Chords for Jimmie's Texas Blues by Jimmie Rodgers (1929)
Tempo:
111 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
C
F#
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Fm] [G#] [C#]
[Em] [D#m] [G#] [C#]
The way I've been treated, [E] [C#] sometime I wish I was dead.
The way [F#] I've been treated, sometime I wish [C#] I was dead.
[C] Lord, Lord, [C#] [G#] cause I ain't got no place to lay my [C#]
weary head.
[G#] [C#]
Oh, believe [G#] [C#] me.
When I want you on, [C] I [C#] always [E] find you [C#] gone.
[F#] Every time I want you, I always find [C#] you gone.
You're [G#] always [C#] gone.
[G#] Listen here, good mama, I'm gonna put your air [C#] brakes on.
[C] [D#m] [G#]
[C#] Hey, yodel [G#]-ee, hey, [C#] yodel-ee.
Some like Chicago, [E]
[C#] some love Memphis, Tennessee.
[F#] Some like Chicago, some love Memphis, [C#] Tennessee.
Hey, sweet mama, [G#] give me sweet Dallas, Texas, where the women think the world [C#] of me.
Hey, hey, [Am]
[B] hey, [C#] yodel-ee, hey, yodel-ee.
You may have your [C] troubles, [C#]
I'm having my troubles too.
[D#] You [F#] may have your troubles, I'm having [C#] my troubles too.
[C#m] [C#] [G#]
Yes, I know how it feels when you're feeling so [C#] doggone blue.
Have mercy, Lord.
[C]
[C#] Hey, yodel-ee, [G#] hey, [C#] yodel-ee.
I'm not singing the blues, [C] [C#] I'm telling you the hard luck I've had.
[F#] I'm not singing blues, I'm telling you the hard [C#] luck I've had.
Maybe I've had it too.
[G#] The blues ain't nothing but a good man [C#] feeling bad.
The [C] [C#]
blues [G#] ain't nothing [C#]
but a good man feeling bad.
[Em] [D#m] [G#] [C#]
The way I've been treated, [E] [C#] sometime I wish I was dead.
The way [F#] I've been treated, sometime I wish [C#] I was dead.
[C] Lord, Lord, [C#] [G#] cause I ain't got no place to lay my [C#]
weary head.
[G#] [C#]
Oh, believe [G#] [C#] me.
When I want you on, [C] I [C#] always [E] find you [C#] gone.
[F#] Every time I want you, I always find [C#] you gone.
You're [G#] always [C#] gone.
[G#] Listen here, good mama, I'm gonna put your air [C#] brakes on.
[C] [D#m] [G#]
[C#] Hey, yodel [G#]-ee, hey, [C#] yodel-ee.
Some like Chicago, [E]
[C#] some love Memphis, Tennessee.
[F#] Some like Chicago, some love Memphis, [C#] Tennessee.
Hey, sweet mama, [G#] give me sweet Dallas, Texas, where the women think the world [C#] of me.
Hey, hey, [Am]
[B] hey, [C#] yodel-ee, hey, yodel-ee.
You may have your [C] troubles, [C#]
I'm having my troubles too.
[D#] You [F#] may have your troubles, I'm having [C#] my troubles too.
[C#m] [C#] [G#]
Yes, I know how it feels when you're feeling so [C#] doggone blue.
Have mercy, Lord.
[C]
[C#] Hey, yodel-ee, [G#] hey, [C#] yodel-ee.
I'm not singing the blues, [C] [C#] I'm telling you the hard luck I've had.
[F#] I'm not singing blues, I'm telling you the hard [C#] luck I've had.
Maybe I've had it too.
[G#] The blues ain't nothing but a good man [C#] feeling bad.
The [C] [C#]
blues [G#] ain't nothing [C#]
but a good man feeling bad.
Key:
C#
G#
C
F#
E
C#
G#
C
[Fm] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [D#m] _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _
_ The way I've been treated, [E] [C#] sometime I wish I was dead.
_ The way [F#] I've been treated, sometime I wish [C#] I was dead.
[C] Lord, Lord, [C#] _ _ [G#] cause I ain't got no place to lay my [C#]
weary head. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
Oh, believe [G#] _ [C#] me. _ _
When I want you on, [C] I [C#] always [E] find you [C#] gone.
_ _ _ [F#] Every time I want you, I always find [C#] you gone.
You're [G#] always [C#] gone.
_ _ [G#] Listen here, good mama, I'm gonna put your air [C#] brakes on.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D#m] _ [G#] _
[C#] _ Hey, yodel [G#]-ee, hey, [C#] yodel-ee.
_ Some like Chicago, [E]
[C#] some love Memphis, Tennessee. _ _ _
[F#] Some like Chicago, some love Memphis, [C#] Tennessee.
_ _ Hey, sweet mama, [G#] give me sweet Dallas, Texas, where the women think the world [C#] of me.
Hey, hey, _ [Am]
[B] hey, [C#] _ yodel-ee, hey, yodel-ee.
You may have your [C] troubles, [C#]
I'm having my troubles too.
_ [D#] You [F#] may have your troubles, I'm having [C#] my troubles too.
_ [C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#]
Yes, I know how it feels when you're feeling so [C#] doggone blue.
Have mercy, Lord.
_ [C] _ _
[C#] Hey, yodel-ee, [G#] hey, [C#] yodel-ee.
_ I'm not singing the blues, [C] [C#] I'm telling you the hard luck I've had.
_ [F#] I'm not singing blues, I'm telling you the hard [C#] luck I've had.
Maybe I've had it too.
_ [G#] _ The blues ain't nothing but a good man [C#] feeling bad.
_ The [C] _ _ _ [C#] _
blues [G#] ain't nothing [C#] _ _ _
_ but a good man feeling bad. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [D#m] _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _
_ The way I've been treated, [E] [C#] sometime I wish I was dead.
_ The way [F#] I've been treated, sometime I wish [C#] I was dead.
[C] Lord, Lord, [C#] _ _ [G#] cause I ain't got no place to lay my [C#]
weary head. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
Oh, believe [G#] _ [C#] me. _ _
When I want you on, [C] I [C#] always [E] find you [C#] gone.
_ _ _ [F#] Every time I want you, I always find [C#] you gone.
You're [G#] always [C#] gone.
_ _ [G#] Listen here, good mama, I'm gonna put your air [C#] brakes on.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D#m] _ [G#] _
[C#] _ Hey, yodel [G#]-ee, hey, [C#] yodel-ee.
_ Some like Chicago, [E]
[C#] some love Memphis, Tennessee. _ _ _
[F#] Some like Chicago, some love Memphis, [C#] Tennessee.
_ _ Hey, sweet mama, [G#] give me sweet Dallas, Texas, where the women think the world [C#] of me.
Hey, hey, _ [Am]
[B] hey, [C#] _ yodel-ee, hey, yodel-ee.
You may have your [C] troubles, [C#]
I'm having my troubles too.
_ [D#] You [F#] may have your troubles, I'm having [C#] my troubles too.
_ [C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#]
Yes, I know how it feels when you're feeling so [C#] doggone blue.
Have mercy, Lord.
_ [C] _ _
[C#] Hey, yodel-ee, [G#] hey, [C#] yodel-ee.
_ I'm not singing the blues, [C] [C#] I'm telling you the hard luck I've had.
_ [F#] I'm not singing blues, I'm telling you the hard [C#] luck I've had.
Maybe I've had it too.
_ [G#] _ The blues ain't nothing but a good man [C#] feeling bad.
_ The [C] _ _ _ [C#] _
blues [G#] ain't nothing [C#] _ _ _
_ but a good man feeling bad. _ _ _ _ _