Going Up The Country Chords by Canned Heat

Tempo:
80.2 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Going Up The Country chords
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[Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
I'm going up the country, baby don't you want to go?
[Eb] [Bb] [F] I'm going to someplace where I'm never [Bb] going.
I'm going, I'm going where the water tastes like wine.
[Eb] I'm going where the water [Bb] tastes like wine.
[F] You can jump in the water, stay drunk [Bb] all the time.
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] I'm going to leave the city, got to get away.
I'm [Eb] going to leave the city, got to get [Bb] away.
All [F] this fussing and fighting, man, you know I sure [Bb] can't stay.
Now baby, if I could leave the truck, you know we got to leave today.
Exactly where we're going, I cannot say.
[Eb] But we might even leave the [Bb] USA, because [F] it's a brand new game I want [Bb] to play.
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] All this [Eb] fussing and fighting, man, you know [Bb] I sure can't stay.
Now baby, [F] if I could leave the truck, you know we got to leave today.
Exactly [Bb] where we're going, [Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
I cannot say.
But we might even leave the truck, you know [Bb] I sure can't stay.
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Bb
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Eb
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F
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Eb
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F
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Bb
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To start learning Canned Heat - Going Up The Country chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Bb, F, Bb, Eb and Bb in sequence. Kick off your practice at a gentle 40 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 80 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of Bb Minor.

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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
I'm going up the country, baby don't you want to go? _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] I'm going to someplace where I'm never [Bb] going.
_ _ I'm going, I'm going where the water tastes like wine.
_ [Eb] I'm going where the water [Bb] tastes like wine.
_ [F] You can jump in the water, stay drunk [Bb] all the time. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ I'm going to leave the city, got to get away.
I'm [Eb] going to leave the city, got to get [Bb] away.
All [F] this fussing and fighting, man, you know I sure [Bb] can't stay.
Now baby, if I could leave the truck, you know we got to leave today.
Exactly where we're going, I cannot say.
[Eb] But we might even leave the [Bb] USA, _ because [F] it's a brand new game I want [Bb] to play. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ All this [Eb] fussing and fighting, man, you know [Bb] I sure can't stay.
Now baby, [F] if I could leave the truck, you know we got to leave today.
Exactly [Bb] _ where we're going, _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
I cannot say.
But we might even leave the truck, you know _ [Bb] _ _ I sure can't stay. _

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This song is part of The Best Of album.

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