Chords for Etta James - Why I Sing The Blues - (Live At Montreux 1993)
Tempo:
122.65 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
Em
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
Where's Paul?
[G] [E]
I'll [Em]
[E] [G#] do [E] anything that you want me to do.
There [G] [D] [Em] ain't nothing, [E] baby, I wouldn't do for you.
When [Bm] you [G] want it bad enough, [D] it's [E] catch as catch can.
And if I want it hard enough, you'll be my man.
I'll sing [D] the blues.
[A]
I'll sing [G]
the [F#m] [E] blues.
Early in the morning, honey,
[C#m] [D] [B] I'll sing the blues.
[A#] [A] I'll [D]
[A] sing the blues, [Em] baby.
[E]
And I'll never let it out.
If you [A] want to talk, [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [A] [F#]
[E] if you want to fight, come on and let's get down.
[D] [Em] [A] I'll tell [E] you where I'm going if you want to look.
[D]
[E] I'll [A] take [E] you [A] where [E] I'm going, honey, if I want you to go.
[G] [E] I'll [A]
sing the blues.
[F#m] [G] [A]
[Bm]
[E] [E] Early in the morning, honey, I'll sing the blues.
[Dm] [B] My daddy sang the blues to me.
[A#] [A]
I'll sing the blues [E] to you, cause you're all I've got.
[A] Play, play, play.
[E]
[G] [E]
[Em] [E]
[D]
[E] [Em] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[Em] [E]
[A]
[Em] [E]
[A] [E] [B]
[A#] [Am]
[A]
[E]
[A] [Em] [A] [E]
If you want to talk about it, I'll hang [A] around.
[E] [A] [E]
If you want to fight, I'll let it [A] down.
[Em] [E]
[A] I'll tell [E] you where I'm going if you want to know.
[Em]
[A] [E] I'll take you where I'm going, honey, if I want you to go.
I'll sing [A] the [G] blues.
[A] [Gm] [A]
[F#m] [G] [C#m]
[Em] Early in the morning, early in the midnight, I'll [A]
[E] [B] sing the blues to my mama.
[Bm] [A]
I'll sing the blues to you, cause [Em] you're all I've got.
[E] It's all right.
You know that I love you.
Oh, the honest I do.
You know that I love you.
[A] [E] [A] [E]
I'll sing the blues.
[Em]
Early
[E]
[C#] in the morning, early in the midnight, I'll sing the blues to my mama.
[A] I'll sing the blues to you, cause you're all I've got.
You know that I love you.
[G] Oh, [Em] the honest I do.
[A] My [E] baby [Em] don't have no sweet girl [A] like
[Em] me.
[E] And he don't spend none of that midnight creeping my way.
[A] [E] How, how, how long, baby?
He's a cool little baby, and he's my mama.
I'll sing the blues to my mama.
She's my [C#] baby, [E] my baby, my baby, [Em] my baby, my, my, my, my, my, my [E] baby.
Good God.
[Em] [E]
I'll sing the blues.
I'll sing the blues to y'all.
[Em]
I'll sing the blues.
[E] I'll sing the blues to y'all.
[G] Late in the midnight hour, [E]
early, early in the morning, late in the midnight hour.
[Em]
How, how, how, how?
[A] [Em] How, how, how, how?
How, how, how?
How, how, how?
[F#] [Em]
[E] [G] [F#] How, how, how, [Em] how.
[E] [G]
[E] God bless you.
Thank you.
[Em] [A] [Em]
[A] [Em]
[A] [Em] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [Em] [C#m]
[E]
[Em]
[E]
[Em] [E]
[F#] [B] [G]
Where's Paul?
[G] [E]
I'll [Em]
[E] [G#] do [E] anything that you want me to do.
There [G] [D] [Em] ain't nothing, [E] baby, I wouldn't do for you.
When [Bm] you [G] want it bad enough, [D] it's [E] catch as catch can.
And if I want it hard enough, you'll be my man.
I'll sing [D] the blues.
[A]
I'll sing [G]
the [F#m] [E] blues.
Early in the morning, honey,
[C#m] [D] [B] I'll sing the blues.
[A#] [A] I'll [D]
[A] sing the blues, [Em] baby.
[E]
And I'll never let it out.
If you [A] want to talk, [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [A] [F#]
[E] if you want to fight, come on and let's get down.
[D] [Em] [A] I'll tell [E] you where I'm going if you want to look.
[D]
[E] I'll [A] take [E] you [A] where [E] I'm going, honey, if I want you to go.
[G] [E] I'll [A]
sing the blues.
[F#m] [G] [A]
[Bm]
[E] [E] Early in the morning, honey, I'll sing the blues.
[Dm] [B] My daddy sang the blues to me.
[A#] [A]
I'll sing the blues [E] to you, cause you're all I've got.
[A] Play, play, play.
[E]
[G] [E]
[Em] [E]
[D]
[E] [Em] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[Em] [E]
[A]
[Em] [E]
[A] [E] [B]
[A#] [Am]
[A]
[E]
[A] [Em] [A] [E]
If you want to talk about it, I'll hang [A] around.
[E] [A] [E]
If you want to fight, I'll let it [A] down.
[Em] [E]
[A] I'll tell [E] you where I'm going if you want to know.
[Em]
[A] [E] I'll take you where I'm going, honey, if I want you to go.
I'll sing [A] the [G] blues.
[A] [Gm] [A]
[F#m] [G] [C#m]
[Em] Early in the morning, early in the midnight, I'll [A]
[E] [B] sing the blues to my mama.
[Bm] [A]
I'll sing the blues to you, cause [Em] you're all I've got.
[E] It's all right.
You know that I love you.
Oh, the honest I do.
You know that I love you.
[A] [E] [A] [E]
I'll sing the blues.
[Em]
Early
[E]
[C#] in the morning, early in the midnight, I'll sing the blues to my mama.
[A] I'll sing the blues to you, cause you're all I've got.
You know that I love you.
[G] Oh, [Em] the honest I do.
[A] My [E] baby [Em] don't have no sweet girl [A] like
[Em] me.
[E] And he don't spend none of that midnight creeping my way.
[A] [E] How, how, how long, baby?
He's a cool little baby, and he's my mama.
I'll sing the blues to my mama.
She's my [C#] baby, [E] my baby, my baby, [Em] my baby, my, my, my, my, my, my [E] baby.
Good God.
[Em] [E]
I'll sing the blues.
I'll sing the blues to y'all.
[Em]
I'll sing the blues.
[E] I'll sing the blues to y'all.
[G] Late in the midnight hour, [E]
early, early in the morning, late in the midnight hour.
[Em]
How, how, how, how?
[A] [Em] How, how, how, how?
How, how, how?
How, how, how?
[F#] [Em]
[E] [G] [F#] How, how, how, [Em] how.
[E] [G]
[E] God bless you.
Thank you.
[Em] [A] [Em]
[A] [Em]
[A] [Em] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [Em] [C#m]
[E]
[Em]
[E]
[Em] [E]
[F#] [B] [G]
Key:
E
A
Em
G
D
E
A
Em
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Where's Paul?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'll _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [G#] do _ [E] anything that you want me to do. _ _ _ _
There [G] _ _ _ [D] [Em] ain't nothing, [E] baby, I wouldn't do for you. _ _
_ _ _ _ When [Bm] you [G] want it bad enough, [D] it's [E] catch as catch can.
_ _ _ And _ if I want it hard enough, you'll be my man.
_ _ _ _ _ I'll sing [D] the blues.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
I'll _ _ _ sing _ [G]
the [F#m] _ [E] blues.
_ _ Early in the morning, honey, _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [D] _ _ _ [B] I'll sing the blues.
_ _ _ [A#] _ [A] I'll _ [D] _
[A] _ _ sing the blues, [Em] baby.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ And I'll never let it out.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you [A] want to talk, _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _
_ [E] if you want to fight, come on and let's get down. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] [A] I'll tell [E] you where I'm going if you want to look.
_ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ _ I'll [A] take [E] you [A] where [E] I'm going, honey, if I want you to go.
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] I'll _ [A]
sing the blues.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Early in the morning, honey, I'll sing the blues. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] [B] My daddy sang the blues to me. _
_ _ [A#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'll sing the blues [E] to you, cause _ _ _ _ _ you're all I've got. _
_ [A] Play, play, play.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [E]
If you want to talk about it, I'll hang [A] around.
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
If you want to fight, I'll let it [A] down.
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ I'll tell [E] you where I'm going if you want to know.
_ _ _ [Em] _
[A] _ [E] I'll take you where _ I'm going, honey, if I want you to go. _ _ _
_ I'll sing [A] the [G] blues. _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Early in the morning, early in the midnight, I'll [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] sing the blues to my mama.
_ _ [Bm] _ [A] _
I'll sing the blues to you, cause [Em] you're all I've got.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ It's all right.
_ _ _ _ You know that I love _ _ _ you.
Oh, the honest I do.
_ _ You know that I love you. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'll sing the blues.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ Early _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] in the morning, early in the midnight, I'll sing the blues to my mama. _
[A] I'll sing the blues to you, cause you're all I've got.
You know _ that I love you. _ _ _
[G] Oh, _ [Em] the honest I do.
[A] My [E] baby [Em] _ don't have no sweet girl [A] like _
[Em] me.
[E] _ _ And he don't spend none of that midnight creeping my way.
_ _ [A] _ [E] How, how, how long, baby?
He's a cool little baby, and he's my mama.
I'll sing the blues to my _ mama. _ _ _
She's my [C#] baby, [E] my baby, _ my baby, [Em] my baby, my, my, my, my, my, my [E] baby. _ _ _ _
Good God.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
I'll sing the blues. _ _ _
I'll sing the blues to y'all.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ I'll sing the blues. _ _ _
[E] I'll sing the blues to y'all. _ _ _
[G] _ Late in the midnight hour, [E] _ _
early, early in the morning, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ late in the midnight hour.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ How, how, how, how? _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] How, how, how, how? _
_ _ How, _ how, how?
_ _ _ How, how, how?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ [G] [F#] How, how, how, [Em] how.
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ God _ _ _ bless you.
Thank you.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Where's Paul?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'll _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [G#] do _ [E] anything that you want me to do. _ _ _ _
There [G] _ _ _ [D] [Em] ain't nothing, [E] baby, I wouldn't do for you. _ _
_ _ _ _ When [Bm] you [G] want it bad enough, [D] it's [E] catch as catch can.
_ _ _ And _ if I want it hard enough, you'll be my man.
_ _ _ _ _ I'll sing [D] the blues.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
I'll _ _ _ sing _ [G]
the [F#m] _ [E] blues.
_ _ Early in the morning, honey, _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [D] _ _ _ [B] I'll sing the blues.
_ _ _ [A#] _ [A] I'll _ [D] _
[A] _ _ sing the blues, [Em] baby.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ And I'll never let it out.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you [A] want to talk, _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _
_ [E] if you want to fight, come on and let's get down. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] [A] I'll tell [E] you where I'm going if you want to look.
_ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ _ I'll [A] take [E] you [A] where [E] I'm going, honey, if I want you to go.
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] I'll _ [A]
sing the blues.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Early in the morning, honey, I'll sing the blues. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] [B] My daddy sang the blues to me. _
_ _ [A#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'll sing the blues [E] to you, cause _ _ _ _ _ you're all I've got. _
_ [A] Play, play, play.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [E]
If you want to talk about it, I'll hang [A] around.
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
If you want to fight, I'll let it [A] down.
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ I'll tell [E] you where I'm going if you want to know.
_ _ _ [Em] _
[A] _ [E] I'll take you where _ I'm going, honey, if I want you to go. _ _ _
_ I'll sing [A] the [G] blues. _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Early in the morning, early in the midnight, I'll [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] sing the blues to my mama.
_ _ [Bm] _ [A] _
I'll sing the blues to you, cause [Em] you're all I've got.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ It's all right.
_ _ _ _ You know that I love _ _ _ you.
Oh, the honest I do.
_ _ You know that I love you. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'll sing the blues.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ Early _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] in the morning, early in the midnight, I'll sing the blues to my mama. _
[A] I'll sing the blues to you, cause you're all I've got.
You know _ that I love you. _ _ _
[G] Oh, _ [Em] the honest I do.
[A] My [E] baby [Em] _ don't have no sweet girl [A] like _
[Em] me.
[E] _ _ And he don't spend none of that midnight creeping my way.
_ _ [A] _ [E] How, how, how long, baby?
He's a cool little baby, and he's my mama.
I'll sing the blues to my _ mama. _ _ _
She's my [C#] baby, [E] my baby, _ my baby, [Em] my baby, my, my, my, my, my, my [E] baby. _ _ _ _
Good God.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
I'll sing the blues. _ _ _
I'll sing the blues to y'all.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ I'll sing the blues. _ _ _
[E] I'll sing the blues to y'all. _ _ _
[G] _ Late in the midnight hour, [E] _ _
early, early in the morning, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ late in the midnight hour.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ How, how, how, how? _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] How, how, how, how? _
_ _ How, _ how, how?
_ _ _ How, how, how?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ [G] [F#] How, how, how, [Em] how.
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ God _ _ _ bless you.
Thank you.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _