Bluebird Chords by John Lee Hooker
Tempo:
91.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
Am
A
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Take this letter down south for me right down the Atlanta, [E] Georgia on Albany Street
On Albany Avenue
You know what I scream at
But that's the main street that let the main [A] drag
Now all the pimps [E] hang out
Yeah, well like the like y'all started just [A] like you did just now [D] [Am] [A]
[Am]
[A] [G] [C]
God
[D]
[Dm] [Am]
[A] [D] [C#]
[Am] Now watch this [E] [D] blue boy blue boy [C] take [C] this letter down south of me
[D] [C] Blue
[Am] [C] boy blue boy blue boy take this letter [Bm] down south [C] me
[A] [G] I don't want you to [A] stop [C] flying
You find me lazy bell for [D] me
[C]
God [A] [G] no
[A] [C] [A] I'm gonna be at [G] home.
[C]
We'll fly [Am] down with [D] me
[A] [C] [G] It may not [A] be at home
[C] [A] [G] She might be
[C] [D] 12th [Em] Street
Fizz [Am] in the next door neighbor, you know [Em] not [C] bluebird
[A] [D] [Am] Please give her this message for me [D] and [Am]
[Am] [Em] [C] bluebird bluebird tell her [Am] [G] [C]
come back to California
[Am]
Because I miss her so bad
Not [D] [C]
bluebird bluebird tell her [G]
[A] come [C] back to California
[A] [Am] Cause [C] I miss her so bad
[Am]
[G] Don't [C] stop flying don't stop flying
Take you find this lazy bell for me
Now I want you to tell her
My life is so long
[Am] Hey ever [D] since she been gone
[Am] [D] [C]
[D] [C] Hey
Ever since she
Got blue bird blue bird
Take the letter down south of me
[A] God no
[C] [D] [C]
[A] [Am]
[Em] [D]
[C] [A] [Bm]
[C]
[D]
[Am] [G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
What [G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
you say
[C] Not bluebird
She went to egglana, Georgia down on Albany street
[A] [C] Not bluebird she [C] went to egglana, Georgia
Down on Albany Avenue
[Bm] [Am]
[C] [Am] [Em] [C] I don't want you to stop [Am] flying.
[Em] Can you find the [C] lady bell for me?
[F] [G] [Am]
[C] [Am] [Em] [A] Hey
[C] [Am] Tell [G] [A]
[C] them all my
[Am] [Em]
On Albany Avenue
You know what I scream at
But that's the main street that let the main [A] drag
Now all the pimps [E] hang out
Yeah, well like the like y'all started just [A] like you did just now [D] [Am] [A]
[Am]
[A] [G] [C]
God
[D]
[Dm] [Am]
[A] [D] [C#]
[Am] Now watch this [E] [D] blue boy blue boy [C] take [C] this letter down south of me
[D] [C] Blue
[Am] [C] boy blue boy blue boy take this letter [Bm] down south [C] me
[A] [G] I don't want you to [A] stop [C] flying
You find me lazy bell for [D] me
[C]
God [A] [G] no
[A] [C] [A] I'm gonna be at [G] home.
[C]
We'll fly [Am] down with [D] me
[A] [C] [G] It may not [A] be at home
[C] [A] [G] She might be
[C] [D] 12th [Em] Street
Fizz [Am] in the next door neighbor, you know [Em] not [C] bluebird
[A] [D] [Am] Please give her this message for me [D] and [Am]
[Am] [Em] [C] bluebird bluebird tell her [Am] [G] [C]
come back to California
[Am]
Because I miss her so bad
Not [D] [C]
bluebird bluebird tell her [G]
[A] come [C] back to California
[A] [Am] Cause [C] I miss her so bad
[Am]
[G] Don't [C] stop flying don't stop flying
Take you find this lazy bell for me
Now I want you to tell her
My life is so long
[Am] Hey ever [D] since she been gone
[Am] [D] [C]
[D] [C] Hey
Ever since she
Got blue bird blue bird
Take the letter down south of me
[A] God no
[C] [D] [C]
[A] [Am]
[Em] [D]
[C] [A] [Bm]
[C]
[D]
[Am] [G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
What [G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
you say
[C] Not bluebird
She went to egglana, Georgia down on Albany street
[A] [C] Not bluebird she [C] went to egglana, Georgia
Down on Albany Avenue
[Bm] [Am]
[C] [Am] [Em] [C] I don't want you to stop [Am] flying.
[Em] Can you find the [C] lady bell for me?
[F] [G] [Am]
[C] [Am] [Em] [A] Hey
[C] [Am] Tell [G] [A]
[C] them all my
[Am] [Em]
Key:
C
Am
A
D
G
C
Am
A
Take this letter down south for me right down the Atlanta, [E] Georgia on Albany Street _ _ _ _
On Albany Avenue _ _ _
You know what I scream at
But that's the main street that let the main [A] drag
Now all the pimps [E] hang out _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, well like the like y'all started just [A] like you did just now _ [D] _ [Am] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
God
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C#]
[Am] Now watch this _ _ [E] [D] blue boy blue boy [C] take [C] _ this letter down south of me
[D] [C] Blue _
[Am] _ [C] _ boy blue boy blue boy _ take this letter [Bm] down south [C] me
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] I don't want you to [A] stop [C] flying
_ You find me lazy bell for [D] me
_ [C] _
God _ [A] [G] no _
[A] _ _ [C] [A] I'm gonna be at [G] home.
[C] _
_ _ We'll fly [Am] down with [D] me
[A] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] It may not [A] be at home
[C] _ _ [A] [G] She might be
[C] _ [D] 12th [Em] Street
Fizz [Am] in the next door neighbor, you know [Em] not _ [C] bluebird
[A] _ [D] [Am] Please give her this message for me [D] and _ [Am] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] [C] bluebird bluebird tell her _ [Am] _ [G] _ [C]
come back to California
[Am] _ _
Because I miss her so bad
_ Not _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
bluebird bluebird tell her [G] _
[A] come [C] back to California
[A] _ [Am] Cause [C] I miss her so bad
[Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Don't [C] stop flying don't stop flying
_ Take you find this lazy bell for me
Now _ _ _ _ I want you to tell her
My life is so long _
_ _ [Am] Hey ever [D] since she been gone
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] [C] Hey
Ever since she _ _
Got _ blue bird blue bird _
Take the letter down south of me _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] God no
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ What [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ you say _ _
_ [C] _ _ Not bluebird
_ She went to egglana, Georgia _ _ _ down on Albany street _
_ _ _ [A] [C] Not bluebird she [C] went to egglana, Georgia
_ Down on Albany Avenue
[Bm] _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] [C] I don't want you to stop [Am] flying.
[Em] Can you find the [C] lady bell for me?
[F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] [A] Hey
_ [C] _ [Am] Tell [G] _ [A]
[C] them all my
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
On Albany Avenue _ _ _
You know what I scream at
But that's the main street that let the main [A] drag
Now all the pimps [E] hang out _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, well like the like y'all started just [A] like you did just now _ [D] _ [Am] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
God
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C#]
[Am] Now watch this _ _ [E] [D] blue boy blue boy [C] take [C] _ this letter down south of me
[D] [C] Blue _
[Am] _ [C] _ boy blue boy blue boy _ take this letter [Bm] down south [C] me
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] I don't want you to [A] stop [C] flying
_ You find me lazy bell for [D] me
_ [C] _
God _ [A] [G] no _
[A] _ _ [C] [A] I'm gonna be at [G] home.
[C] _
_ _ We'll fly [Am] down with [D] me
[A] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] It may not [A] be at home
[C] _ _ [A] [G] She might be
[C] _ [D] 12th [Em] Street
Fizz [Am] in the next door neighbor, you know [Em] not _ [C] bluebird
[A] _ [D] [Am] Please give her this message for me [D] and _ [Am] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] [C] bluebird bluebird tell her _ [Am] _ [G] _ [C]
come back to California
[Am] _ _
Because I miss her so bad
_ Not _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
bluebird bluebird tell her [G] _
[A] come [C] back to California
[A] _ [Am] Cause [C] I miss her so bad
[Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Don't [C] stop flying don't stop flying
_ Take you find this lazy bell for me
Now _ _ _ _ I want you to tell her
My life is so long _
_ _ [Am] Hey ever [D] since she been gone
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] [C] Hey
Ever since she _ _
Got _ blue bird blue bird _
Take the letter down south of me _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] God no
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ What [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ you say _ _
_ [C] _ _ Not bluebird
_ She went to egglana, Georgia _ _ _ down on Albany street _
_ _ _ [A] [C] Not bluebird she [C] went to egglana, Georgia
_ Down on Albany Avenue
[Bm] _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] [C] I don't want you to stop [Am] flying.
[Em] Can you find the [C] lady bell for me?
[F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] [A] Hey
_ [C] _ [Am] Tell [G] _ [A]
[C] them all my
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _