Chords for How To Play Keb' Mo' "Perpetual Blues Machine"
Tempo:
124.35 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[F#] [D] [A]
[F#] [A] [G] [A]
[F#] [A] [G] [E]
[B] [E] [A]
You had style, you had class, [D] you had everything to make [A] a love last.
You had grace, you had charm, [D] you had me hanging [Am] on your arm.
[D] When [F#m] I found out you are the fake, [B] you lit up the people like a snake.
And I [F#m] was ready to let you go, [B] I let all my feelings [E] [Am] show.
[C#m] [E] [F#] Tell me why you wanna [D] be so [Am] cold, [D] why you wanna be so [A] [G] mad.
[A] [D] You gonna let your [A] true colors [F#] [Em] show, you gonna [B] let you [E] lose my [F#m] shame.
[A]
We couldn't be just fine, [F#] you be the one, you [D] be [A] all mine.
Our life was real, but you didn't I know, [D] that you were setting on my heart.
[A] But you were walking under [D] the moon, I [F#m] know, just who you are.
And [B] if the devil sent the death to get to you, but [G] I'm not [F#m] the one, just right for you.
[B] You need a man to do you lonely [E] like [Am] a [F#] lonely [G] little [F#] baby.
Tell me why you wanna [D] be [Am] so cold, [D] why you wanna be [A] so mad.
[D] You gonna let [A] your true [E] colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you lose [A] my shame.
[F#m] [D]
[A]
[Am] [D]
[A] [D] Now you [F#m] gone and I'm dressed, [B] every day let it get too bad.
[F#m] You know I tried to make you go, [B] but there was just no way.
[G#m] [Am] Tell [C#m] you [E] so, [F#] baby, why you [D] wanna be [A] so cold, [F#] why you [D] wanna be [A] so [B] mad.
[A] [D]
You gonna let [A] your [E] true colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you [A] lose my shame.
[D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, [D] why you wanna be [A] so mad.
[D]
You gonna let [A] your true [E] colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you lose [A] my shame.
[B] I bet [E] you you lose [G#] my [D] shame.
[F] [A] [G#] [A]
[F#] [D] [A]
[F#] [A] [G] [A]
[F#] [A] [G] [E]
[B] [E] [A]
You had style, you had class, [D] you had everything to make [A] a love last.
You had grace, you had charm, [D] you had me hanging [Am] on your arm.
[D] When [F#m] I found out you are the fake, [B] you lit up the people like a snake.
And I [F#m] was ready to let you go, [B] I let all my feelings [E] [Am] show.
[C#m] [E] [F#] Tell me why you wanna [D] be so [Am] cold, [D] why you wanna be so [A] [G] mad.
[A] [D] You gonna let your [A] true colors [F#] [Em] show, you gonna [B] let you [E] lose my [F#m] shame.
[A]
We couldn't be just fine, [F#] you be the one, you [D] be [A] all mine.
Our life was real, but you didn't I know, [D] that you were setting on my heart.
[A] But you were walking under [D] the moon, I [F#m] know, just who you are.
And [B] if the devil sent the death to get to you, but [G] I'm not [F#m] the one, just right for you.
[B] You need a man to do you lonely [E] like [Am] a [F#] lonely [G] little [F#] baby.
Tell me why you wanna [D] be [Am] so cold, [D] why you wanna be [A] so mad.
[D] You gonna let [A] your true [E] colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you lose [A] my shame.
[F#m] [D]
[A]
[Am] [D]
[A] [D] Now you [F#m] gone and I'm dressed, [B] every day let it get too bad.
[F#m] You know I tried to make you go, [B] but there was just no way.
[G#m] [Am] Tell [C#m] you [E] so, [F#] baby, why you [D] wanna be [A] so cold, [F#] why you [D] wanna be [A] so [B] mad.
[A] [D]
You gonna let [A] your [E] true colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you [A] lose my shame.
[D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, [D] why you wanna be [A] so mad.
[D]
You gonna let [A] your true [E] colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you lose [A] my shame.
[B] I bet [E] you you lose [G#] my [D] shame.
[F] [A] [G#] [A]
Key:
A
D
E
B
F#
A
D
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [E] _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ You had style, _ you had class, [D] you had everything to make [A] a love last.
You had grace, _ you had charm, _ [D] you had me hanging [Am] on your arm.
[D] When [F#m] I found out you are the fake, _ [B] you lit up the people like a snake.
And I [F#m] was ready to let you go, [B] I let all my feelings [E] [Am] show.
[C#m] _ [E] [F#] Tell me why you wanna [D] be so [Am] cold, _ [D] _ why you wanna be so [A] [G] mad.
[A] _ _ [D] You gonna let your [A] true colors [F#] [Em] show, you gonna [B] let you [E] lose my [F#m] shame.
[A] _ _ _ _
We couldn't be _ just fine, _ [F#] you be the one, you [D] be [A] all mine.
Our life was real, but you didn't I know, [D] that you were setting on my heart.
[A] But you were walking under [D] the moon, I [F#m] know, just who you are.
And [B] if the devil sent the death to get to you, but [G] I'm not [F#m] the one, just right for you.
_ [B] You need a man to do you lonely [E] like [Am] a [F#] lonely [G] little [F#] baby.
Tell me why you wanna [D] be [Am] so cold, _ [D] _ why you wanna be [A] so mad.
_ _ [D] _ You gonna let [A] your true [E] colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you lose [A] my shame.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Now you [F#m] gone _ and I'm dressed, [B] every day let it get too bad.
_ [F#m] You know I tried to make you go, _ [B] but there was just no way.
[G#m] [Am] Tell [C#m] you [E] so, [F#] baby, why you [D] wanna be [A] so cold, _ [F#] why you [D] wanna be [A] so [B] mad.
[A] _ _ _ [D]
You gonna let [A] your [E] true colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you [A] lose my shame.
_ [D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, _ _ [D] why you wanna be [A] so mad.
_ _ [D] _
You gonna let [A] your true [E] colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you lose [A] my shame.
_ [B] _ I bet [E] you you lose [G#] my [D] shame.
_ [F] _ [A] _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [E] _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ You had style, _ you had class, [D] you had everything to make [A] a love last.
You had grace, _ you had charm, _ [D] you had me hanging [Am] on your arm.
[D] When [F#m] I found out you are the fake, _ [B] you lit up the people like a snake.
And I [F#m] was ready to let you go, [B] I let all my feelings [E] [Am] show.
[C#m] _ [E] [F#] Tell me why you wanna [D] be so [Am] cold, _ [D] _ why you wanna be so [A] [G] mad.
[A] _ _ [D] You gonna let your [A] true colors [F#] [Em] show, you gonna [B] let you [E] lose my [F#m] shame.
[A] _ _ _ _
We couldn't be _ just fine, _ [F#] you be the one, you [D] be [A] all mine.
Our life was real, but you didn't I know, [D] that you were setting on my heart.
[A] But you were walking under [D] the moon, I [F#m] know, just who you are.
And [B] if the devil sent the death to get to you, but [G] I'm not [F#m] the one, just right for you.
_ [B] You need a man to do you lonely [E] like [Am] a [F#] lonely [G] little [F#] baby.
Tell me why you wanna [D] be [Am] so cold, _ [D] _ why you wanna be [A] so mad.
_ _ [D] _ You gonna let [A] your true [E] colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you lose [A] my shame.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Now you [F#m] gone _ and I'm dressed, [B] every day let it get too bad.
_ [F#m] You know I tried to make you go, _ [B] but there was just no way.
[G#m] [Am] Tell [C#m] you [E] so, [F#] baby, why you [D] wanna be [A] so cold, _ [F#] why you [D] wanna be [A] so [B] mad.
[A] _ _ _ [D]
You gonna let [A] your [E] true colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you [A] lose my shame.
_ [D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, _ _ [D] why you wanna be [A] so mad.
_ _ [D] _
You gonna let [A] your true [E] colors show, [B] you gonna let [E] you lose [A] my shame.
_ [B] _ I bet [E] you you lose [G#] my [D] shame.
_ [F] _ [A] _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _