Chords for JIM MORRISON & JOHN LEE HOOKER

Tempo:
131.7 bpm
Chords used:

Em

E

A

G

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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JIM MORRISON & JOHN LEE HOOKER chords
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[Em]
[E]
[A] [Em]
I'll keep [E] your eyes on the road you head upon the wheel.
Keep [Em] [E]
your eyes on the road and hands upon the [Em] wheel.
Go down the road and don't ever reel.
Have a really good time tonight.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo.
Yeah, [E] back on the road I still got some fun to lose.
Got [Em] some fun to lose, fun to lose.
Back in the road, I been to the wrong house.
There was a lot of fun to lose.
There were people.
Like to [A] go [Em] down, struggle down the road.
[C#m] Let [A] it roll, [E] [F#] baby, [Em] let it [F#m] roll.
Let it roll, [G] baby, [F#m] roll.
[A] Let it [C] [Em] roll, baby, roll.
Let [Bm] it roll.
Roll, baby, roll.
[C]
[B] [E] [Em]
You
[E]
[Em]
[A] [Em]
[A] [Em]
[A] [Em]
[E]
got
[Em]
[E]
[Em] [E]
to roll, roll, roll that wheel, my son.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [Em] yeah.
[E]
[Em]
[E] I'm not going no longer.
Shake it baby, shake it.
Shake it, shake it baby.
[A] [E]
[Em] [E]
[D] [E] All night long, all night
[Em] [E]
[Em]
long.
Give up your bones, give up your bones.
Save our city.
Save our city, our city.
Right now, right now, right now.
Right, right, right, right, right now.
Yeah.
Yeah, I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer.
Woke up this morning, [E] I got myself a beer.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Em] You just, [E] you just want to suck it.
Yeah, [Dm] yeah, yeah.
[Em] Always, yeah, always.
They [A] roll, [G] baby, roll.
[A]
They roll, [Bm] baby, roll.
[G] They [F#m] roll, baby, roll.
I'm not going to wrestle.
Not [B] going to wrestle.
[C#]
[D#] All [Em] night [Bm] long.
[Am] I [F#m]
[G] don't [Em] want to wrestle.
[Bm]
[G] [E] [G]
[E] [Am] Yeah.
[Em] [N]
Key:  
Em
121
E
2311
A
1231
G
2131
F#m
123111112
Em
121
E
2311
A
1231
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To jam and learn the simple chords for John Lee Hooker & Jim Morrison - (LP Version) Roadhouse Blues chords, practice playing Em, E and Em in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 65 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 132. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: E Minor.

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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'll keep [E] your eyes on the road you head upon the wheel.
Keep [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
your eyes on the road _ _ and hands upon the [Em] wheel. _ _ _ _ _
Go down the road and don't ever reel.
Have a really good time tonight.
_ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, _ _ yeah. _
Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo.
_ Yeah, [E] back on the road I still got some fun to lose.
Got [Em] some fun to lose, fun to lose. _ _ _
_ _ _ Back in the road, I been to the wrong house.
There was a lot of fun to lose. _ _ _
There were people.
_ _ _ Like to [A] go [Em] down, struggle down the road. _ _ _
[C#m] Let [A] it roll, [E] [F#] baby, [Em] let it [F#m] roll.
Let it roll, [G] baby, [F#m] roll.
_ [A] Let it [C] [Em] roll, baby, roll.
_ Let [Bm] it roll.
Roll, baby, roll.
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_ _ You _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ got _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ to roll, roll, roll that wheel, my son.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [Em] yeah.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ I'm not going no longer.
_ Shake it baby, shake it.
Shake it, shake it baby. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] All _ night long, all night _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ long.
_ _ Give up your bones, give up your bones. _ _
Save our city. _ _ _ _ _
Save our city, our city.
_ Right now, right now, right now.
Right, right, right, right, right now.
_ _ _ Yeah.
_ Yeah, I woke up this morning, I got _ myself a beer.
_ _ _ Woke up this morning, [E] _ _ _ I got myself a beer.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ [Em] _ You just, [E] you just want to suck it.
Yeah, [Dm] yeah, yeah.
[Em] _ _ _ Always, yeah, always.
They [A] roll, [G] baby, roll.
[A] _
They roll, [Bm] baby, roll.
[G] They [F#m] roll, baby, roll.
_ _ _ I'm not going to wrestle.
Not [B] going to wrestle.
_ _ _ [C#] _
[D#] All [Em] night [Bm] long.
[Am] I [F#m] _
[G] don't [Em] want to wrestle.
[Bm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] [Am] Yeah.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _

Facts about this song

Among the compositions on the album Stoned Immaculate: The Music Of The Doors, written by Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, this one shines.

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