Chords for JD McPherson - Oil In My Lamp (Live)
Tempo:
133.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
F#
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
All right, folks, so we've got a little special number here.
big fans of, obviously, rhythm and blues and rock and roll stuff, but we're also big
of Jamaica in the early 1960s.
the R&B that was floating down from Florida.
Kings called Oil in My [G] Lamp.
[D] [G]
But it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
Yeah!
big fans of, obviously, rhythm and blues and rock and roll stuff, but we're also big
of Jamaica in the early 1960s.
the R&B that was floating down from Florida.
Kings called Oil in My [G] Lamp.
[D] [G]
But it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
Yeah!
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F#
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_ _ _ _ _ _ All right, folks, so we've got a little special number here.
We're big fans of, obviously, rhythm and blues and rock and roll stuff, but we're also big
fans of the music that came out of Jamaica in the early 1960s.
But I'm listening to the R&B that was floating down from Florida.
This is a tune by the Ska Kings called Oil in My [G] Lamp. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ But it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
Yeah!
_ But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, I [D] pray.
_ _ [F#] _ But it's so [Em] much [G]
oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ Keep it [G]
burning till the [D] break _ [G] of day.
Yeah!
_ But _ it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, I [D]
pray.
_ _ _ [F#m] But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ Keep [G] it burning till the [D] break _ [G]
of day.
Yeah, go Doug! _ _ _ _
Doug _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ Corcoran, everybody.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Go Ray! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ But it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ But it's so much [G]
oil in my lamp, I [D] pray.
God, I pray!
But it's so much [G]
oil in my lamp, _ keep it [C]
burning.
_ _ _ Keep it [G]
burning till the [D] break _ [G] of day.
Everybody!
_ But it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, I [D]
pray.
_ _ _ But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ Keep [G] it burning till the [D] break [G] _
of day.
Yeah!
_ _ _ Keep it burning till the [D] break of [G] day.
_ _ _ _ _ Keep it burning till the [D] break _ [G]
of day.
Yeah! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Thank you!
_ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ Sing by the Scott King, everybody.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
We're big fans of, obviously, rhythm and blues and rock and roll stuff, but we're also big
fans of the music that came out of Jamaica in the early 1960s.
But I'm listening to the R&B that was floating down from Florida.
This is a tune by the Ska Kings called Oil in My [G] Lamp. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ But it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
Yeah!
_ But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, I [D] pray.
_ _ [F#] _ But it's so [Em] much [G]
oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ Keep it [G]
burning till the [D] break _ [G] of day.
Yeah!
_ But _ it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, I [D]
pray.
_ _ _ [F#m] But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ Keep [G] it burning till the [D] break _ [G]
of day.
Yeah, go Doug! _ _ _ _
Doug _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ Corcoran, everybody.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Go Ray! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ But it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ But it's so much [G]
oil in my lamp, I [D] pray.
God, I pray!
But it's so much [G]
oil in my lamp, _ keep it [C]
burning.
_ _ _ Keep it [G]
burning till the [D] break _ [G] of day.
Everybody!
_ But it's so much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, I [D]
pray.
_ _ _ But it's so [G] much oil in my lamp, keep [C] it burning.
_ _ _ Keep [G] it burning till the [D] break [G] _
of day.
Yeah!
_ _ _ Keep it burning till the [D] break of [G] day.
_ _ _ _ _ Keep it burning till the [D] break _ [G]
of day.
Yeah! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Thank you!
_ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ Sing by the Scott King, everybody.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _