When I Woke Up This Morning Chords by Jimmy Reed

Tempo:
98.15 bpm
Chords used:

E

A

B

Em

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jimmy Reed - When I Woke Up This Morning chords
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[B]
[E]
[E] [D] [B]
I woke [Em] up this morning, [A] I was in my [E] bed [Em] alone.
[E]
[A] I woke up this morning, I was in [E] my bed alone.
[B] I was [F#m] dreaming, [A] but the woman I [E] had was gone.
[C#] [E]
I spent ten [Em] years in a steel [A] mill, every Sunday come [E] home with pain.
I [Em]
[A] spent ten years in a steel mill, every Sunday come [E] home with pain.
[F#m] Seven to eleven, [E] that's when she go out and play.
[D] [E] [B]
[E]
[A]
[F#] [E]
[B] [A]
[E] [Em] I [E] don't care about [Em] the money you [A] spend, neither the clothes she [E] put on her back.
I [Em]
[A] don't care about the money you spend, neither the clothes she put [E] on her back.
Everything from [B] seven to eleven, [A] she was laying up [E] in my shed.
[C#] [B] [E]
[A]
[E]
[D] [F#]
[D] [B] [E]
Key:  
E
2311
A
1231
B
12341112
Em
121
D
1321
E
2311
A
1231
B
12341112
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Learn the basic chords of Jimmy Reed - When I Woke Up This Morning chords, with this master sequence: B, E, Em, A, Bm, Em, A, E and A. A strategic approach would be to train at 49 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 98. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of A Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _
I woke [Em] up this morning, [A] _ I was in my [E] bed [Em] alone.
_ [E] _ _ _
[A] I woke up this morning, I was in [E] my bed alone. _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] I was [F#m] dreaming, _ [A] _ but the woman I [E] had was gone.
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
I spent ten [Em] years in a steel [A] mill, every Sunday come [E] home with pain.
I _ [Em] _ _
[A] spent ten years in a steel mill, every Sunday come [E] home with pain. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] Seven to eleven, _ [E] _ that's when she go out and play.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ I [E] don't care about [Em] the money you [A] spend, neither the clothes she [E] put on her back.
I _ _ _ [Em] _
[A] don't care about the money you spend, neither the clothes she put [E] on her back. _ _ _ _ _
Everything from [B] seven to eleven, [A] she was laying up [E] in my shed.
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
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