Chords for John Lee Hooker - Serves Me Right To Suffer - 10/10/1992 - Shoreline Amphitheatre (Official)
Tempo:
82.9 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
My next number will be, serve me right to suffer, [Em]
right to [E] be alone.
[A#] [E]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[Em] Serve me right to suffer, [Em] serve me right to be alone.
Yeah, do.
Serve me right [A] to suffer, [C] serve me right to be alone, be [E] alone.
[C] I'm living, I'm living, I'm living.
[E] And the [G] memory is gone by, gone by, gone by.
[Em] Have mercy.
[E] Every time I see a woman, [Em] [Em] oh, she make me think of mine.
I'm like a dracula.
[E] Every time I see [A] a woman's face, [Em] oh Lord, I think [E] of mine, think of mine.
When I [B] see another woman's face, tears [E] come down my face.
Like rain, rain, rain drops, rain drops.
That ain't right, that ain't right.
[Em] Whoa, slow.
[E] [Em] Living in a memory, memory, gone by, gone by.
[E]
[E] I know, I know so many people, people.
[Am]
Living in a memory, living in a memory, [E] memory gone by.
Oh, yes, they are.
You can't live, you [B] can't live, you can't live.
In a memory, [A] in a memory, it's passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and gone.
[E]
[Em] You can't live that [A] way.
[B] [Em] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, [E] hey, hey.
Whoa, don't look back.
Don't, don't look back.
[Gm] And the days have passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and gone.
[Em]
[A] You can't live, you can't live.
[E] [Em] Oh, in a memory, in a memory, memory, memory.
[E]
You can't call, you can't call.
[Bm] By the days have passed and gone.
[F#] [A] [E] You can't call [Em] back.
The [A] days have [Em] passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and [B] gone.
[E] I [Em] know so many people trying to live, trying to live.
[B] In a [Em] memory, in a memory.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[C#m] Days, days gone by, gone by.
[E] You can't live, you can't live that way.
My doctor put me on milk, [C] cream and alcohol, alcohol.
[A]
[Em]
My [A] doctor put me a scripture, wrote me a scripture.
Said, John, get milk, cream and alcohol, alcohol, alcohol.
[Em] [A]
[E] Ooh, you're [Gm] nervous so bad, so bad, so bad, so bad.
[A]
[D#] I put you on [E] milk, [C#m]
cream and alcohol.
I [B] put [N]
you on, I put you on, [Em] [E] milk, cream and alcohol.
[Em]
[A] My love.
[Em] [E]
[E] [A]
My [E] love, my love, my love.
[Am]
Almost gone, almost [E] gone, almost gone.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[B] Ooh.
[B] [A] Whoa.
[G] [E] [A]
Almost [C#] gone.
[E]
[Em]
[E] Rakudo.
[G]
[E] [A]
[E]
[C#] [B] [A] [E]
[C#m] That's so good.
[E] Give my hand.
[Bm] [D#]
[E] Thank you.
[G] Whoa.
[A] [F#] I'm tired of living, [C#] living.
[E] In a memory, memory.
All night [A] and day.
[C] And that ain't [A] right.
That ain't right, [E] that ain't right, that ain't right, that ain't right, that ain't [C#m] right.
[E] [F#] Whoa.
Whoa. Ooh.
[A] [E] Thank you.
[B]
[D#] Thank you.
right to [E] be alone.
[A#] [E]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[Em] Serve me right to suffer, [Em] serve me right to be alone.
Yeah, do.
Serve me right [A] to suffer, [C] serve me right to be alone, be [E] alone.
[C] I'm living, I'm living, I'm living.
[E] And the [G] memory is gone by, gone by, gone by.
[Em] Have mercy.
[E] Every time I see a woman, [Em] [Em] oh, she make me think of mine.
I'm like a dracula.
[E] Every time I see [A] a woman's face, [Em] oh Lord, I think [E] of mine, think of mine.
When I [B] see another woman's face, tears [E] come down my face.
Like rain, rain, rain drops, rain drops.
That ain't right, that ain't right.
[Em] Whoa, slow.
[E] [Em] Living in a memory, memory, gone by, gone by.
[E]
[E] I know, I know so many people, people.
[Am]
Living in a memory, living in a memory, [E] memory gone by.
Oh, yes, they are.
You can't live, you [B] can't live, you can't live.
In a memory, [A] in a memory, it's passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and gone.
[E]
[Em] You can't live that [A] way.
[B] [Em] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, [E] hey, hey.
Whoa, don't look back.
Don't, don't look back.
[Gm] And the days have passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and gone.
[Em]
[A] You can't live, you can't live.
[E] [Em] Oh, in a memory, in a memory, memory, memory.
[E]
You can't call, you can't call.
[Bm] By the days have passed and gone.
[F#] [A] [E] You can't call [Em] back.
The [A] days have [Em] passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and [B] gone.
[E] I [Em] know so many people trying to live, trying to live.
[B] In a [Em] memory, in a memory.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[C#m] Days, days gone by, gone by.
[E] You can't live, you can't live that way.
My doctor put me on milk, [C] cream and alcohol, alcohol.
[A]
[Em]
My [A] doctor put me a scripture, wrote me a scripture.
Said, John, get milk, cream and alcohol, alcohol, alcohol.
[Em] [A]
[E] Ooh, you're [Gm] nervous so bad, so bad, so bad, so bad.
[A]
[D#] I put you on [E] milk, [C#m]
cream and alcohol.
I [B] put [N]
you on, I put you on, [Em] [E] milk, cream and alcohol.
[Em]
[A] My love.
[Em] [E]
[E] [A]
My [E] love, my love, my love.
[Am]
Almost gone, almost [E] gone, almost gone.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[B] Ooh.
[B] [A] Whoa.
[G] [E] [A]
Almost [C#] gone.
[E]
[Em]
[E] Rakudo.
[G]
[E] [A]
[E]
[C#] [B] [A] [E]
[C#m] That's so good.
[E] Give my hand.
[Bm] [D#]
[E] Thank you.
[G] Whoa.
[A] [F#] I'm tired of living, [C#] living.
[E] In a memory, memory.
All night [A] and day.
[C] And that ain't [A] right.
That ain't right, [E] that ain't right, that ain't right, that ain't right, that ain't [C#m] right.
[E] [F#] Whoa.
Whoa. Ooh.
[A] [E] Thank you.
[B]
[D#] Thank you.
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My next number will be, serve me right to suffer, _ [Em]
right to [E] be alone.
_ _ [A#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] Serve me right to suffer, _ [Em] serve me right to be alone.
_ Yeah, do. _ _ _
Serve me right [A] to suffer, _ _ _ [C] serve me right to be alone, be [E] alone. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] I'm living, I'm living, I'm living.
[E] _ And the [G] memory is gone by, gone by, gone by.
[Em] _ Have mercy.
[E] Every _ _ _ _ _ _ time I see a woman, [Em] _ _ [Em] _ oh, she make me think of mine.
_ I'm like a dracula.
[E] Every time I see [A] a woman's face, _ [Em] _ oh Lord, I think [E] of mine, think of mine. _ _ _ _ _ _
When I [B] see another woman's face, tears _ [E] come down my face.
Like rain, rain, rain drops, rain drops. _
_ That ain't right, that ain't right. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ Whoa, slow.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Living in a memory, memory, gone by, gone by.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I know, I know so many people, people.
_ _ _ [Am] _
Living in a memory, living in a memory, [E] memory gone by. _
Oh, yes, they are. _ _ _ _ _
You can't live, you [B] can't live, you can't live. _ _
In a memory, [A] in a memory, it's passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and gone.
[E] _
[Em] You can't live that [A] way. _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, [E] hey, hey. _ _ _ _
Whoa, don't look back.
_ Don't, don't look back. _
[Gm] And the days have passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and gone.
_ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ You can't live, you can't live. _
[E] _ [Em] Oh, in a memory, in a memory, memory, memory.
_ [E] _
_ You can't call, you can't call.
_ [Bm] By the days have passed and gone.
[F#] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ You can't call [Em] back.
The _ _ [A] days have [Em] passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and [B] gone.
_ _ _ [E] I _ [Em] know so many people trying _ to live, trying to live.
[B] _ In a [Em] memory, in a memory. _
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
_ [C#m] Days, days gone by, gone by.
[E] _ You can't live, you can't live that way.
_ _ _ _ My doctor put me on milk, _ [C] cream and alcohol, alcohol.
[A] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
My [A] doctor put me a scripture, wrote me a scripture. _ _
Said, John, get milk, cream and alcohol, alcohol, alcohol.
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ Ooh, _ _ _ you're [Gm] nervous so bad, so bad, so bad, so bad.
[A] _ _ _
[D#] I put you on [E] milk, _ _ [C#m] _
cream and alcohol.
I [B] _ put _ _ [N] _
you on, I put you on, [Em] _ [E] milk, _ cream and alcohol.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] My love.
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
My [E] love, my love, my love.
[Am] _ _ _
Almost gone, almost [E] gone, almost gone.
_ Yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Ooh.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Whoa.
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A]
Almost [C#] gone. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] Rakudo.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] That's so good.
[E] Give my hand.
[Bm] _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [E] Thank you.
_ [G] Whoa.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] I'm tired of living, [C#] living.
_ [E] _ In a memory, memory.
All night [A] and day.
_ [C] _ And that ain't [A] right. _ _ _
That ain't right, [E] that ain't right, that ain't right, that ain't right, that ain't [C#m] right. _
_ [E] [F#] Whoa. _ _ _ _ _
Whoa. Ooh.
_ _ [A] _ [E] Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D#] Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
right to [E] be alone.
_ _ [A#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] Serve me right to suffer, _ [Em] serve me right to be alone.
_ Yeah, do. _ _ _
Serve me right [A] to suffer, _ _ _ [C] serve me right to be alone, be [E] alone. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] I'm living, I'm living, I'm living.
[E] _ And the [G] memory is gone by, gone by, gone by.
[Em] _ Have mercy.
[E] Every _ _ _ _ _ _ time I see a woman, [Em] _ _ [Em] _ oh, she make me think of mine.
_ I'm like a dracula.
[E] Every time I see [A] a woman's face, _ [Em] _ oh Lord, I think [E] of mine, think of mine. _ _ _ _ _ _
When I [B] see another woman's face, tears _ [E] come down my face.
Like rain, rain, rain drops, rain drops. _
_ That ain't right, that ain't right. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ Whoa, slow.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Living in a memory, memory, gone by, gone by.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I know, I know so many people, people.
_ _ _ [Am] _
Living in a memory, living in a memory, [E] memory gone by. _
Oh, yes, they are. _ _ _ _ _
You can't live, you [B] can't live, you can't live. _ _
In a memory, [A] in a memory, it's passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and gone.
[E] _
[Em] You can't live that [A] way. _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, [E] hey, hey. _ _ _ _
Whoa, don't look back.
_ Don't, don't look back. _
[Gm] And the days have passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and gone.
_ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ You can't live, you can't live. _
[E] _ [Em] Oh, in a memory, in a memory, memory, memory.
_ [E] _
_ You can't call, you can't call.
_ [Bm] By the days have passed and gone.
[F#] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ You can't call [Em] back.
The _ _ [A] days have [Em] passed and gone, passed and gone, passed and [B] gone.
_ _ _ [E] I _ [Em] know so many people trying _ to live, trying to live.
[B] _ In a [Em] memory, in a memory. _
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
_ [C#m] Days, days gone by, gone by.
[E] _ You can't live, you can't live that way.
_ _ _ _ My doctor put me on milk, _ [C] cream and alcohol, alcohol.
[A] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
My [A] doctor put me a scripture, wrote me a scripture. _ _
Said, John, get milk, cream and alcohol, alcohol, alcohol.
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ Ooh, _ _ _ you're [Gm] nervous so bad, so bad, so bad, so bad.
[A] _ _ _
[D#] I put you on [E] milk, _ _ [C#m] _
cream and alcohol.
I [B] _ put _ _ [N] _
you on, I put you on, [Em] _ [E] milk, _ cream and alcohol.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] My love.
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
My [E] love, my love, my love.
[Am] _ _ _
Almost gone, almost [E] gone, almost gone.
_ Yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Ooh.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Whoa.
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A]
Almost [C#] gone. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] Rakudo.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] That's so good.
[E] Give my hand.
[Bm] _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [E] Thank you.
_ [G] Whoa.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] I'm tired of living, [C#] living.
_ [E] _ In a memory, memory.
All night [A] and day.
_ [C] _ And that ain't [A] right. _ _ _
That ain't right, [E] that ain't right, that ain't right, that ain't right, that ain't [C#m] right. _
_ [E] [F#] Whoa. _ _ _ _ _
Whoa. Ooh.
_ _ [A] _ [E] Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D#] Thank you. _ _ _ _ _