love you so much, [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ why'd you leave me, [D] babe?
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ And another thing is, I _ [A] _ just don't want to be free, no, babe. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now listen, _ [Bm] sitting _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ here thinking _ _ about _ _ your sweet kiss, _ [A] _ oh, and your warm embrace, babe.
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ When the reflection in the [Bm] glass that I held to my lips, babe, _ _ _ revealed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the tears _ that
was [A] on, oh, my face, yeah, babe. _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
I'd rather be a blind girl, _ _ _ [G#] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ oh, I'd [G#] rather be a blind [A] girl than to watch you walk away
from me, boy. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Watch you walk [A] away from me, baby, don't leave.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _
[E] Oh.
Now [A] listen, I'm going to tell you all one more time.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
I was just sitting here a minute ago thinking, [C#] babe, _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ thinking about your [C#] sweet kiss, [A] _ _ oh,
your, _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ thinking about your sweet kiss, and your, _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] ooh, la, la, la. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] When I looked down in the glass that I held to my [A] lips, I was looking in the glass and
I saw the reflection of the tears rolling down my face.
I'd _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _
rather be a blind girl. _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ Let _ [G#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ him leave me, babe. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'd rather, _ _ _ _ I'd rather, _ _ I don't want to watch you leave me.
I can't stand to see you go, _ go away.
_ _ _ I'd rather be a blind [B] _ girl.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _
Look out. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Something told _ me _ [Bm] it was over, babe. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
When I saw [Bm] you _ and [A] _ that girl talking, babe, _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
something deep [D] down in my soul said, go on
and cry, [Bm] girl. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
When I saw [Em] you and that [A] same girl _ walking by, _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ and I would rather, I would rather [Bm] be
your blind [Bm] girl, babe, _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ than to see you walk away, _ _ [A]
walk away from me, babe.
[F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Cause you see, I [F#m] love you so much, [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ why'd you leave me, [D] babe?
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ And another thing is, I _ [A] _ just don't want to be free, no, babe. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now listen, _ [Bm] sitting _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ here thinking _ _ about _ _ your sweet kiss, _ [A] _ oh, and your warm embrace, babe.
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ When the reflection in the [Bm] glass that I held to my lips, babe, _ _ _ revealed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the tears _ that
was [A] on, oh, my face, yeah, babe. _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
I'd rather be a blind girl, _ _ _ [G#] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ oh, I'd [G#] rather be a blind [A] girl than to watch you walk away
from me, boy. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Watch you walk [A] away from me, baby, don't leave.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _
[E] Oh.
Now [A] listen, I'm going to tell you all one more time.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
I was just sitting here a minute ago thinking, [C#] babe, _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ thinking about your [C#] sweet kiss, [A] _ _ oh,
your, _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ thinking about your sweet kiss, and your, _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] ooh, la, la, la. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] When I looked down in the glass that I held to my [A] lips, I was looking in the glass and
I saw the reflection of the tears rolling down my face.
I'd _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _
rather be a blind girl. _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ Let _ [G#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ him leave me, babe. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'd rather, _ _ _ _ I'd rather, _ _ I don't want to watch you leave me.
I can't stand to see you go, _ go away.
_ _ _ I'd rather be a blind [B] _ girl.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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