Chords for Freddie King - I Wonder Why - Atlantic Blues

Tempo:
95 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

A

F

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Freddie King - I Wonder Why  -  Atlantic Blues chords
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[D]
[D#] [D] [B] [A]
[Dm] [D] [G]
[D]
[G]
[F] [D]
[G] [A] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [D]
I wonder why, [G] why my baby [A] won't treat [D] me right.
[F#]
[G] I wonder why, why my [D] baby won't treat me right.
[C]
[A] She's a mean, mean woman, [G] and she [D] don't come home at night.
[Dm] [A]
[A#m] She's [D] a gambling woman, [G] she chases [F] men in [D] between.
[F#]
[G] Yes, she's a gambling woman, she [B] chases [C#] men in [D] between.
[F#]
[D#] [A] Yes, she's a mean, mean [Dm] woman, [G] the meanest woman I've [D] ever seen.
[Dm] [A]
[D] I'll be home [Bm] [G] late last [F] Friday, [D] that's what she said.
[F#] [G] Yes, I'll be home late last [F] Friday, that's [D] what she said.
[F#]
[A] Yes, the way my baby [E] treats me [G] sometimes, I wish that [F] I was [D] dead.
[B]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G]
[Dm] [D]
[A] [D] [G]
[D] [Bm]
[C#] I [D] get in my bed, [G] I lay awake till [F] brown [D] daylight.
[G] I get in my bed, people, I lay awake [F] till brown [D] daylight.
[F#]
[A] Yes, I'll be lying there one [G] minute.
Yes, will my baby [F] be [D] home tonight?
[G] [A#m] [D]
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
F
134211111
Dm
2311
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
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To learn Freddie King - I Wonder Why chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: A, G, F, D, G, F#, G, F# and A. Kick off your practice at a gentle 47 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 95 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: D Minor.

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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
[Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
I wonder why, _ [G] why my baby [A] won't treat [D] me right.
_ _ _ [F#] _
[G] I wonder why, _ _ _ why my [D] baby won't treat me right.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
[A] She's a mean, mean woman, [G] _ _ and she [D] don't come home at night.
[Dm] _ _ _ [A] _
[A#m] She's [D] a gambling woman, _ _ [G] she chases [F] men in [D] between.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
[G] Yes, she's a gambling woman, _ she [B] chases [C#] men in [D] between.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _
[D#] [A] Yes, she's a mean, mean [Dm] woman, [G] the meanest woman I've [D] ever seen.
_ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] I'll be home [Bm] _ [G] _ late last [F] Friday, [D] that's what she said. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] [G] Yes, I'll be home _ late last [F] Friday, that's [D] what she said.
_ _ [F#] _ _
[A] Yes, the way my baby [E] treats me [G] sometimes, I wish that [F] I was [D] dead.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C#] I [D] get in my bed, _ [G] _ I lay awake till [F] brown [D] daylight. _ _ _ _ _
[G] I get in my bed, people, _ I lay awake [F] till brown [D] daylight.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
[A] Yes, I'll be lying there one [G] minute.
Yes, will my baby [F] be [D] home tonight?
[G] _ _ _ [A#m] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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