Lonesome Mood Chords by John Lee Hooker

Tempo:
80.45 bpm
Chords used:

Em

G

E

B

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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John Lee Hooker   Lonesome Mood chords
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[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
Keep it down.
The blues are down.
I'm in a lonesome mood, in a lonesome mood.
[E]
Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know, I'm in a lonesome mood.
[G] My baby gonna love me.
I don't know the reason why.
Blue [Em]
[G] [Em] Monday morning, I got the blues.
Blue Monday morning, I got the blues.
[G] Monday morning, Monday [E] morning, I'm [G] in a lonely, lonely [E] mood, lonesome mood.
[G] Yeah, yeah.
[Em]
Look at here [B] now.
[G] I can't sleep at night.
[Em]
I can't nap all through the day.
[Gm]
[Em] I [G] can't, can't sleep at [E] night.
[Em] I can't nap all through the day.
[G] I can't hold on much longer.
Baby, I'm living this way.
[E]
[Em]
[G] I can't sleep at night.
[Bm] [A]
[Em]
[Em]
I can't sleep at night.
I can't nap all through the day.
I can't sleep at night.
I can't sleep at night.
[E] You know you don't love me, don't love me, darling.
[Em] Unchained, unchain my heart.
Because the way that you treat me,
low down, low down, dirty chain.
[B]
Look at here now.
[G] [Em]
Sometime, [G] I sit down thinking [E]
about the lies
the way you treat me.
[G] [E]
[Em] Baby, baby, I begin to drink.
I begin to drink, darling.
[Am] [Em]
Blue, blue, blue.
[G] And a blue, blue, blue, long for me.
Blue, blue, blue.
And a blue, blue, and a blue long [E] for me, [G]
baby.
Key:  
Em
121
G
2131
E
2311
B
12341112
Gm
123111113
Em
121
G
2131
E
2311
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To learn John Lee Hooker - Lonesome Mood chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: E, G, E, Em, G, Em, B and G. For best results, commence at 40 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 80. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em]
Keep it down. _ _ _
The blues are down. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm in a lonesome mood, in a lonesome mood.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know, _ _ I'm in a lonesome mood. _ _ _
_ _ [G] My baby gonna love me.
_ _ I don't know the reason why.
Blue [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] Monday morning, _ _ I got the blues.
_ _ _ _ _
Blue Monday morning, _ _ _ I got the blues. _ _ _
_ _ [G] Monday morning, Monday [E] morning, _ I'm [G] in a lonely, lonely [E] mood, lonesome mood.
[G] Yeah, yeah.
_ [Em]
Look at here [B] now.
_ [G] _ I can't sleep at night.
_ _ _ [Em]
I can't nap all through the day.
[Gm] _ _ _
[Em] _ I [G] can't, can't sleep at [E] night.
[Em] _ I can't nap all through the day. _
_ _ _ [G] _ I can't hold on much longer. _ _
Baby, I'm living this way.
_ _ [E] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I can't sleep at night. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I can't _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ sleep at night.
I can't nap all through the day.
I can't sleep at night.
I can't sleep at night. _
_ _ [E] You know you don't love me, don't love me, darling.
[Em] _ _ _ Unchained, unchain my heart. _ _ _ _
Because the way that you treat me, _
low down, low down, dirty chain.
[B] _ _
Look at here now.
_ [G] _ _ [Em]
Sometime, _ [G] I sit down thinking [E]
about the lies
the way you treat me.
[G] _ _ [E] _
[Em] Baby, baby, _ I _ begin to drink.
I begin to drink, darling. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ Blue, blue, blue.
_ _ [G] _ And a blue, blue, blue, long for me. _ _ _ _
Blue, blue, blue. _ _
And a blue, blue, and a blue long [E] for me, [G] _ _
_ _ _ baby. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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