Chords for Jerome Godboo - Born In Chicago
Tempo:
156.2 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
B
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[Ab] [A]
[B]
[D] [A]
[Em]
[Db] [D] [Ab]
[A] I'm a boy in Chicago, not in Chichester.
[D] I'm a boy in Chicago, [A] not in Chichester.
[E] When my mama told me [D] son, [Ab] try me [A] in O.C.
[E]
My first friend went down, 17 years old.
[D] My first friend went down, [A] 17 years old.
[E] Well, there's one thing I can [D] say, that's on [A] my soul.
[E] [Em]
[Am]
[A]
[Am]
[Bm]
[Gb] [E]
[Am]
I'm a boy in Chicago, [A]
[C] [Ab] [Am]
[G] [E]
[Em] [D] [A]
[Am]
[D]
[Am]
[E] not in Chichester.
[C]
I'm a boy [E] in [A] Chicago, not in Chichester.
[D]
[A] It's a hard working day for Sean over here.
[G]
He [Gb] wants to talk to Daniel, [D] so he's going to play, you know.
[E]
[B] Hey, hey, the [A] blues is alright.
Hey, hey, the blues is [D] alright.
Hey, hey, the blues is [A] alright.
Hey, hey, [D] the blues is alright.
[E] The blues is [A] alright, [G] if there's someone left to [A] play.
[Em]
[A]
[A] [E]
[C]
[A] [E]
[A]
[D] [A]
[B]
[D]
[D] [G] [E]
[A]
[Em] [A]
[E]
[D] [A]
[C] [E]
[A] Yeah, yeah, you know, you'd be nice to me now.
[D] My second friend went down,
[B] when I was 21.
And my papa told me son, [A] you better get a gun.
[E]
[A] Yeah, the blues is alright.
[B] If [Am] there's someone left to play with you.
[D] Yeah, the blues is alright.
[A] If there's [E] someone left to play with [E] you.
[D] Fresh from [Gb] Germany last [A] night with the spin doctors.
That's Eric [E] Schmidt.
Come on now, come on.
[A]
[Eb]
[D] [C] [D] [A]
[Em]
[E]
[A]
[Dm] [D]
[E]
[B] [A]
[G]
[Gb] [Am] [B] [D]
[B] [D] [C]
[G] [A] [Em]
[B] [A]
[E] [E] [A]
Had a fun playing with little kids, I ran around with [D] Rosie.
[A]
[G] I was like playing with a ring around my rope.
[D] [A]
[G] Yeah, [A] the blues is alright.
If there's someone left to play the game.
[D] The blues is alright.
[Am] If there's someone left to play the game.
Some of my friends have been [D] gone.
They [A] just don't [E] seem to stay.
[A]
[D]
[A]
I'm not [Bm] going to play [E] with you.
[D] I'm not going [A] to play with you.
I'm not going to play with you.
[B] [Bbm]
[Ab] [A]
[B]
[D] [A]
[Em]
[Db] [D] [Ab]
[A] I'm a boy in Chicago, not in Chichester.
[D] I'm a boy in Chicago, [A] not in Chichester.
[E] When my mama told me [D] son, [Ab] try me [A] in O.C.
[E]
My first friend went down, 17 years old.
[D] My first friend went down, [A] 17 years old.
[E] Well, there's one thing I can [D] say, that's on [A] my soul.
[E] [Em]
[Am]
[A]
[Am]
[Bm]
[Gb] [E]
[Am]
I'm a boy in Chicago, [A]
[C] [Ab] [Am]
[G] [E]
[Em] [D] [A]
[Am]
[D]
[Am]
[E] not in Chichester.
[C]
I'm a boy [E] in [A] Chicago, not in Chichester.
[D]
[A] It's a hard working day for Sean over here.
[G]
He [Gb] wants to talk to Daniel, [D] so he's going to play, you know.
[E]
[B] Hey, hey, the [A] blues is alright.
Hey, hey, the blues is [D] alright.
Hey, hey, the blues is [A] alright.
Hey, hey, [D] the blues is alright.
[E] The blues is [A] alright, [G] if there's someone left to [A] play.
[Em]
[A]
[A] [E]
[C]
[A] [E]
[A]
[D] [A]
[B]
[D]
[D] [G] [E]
[A]
[Em] [A]
[E]
[D] [A]
[C] [E]
[A] Yeah, yeah, you know, you'd be nice to me now.
[D] My second friend went down,
[B] when I was 21.
And my papa told me son, [A] you better get a gun.
[E]
[A] Yeah, the blues is alright.
[B] If [Am] there's someone left to play with you.
[D] Yeah, the blues is alright.
[A] If there's [E] someone left to play with [E] you.
[D] Fresh from [Gb] Germany last [A] night with the spin doctors.
That's Eric [E] Schmidt.
Come on now, come on.
[A]
[Eb]
[D] [C] [D] [A]
[Em]
[E]
[A]
[Dm] [D]
[E]
[B] [A]
[G]
[Gb] [Am] [B] [D]
[B] [D] [C]
[G] [A] [Em]
[B] [A]
[E] [E] [A]
Had a fun playing with little kids, I ran around with [D] Rosie.
[A]
[G] I was like playing with a ring around my rope.
[D] [A]
[G] Yeah, [A] the blues is alright.
If there's someone left to play the game.
[D] The blues is alright.
[Am] If there's someone left to play the game.
Some of my friends have been [D] gone.
They [A] just don't [E] seem to stay.
[A]
[D]
[A]
I'm not [Bm] going to play [E] with you.
[D] I'm not going [A] to play with you.
I'm not going to play with you.
[B] [Bbm]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm a boy in Chicago, _ _ not in Chichester. _ _ _ _
[D] I'm a boy in Chicago, _ _ [A] not in Chichester. _ _ _ _
[E] When my mama told me [D] son, _ _ [Ab] try me [A] in O.C.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ My first friend went down, _ _ _ 17 years old. _ _
_ [D] _ My first friend went down, [A] _ _ _ 17 years old. _
[E] _ Well, there's one thing I can [D] say, that's on [A] my soul.
[E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Gb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm a boy in Chicago, _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ not in Chichester.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ I'm a boy [E] in [A] Chicago, not in Chichester.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ It's a hard working day for Sean over here.
_ [G] _ _
He [Gb] wants to talk to Daniel, [D] so he's going to play, you know.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] Hey, hey, the [A] blues is alright.
Hey, hey, the blues is [D] alright.
Hey, hey, the blues is [A] alright.
Hey, hey, [D] the blues is alright.
[E] The blues is [A] alright, [G] if there's someone left to [A] play. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, yeah, you know, you'd be nice to me now.
[D] _ My second friend went down, _
[B] _ _ when I was 21. _
_ _ And my papa told me son, [A] _ you better get a gun.
[E] _ _
[A] _ _ Yeah, the blues is alright. _
_ _ [B] If [Am] there's someone left to play with you.
[D] _ _ Yeah, the blues is alright. _
[A] _ _ If there's [E] someone left to play with [E] you.
_ [D] Fresh from [Gb] Germany last [A] night with the spin doctors.
That's Eric [E] Schmidt.
Come on now, come on.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Gb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ Had a fun playing with little kids, I ran _ _ _ around _ with [D] Rosie.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] I was like playing with a ring around my rope.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Yeah, [A] the blues is alright.
_ _ _ If there's someone left to play the game.
_ _ [D] _ The blues is alright.
_ _ [Am] If there's someone left to play the game.
_ _ Some of my friends have been [D] gone.
They [A] just don't [E] seem to stay.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
I'm not [Bm] going to play [E] with you. _ _ _
[D] I'm not going [A] to play with you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm not going to play with you.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm a boy in Chicago, _ _ not in Chichester. _ _ _ _
[D] I'm a boy in Chicago, _ _ [A] not in Chichester. _ _ _ _
[E] When my mama told me [D] son, _ _ [Ab] try me [A] in O.C.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ My first friend went down, _ _ _ 17 years old. _ _
_ [D] _ My first friend went down, [A] _ _ _ 17 years old. _
[E] _ Well, there's one thing I can [D] say, that's on [A] my soul.
[E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm a boy in Chicago, _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ not in Chichester.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ I'm a boy [E] in [A] Chicago, not in Chichester.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ It's a hard working day for Sean over here.
_ [G] _ _
He [Gb] wants to talk to Daniel, [D] so he's going to play, you know.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] Hey, hey, the [A] blues is alright.
Hey, hey, the blues is [D] alright.
Hey, hey, the blues is [A] alright.
Hey, hey, [D] the blues is alright.
[E] The blues is [A] alright, [G] if there's someone left to [A] play. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, yeah, you know, you'd be nice to me now.
[D] _ My second friend went down, _
[B] _ _ when I was 21. _
_ _ And my papa told me son, [A] _ you better get a gun.
[E] _ _
[A] _ _ Yeah, the blues is alright. _
_ _ [B] If [Am] there's someone left to play with you.
[D] _ _ Yeah, the blues is alright. _
[A] _ _ If there's [E] someone left to play with [E] you.
_ [D] Fresh from [Gb] Germany last [A] night with the spin doctors.
That's Eric [E] Schmidt.
Come on now, come on.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
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[Gb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ Had a fun playing with little kids, I ran _ _ _ around _ with [D] Rosie.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] I was like playing with a ring around my rope.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Yeah, [A] the blues is alright.
_ _ _ If there's someone left to play the game.
_ _ [D] _ The blues is alright.
_ _ [Am] If there's someone left to play the game.
_ _ Some of my friends have been [D] gone.
They [A] just don't [E] seem to stay.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
I'm not [Bm] going to play [E] with you. _ _ _
[D] I'm not going [A] to play with you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm not going to play with you.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bbm] _