Bluebird Chords by John Lee Hooker

Tempo:
91.05 bpm
Chords used:

C

Am

A

D

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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John Lee Hooker - Bluebird chords
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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]
Key:  
C
3211
Am
2311
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
A
1231
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To learn John Lee Hooker - Bluebird chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: C, A, C, Am, Em, A, G, C, G and A. Ease into the song by practicing at 45 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 91 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: C Major.

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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] _ _

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