Chords for John Lee Hooker - Serves Me Right To Suffer

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173.7 bpm
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John Lee Hooker - Serves Me Right To Suffer chords
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I'd like to tell you the title of this number that I'm going to do, that I've written.
[G] It makes a lot of sense.
tells a tremendous story.
The name of it is Serves Me Right to Supper.
be alone.
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2311
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1231
Em
121
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2311
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2311
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1231
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_ _ I'd like to tell you the title of this number that I'm going to do, that I've written. _
_ [G] It makes a lot of sense.
It [G#] _
tells a tremendous story. _ _ _ _
_ The name of it is Serves Me Right to Supper.
_ [C] _ It serves me right to be alone.
_ So take a listen to it. _
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_ _ _ [Em] Serves me right to suffer.
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_ _ _ _ _ Serves me right to be alone.
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_ [Em] Serves me [A] right to suffer, [E] _
suffer.
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_ Serves me right to be alone, be alone.
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[F#] _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ Because the life I'm living, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm living, _ _ and memories [G] gone by.
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_ _ _ _ [E] Every time I see another woman, _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [E] she makes me think of mine, think of mine.
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_ Mmmmm. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She _ [C#m] _
makes [A] me _ [Em] think of mine, think of mine. Mmmmm.
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_ [F] _ [E] That's _ why when I see another woman, _ _ _ folks, I just _ can't [D#] keep from crying, [Em] keep from crying. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] It serves me right [Em] to suffer.
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_ _ Serves me right to be alone.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ Mmmmm.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ Serves me right to be alone. _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] Because I'm trying to live my life, _ _ the _ days _ of memories gone by. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I want you to pick up on [Am] this. _ _ _ _
[Em] You know, these lyrics are [A] something else. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Let's dig this. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ My doctor put [N] me on _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ milk, _ _ cream, and [A] alcohol, and alcohol.
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[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] My doctor wrote me a [Am] description.
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[F#m] Milk, _ _ cream, and alcohol.
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ My nerve was so bad, _ _ [D] I couldn't rest.
_ I couldn't sleep at [E] all that night.
_ _ _ [G] That's why he placed me [F#] on _ _ milk, [G] _ cream, [Am] and alcohol.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ He [A] placed me on _ [G] milk, cream, and alcohol.
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_ _ He eased my nerves. _
[G] I could lay down and rest at night.
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Milk, cream.
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