Chords for James Cotton feat. Keb Mo - Wasn't My Time
Tempo:
100.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
Bm
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [E]
[C#]
[Em] [B] [E]
[B] [E] Father went first, then my sweet mother, [E]
[Em] then it was just me, my sister and my brother.
For [B] too long [E] they were up and gone.
I had to make my way on my own.
[B] I guess [A] it wasn't my time,
wasn't my [Bm] time to go.
[Em]
[E] [B] How I got this far I'll never know.
[Em] It just [A] wasn't my time to [E] go.
[Bm] [E]
I was sitting at a bus stop, [Bm]
1961, [E] heading out to the nightclub to have a little party.
Here come a crazy man, waving a gun, shot me five times, [Em] but I still wasn't done.
I guess it wasn't
my [E] time, wasn't my time to go.
[Em] [E] I'm still [B] blowing up and down the road.
[Bm]
It just wasn't my [E] time to go.
[A] [E]
[A]
[C#m] [A]
[E] [A] [E]
[B] [Bm]
[C#] [E]
[A] [Bm]
I've been a farm boy, [C#m] an ice man, [E] a short order cook,
wash a car, mow a [Em] yard, whatever [E] it took.
[Em] So many good friends of [E] mine have come and gone.
I'm still blowing and going [Em] and carrying on.
I [A] guess it wasn't my time, wasn't my time [E] to go.
[Bm] As long as I can still blow,
[F#] I [Bm] guess it wasn't [A] my [E] time to go.
As [B] long as I can still blow, [Bm] it ain't my [G] time to go.
[Bm] [E]
[G]
[E]
[Em]
[E]
[Bm]
[E]
[B] [E]
[E]
[G] [E]
[G] [E]
[G] [E]
[C#]
[Em] [B] [E]
[B] [E] Father went first, then my sweet mother, [E]
[Em] then it was just me, my sister and my brother.
For [B] too long [E] they were up and gone.
I had to make my way on my own.
[B] I guess [A] it wasn't my time,
wasn't my [Bm] time to go.
[Em]
[E] [B] How I got this far I'll never know.
[Em] It just [A] wasn't my time to [E] go.
[Bm] [E]
I was sitting at a bus stop, [Bm]
1961, [E] heading out to the nightclub to have a little party.
Here come a crazy man, waving a gun, shot me five times, [Em] but I still wasn't done.
I guess it wasn't
my [E] time, wasn't my time to go.
[Em] [E] I'm still [B] blowing up and down the road.
[Bm]
It just wasn't my [E] time to go.
[A] [E]
[A]
[C#m] [A]
[E] [A] [E]
[B] [Bm]
[C#] [E]
[A] [Bm]
I've been a farm boy, [C#m] an ice man, [E] a short order cook,
wash a car, mow a [Em] yard, whatever [E] it took.
[Em] So many good friends of [E] mine have come and gone.
I'm still blowing and going [Em] and carrying on.
I [A] guess it wasn't my time, wasn't my time [E] to go.
[Bm] As long as I can still blow,
[F#] I [Bm] guess it wasn't [A] my [E] time to go.
As [B] long as I can still blow, [Bm] it ain't my [G] time to go.
[Bm] [E]
[G]
[E]
[Em]
[E]
[Bm]
[E]
[B] [E]
[E]
[G] [E]
[G] [E]
[G] [E]
Key:
E
Em
Bm
B
A
E
Em
Bm
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_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
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_ [B] _ _ [E] _ Father went first, then my sweet mother, [E]
[Em] then it was just me, my sister and my brother.
For [B] too long [E] they were up and gone.
I had to make my way on my own.
[B] I guess [A] it wasn't my time,
wasn't my [Bm] time to go.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ [B] How I got this far I'll never know.
_ _ [Em] It just [A] wasn't my time to [E] go. _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E]
I was sitting at a bus stop, _ [Bm] _
1961, [E] heading out to the nightclub to have a little party.
Here come a crazy man, waving a gun, _ shot me five times, [Em] but I still wasn't done.
I guess it wasn't
my [E] time, wasn't my time to go. _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ I'm still [B] blowing up and down the road.
_ [Bm] _ _
It just wasn't my [E] time to go. _ _ _ _ _
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[C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
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_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
I've been a farm boy, [C#m] an ice man, [E] a short order cook,
_ wash a car, mow a [Em] yard, whatever [E] it took.
_ [Em] So many good friends of [E] mine have come and gone. _
I'm still blowing and going [Em] and carrying on.
I [A] guess it wasn't my time, wasn't my time [E] to go. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] As long as I can still blow, _
[F#] _ I [Bm] guess it wasn't [A] my [E] time to go. _ _ _
_ As [B] long as I can still blow, _ _ [Bm] it ain't my [G] time to go. _
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_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
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_ [B] _ _ [E] _ Father went first, then my sweet mother, [E]
[Em] then it was just me, my sister and my brother.
For [B] too long [E] they were up and gone.
I had to make my way on my own.
[B] I guess [A] it wasn't my time,
wasn't my [Bm] time to go.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ [B] How I got this far I'll never know.
_ _ [Em] It just [A] wasn't my time to [E] go. _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E]
I was sitting at a bus stop, _ [Bm] _
1961, [E] heading out to the nightclub to have a little party.
Here come a crazy man, waving a gun, _ shot me five times, [Em] but I still wasn't done.
I guess it wasn't
my [E] time, wasn't my time to go. _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ I'm still [B] blowing up and down the road.
_ [Bm] _ _
It just wasn't my [E] time to go. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
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[C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
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_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
I've been a farm boy, [C#m] an ice man, [E] a short order cook,
_ wash a car, mow a [Em] yard, whatever [E] it took.
_ [Em] So many good friends of [E] mine have come and gone. _
I'm still blowing and going [Em] and carrying on.
I [A] guess it wasn't my time, wasn't my time [E] to go. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] As long as I can still blow, _
[F#] _ I [Bm] guess it wasn't [A] my [E] time to go. _ _ _
_ As [B] long as I can still blow, _ _ [Bm] it ain't my [G] time to go. _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
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