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'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]
[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
A
D
F#m
E
Am
A
D
_ _ _ _ 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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _