Chords for I Ain't Gonna Suffer No More - John Lee Hooker

Tempo:
105.2 bpm
Chords used:

Am

A

D

F#m

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I Ain't Gonna Suffer No More - John Lee Hooker chords
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I'm [A]
[Am] [A]
so
[D] tired, so tired, [Am] so [E] tired, living in a memory [Am] gone by.
[A] [D] I'm so tired, so [Am] tired, so [D] tired, [A] [F#m] living in a memory [Am] gone by.
[E] [F#m] [Am]
I ain't gonna suffer [A] [D] no more, no [A] more.
[F#m] [Am]
I ain't gonna suffer [E] no more, no more, no more, [Am] and [E] live in a memory gone by.
[Am]
[A] [D] Well, [Am] well, well, [A] [D] trying to find a [Am] woman,
[A] wanna be [F#m] my daughter-in-law.
[Am]
[A] [F#m] [Am] Trying to find a [E] woman, trying to find a woman, [Am] wanna be [A] my daughter-in-law.
[D] [A]
[F#m] Another kind of woman, [Am] gonna [E] jive me and carry on, night and day.
[Am]
[A]
[D] [E]
[Am] [D] [Am] Well, well, well, well, [D] trying to [A] find a woman,
[F#m] [C] that wanna grow old with [E] me.
[F#m] I'm [Am] trying to find a woman, [D] woman, [A] woman, [Am] that wanna grow [A] old with me, old with me.
[F#m] [Am] Well, [D] well, well, [E] well, [Am] [E] well,
[F#m] [Am] [Em] [Am]
[F#m] [Am] [A]
[Am] [E] well, well, well,
[F#m] [Am]
[E] [A]
[E]
[Am] well, well, [A]
[Am] [E]
[A] well,
[Am]
[F#m] [D] [Am]
[A] well,
[Am]
[F#m] [Am] [F#m]
well, well, well, well, [F#m] well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
[Dm] well, [Am]
[F#m] well, well, well, [Am] [E] trying to [F#m] find a woman, [A] [D] one [Am] to be mine alone, [D] mine alone, [Am] [D] [Am] trying to
find a woman, woman, woman, [A]
[F#m] one to [Am] be mine alone, mine [E] alone,
[Am] not the [D] flirty type, [E]
[Am] want
a [A] job and carry on both night and day,
[Am] well, well, [D] [E]
[Am] I pray both [D] [A] night and day, [F#m] [Am] please, please
[D] Lord, [E]
[F#m] send me someone to love, [Am] someone to love.
[D] [A]
[F#m] [Am] Not the [D] Freudian type.
[E]
I'm going to carry on both [Am] night and day.
[A]
[F#m] [C] I know [D] it served me [A] right to suffer.
[F#m] [Am] Served me [D] right to be [A] alone, be alone.
[F#m] [Am] Be alone, [D] be alone, [A] be alone.
[F#m] [C] Look, baby, [D] [E]
if you get sick, [Am] [D] [Am]
don't call no [F#m] doctor.
[Am] [E]
You see that suffer, suffer, [Am] suffer.
If [D] [E]
I come [F#m] home, I come home.
[Am] [D] [A] I don't want a [F#m] soul, soul [A] at [D] [E]
my [F#m] house when I ain't home.
[E]
Because I suffered a [A] long time ago, I suffered.
[E] I don't want to suffer no more, no more.
[Am] [G] [Am]
[F#m] [Am] [Bm] Lord, no, [E]
don't [A] call no doctor.
[D#] [A]
Just suffer, suffer.
I [D] get home.
[A]
[D] Served me right [Am] to suffer.
That's why I [Em] ain't going to suffer no more.
[A] [D] [Am] Well, well, well.
[A] [E] [A] [D#] [G#]
[A]
Key:  
Am
2311
A
1231
D
1321
F#m
123111112
E
2311
Am
2311
A
1231
D
1321
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To jam and learn the simple chords for John Lee Hooker - I Aint Gonna Suffer No More chords, practice playing D, Am, D, A and D in sequence. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 78 BPM and then match the original tempo of 157 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: D Minor.

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_ _ _ _ I'm [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ so _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] tired, so tired, [Am] so [E] _ tired, living in a memory [Am] gone by.
_ _ [A] _ [D] I'm so tired, so [Am] tired, so [D] tired, _ [A] _ [F#m] living in a memory [Am] gone by.
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am]
I ain't gonna suffer [A] _ [D] no more, no [A] more. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Am] _
I ain't gonna suffer [E] no more, no more, no more, _ _ [Am] and [E] live in a memory gone by.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] Well, [Am] well, well, _ [A] _ [D] trying to find a [Am] woman, _ _
_ [A] wanna be [F#m] my daughter-in-law.
[Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] Trying to find a [E] woman, trying to find a woman, _ [Am] _ wanna be [A] my daughter-in-law.
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] Another kind of woman, [Am] gonna [E] jive me and carry on, night and day.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [Am] Well, well, well, well, _ _ [D] trying to [A] find a woman, _
_ [F#m] _ [C] that wanna grow old with [E] me. _ _
_ [F#m] I'm [Am] trying to find a woman, [D] woman, [A] woman, _ [Am] that wanna grow [A] old with me, old with me.
_ [F#m] _ _ [Am] Well, [D] well, well, [E] well, _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] well, _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [E] well, well, well, _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] well, well, _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] well, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] well, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
well, well, well, well, _ _ _ [F#m] well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
[Dm] well, _ [Am] _ _ _
[F#m] well, well, well, [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ trying to [F#m] find a woman, _ [A] _ _ [D] one [Am] to be mine alone, [D] mine alone, _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] trying to
find a woman, woman, woman, _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] one to [Am] be mine alone, mine [E] alone, _ _ _
_ _ [Am] not the [D] flirty type, [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] want
a [A] job and carry on both night and day, _
_ _ [Am] well, well, [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] I pray both [D] [A] night and day, _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] please, please
[D] Lord, [E] _
[F#m] send me someone to love, [Am] someone to love.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Am] Not the [D] Freudian type.
[E] _
I'm going to carry on both [Am] night and day.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [C] I know [D] it served me [A] right to suffer. _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Am] Served me [D] right to be [A] alone, be alone.
_ [F#m] _ _ [Am] Be alone, [D] be alone, [A] be alone.
_ [F#m] _ _ [C] Look, baby, [D] _ _ [E] _
if you get sick, [Am] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _
don't call no [F#m] doctor.
_ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
You see that suffer, suffer, [Am] suffer.
If [D] _ [E] _
I come [F#m] home, I come home.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ [A] I don't want a [F#m] soul, soul [A] at [D] _ [E] _
my [F#m] house when I ain't home.
[E] _ _ _ _
Because I suffered a [A] long time ago, I suffered.
_ [E] _ I don't want to suffer no more, no more. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ [Bm] Lord, no, [E] _
don't _ [A] call no doctor.
[D#] _ _ [A]
Just suffer, suffer.
_ I [D] get home.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] Served me right [Am] to suffer. _
_ _ That's why I [Em] ain't going to suffer no more.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ [Am] Well, well, well.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D#] _ [G#] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was penned by John Lee Hooker.

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