Better Off With The Blues Chords by Junior Wells
Tempo:
61.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
Gm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [F]
[Em] [Gm] [Em] [A#] [G]
[C] [E] [Gm] [Am]
[Em] [F#] [F] [E] [Em]
[Gm] [G] [C] [Gm]
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [D]
[C] [Em] [G] [C] [G] I have [C] a [G] mood [Dm] trying to [Em] find [B] somebody that can love.
[G#m] Yes, [Gm] you told me you were leaving.
[C] [E] I almost [C] can't miss the [G] news.
[F#] [F] [E]
It [A] may sound [G] funny.
[C] [G] I'll [Am] thank them better on my own.
[G] You.
[Gm] [G] I [D]
[G] must admit that I miss you sometimes.
[Cm] [G] There's not a day that goes by [Em] [G] that you don't cross my mind.
[Gm] Sometimes [Cm] I [Gm] think of all the [C] hell you've been [G] through.
[F#] [F] [E] [Em]
[A] But it's the last of two [C] evils.
[A] [C] I'll thank them better on [G] my own.
I [C] [G] [D]
[G#m] [C] know someday I'll wake up and this blues will be gone.
[G] And I'll forget about you [G#] [G] and the [Dm] way you [A#] did me [B] wrong.
[Gm] But if I had a tail, [Gm] I'd be dead in my tracks.
[A] [Em] [C] I love you, baby.
[C#] [D] But [Em] I don't [F] want you [C] back.
[B] Tonight I'm going down [Am] to [G] the sad side [Dm] of town.
[C] [G] [Em] Sit there [G] by myself [Cm] and [A#] just [Dm] start going around.
[G] [Gm] And I know this what they say, [Gm] when someone [E]
[C] asks about [Em] you.
[D#m] [F] [E]
[A] I'll say, [G] yeah, we had a [C] good time.
[C#] But [C] I'll thank them [Am] better [C] on [G] [Em] my [Gm] [Em] [D]
[G] [Am] [G]
[Em] [D#] [G] [Gm]
[C] [G] [C#] [A#] own.
[G] [F#] [E] [Em]
[A] [G]
[C] [G] [Cm] [E] [G]
[Gm] I know someday I'll wake up and this blues will be gone.
[Am] [G] And I'll forget about [Em] you and [Gm] the way you did [Em] me [B] wrong.
[C] But if you had a tail, [Gm] I'd be dead in my tracks.
[C#] I love [G] you, [C] baby.
[G] [C] [Bm]
[D#] [G] Tonight I'm going [D#] [Em] down to the sad side of town.
[C] [G] Sit [Em] there by myself and [Cm] just [G] start going [Gm] around.
[G#m] [E] And I know this what they say, [A] [Gm] when someone [C] asks about [G] you.
[F#] [F] [E]
[A] I'll say, yeah, we had a good time.
[C] [A] [C] But I'll thank them better on [G] [Gm] [G] [D] [C]
[G] my [G] [C] [G]
[G] [F] [Em] [E] [G]
[Gm] [Am] own.
[Gm] [Am]
[G] [F#] [F] [E] [D#] [Bm]
[A] [B] [C] [D] [C] [G] [C] [Em]
[E] [G] Since [F#] [E] [Em]
you been gone, I've been [F] trying to [Am] myself.
I [Em]
haven't even tried to find somebody else.
[Gm] You told me you were leaving.
[Am] It [Gm] almost [C] pained me to [Em] lose you.
[F#] [F] [E] [Em] It [A] may sound [G] funny, but it's true.
[C#] [C] I'll thank them better on my [Em] own.
[C] [G] [C] [G] [Em]
[Em] [Gm] [Em] [A#] [G]
[C] [E] [Gm] [Am]
[Em] [F#] [F] [E] [Em]
[Gm] [G] [C] [Gm]
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [D]
[C] [Em] [G] [C] [G] I have [C] a [G] mood [Dm] trying to [Em] find [B] somebody that can love.
[G#m] Yes, [Gm] you told me you were leaving.
[C] [E] I almost [C] can't miss the [G] news.
[F#] [F] [E]
It [A] may sound [G] funny.
[C] [G] I'll [Am] thank them better on my own.
[G] You.
[Gm] [G] I [D]
[G] must admit that I miss you sometimes.
[Cm] [G] There's not a day that goes by [Em] [G] that you don't cross my mind.
[Gm] Sometimes [Cm] I [Gm] think of all the [C] hell you've been [G] through.
[F#] [F] [E] [Em]
[A] But it's the last of two [C] evils.
[A] [C] I'll thank them better on [G] my own.
I [C] [G] [D]
[G#m] [C] know someday I'll wake up and this blues will be gone.
[G] And I'll forget about you [G#] [G] and the [Dm] way you [A#] did me [B] wrong.
[Gm] But if I had a tail, [Gm] I'd be dead in my tracks.
[A] [Em] [C] I love you, baby.
[C#] [D] But [Em] I don't [F] want you [C] back.
[B] Tonight I'm going down [Am] to [G] the sad side [Dm] of town.
[C] [G] [Em] Sit there [G] by myself [Cm] and [A#] just [Dm] start going around.
[G] [Gm] And I know this what they say, [Gm] when someone [E]
[C] asks about [Em] you.
[D#m] [F] [E]
[A] I'll say, [G] yeah, we had a [C] good time.
[C#] But [C] I'll thank them [Am] better [C] on [G] [Em] my [Gm] [Em] [D]
[G] [Am] [G]
[Em] [D#] [G] [Gm]
[C] [G] [C#] [A#] own.
[G] [F#] [E] [Em]
[A] [G]
[C] [G] [Cm] [E] [G]
[Gm] I know someday I'll wake up and this blues will be gone.
[Am] [G] And I'll forget about [Em] you and [Gm] the way you did [Em] me [B] wrong.
[C] But if you had a tail, [Gm] I'd be dead in my tracks.
[C#] I love [G] you, [C] baby.
[G] [C] [Bm]
[D#] [G] Tonight I'm going [D#] [Em] down to the sad side of town.
[C] [G] Sit [Em] there by myself and [Cm] just [G] start going [Gm] around.
[G#m] [E] And I know this what they say, [A] [Gm] when someone [C] asks about [G] you.
[F#] [F] [E]
[A] I'll say, yeah, we had a good time.
[C] [A] [C] But I'll thank them better on [G] [Gm] [G] [D] [C]
[G] my [G] [C] [G]
[G] [F] [Em] [E] [G]
[Gm] [Am] own.
[Gm] [Am]
[G] [F#] [F] [E] [D#] [Bm]
[A] [B] [C] [D] [C] [G] [C] [Em]
[E] [G] Since [F#] [E] [Em]
you been gone, I've been [F] trying to [Am] myself.
I [Em]
haven't even tried to find somebody else.
[Gm] You told me you were leaving.
[Am] It [Gm] almost [C] pained me to [Em] lose you.
[F#] [F] [E] [Em] It [A] may sound [G] funny, but it's true.
[C#] [C] I'll thank them better on my [Em] own.
[C] [G] [C] [G] [Em]
Key:
G
C
Em
Gm
E
G
C
Em
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Em] _ [Gm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [Gm] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
_ [C] _ [Em] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] I have [C] a [G] mood [Dm] trying to [Em] find _ [B] somebody that can love.
[G#m] Yes, [Gm] you told me you were leaving.
[C] [E] I almost [C] can't miss the [G] news.
[F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _
It [A] may sound [G] funny.
[C] _ [G] I'll [Am] thank them better on my own.
[G] You.
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] I [D] _
[G] _ must admit that I miss you sometimes. _
[Cm] _ [G] There's not a day that goes by [Em] [G] that you don't cross my mind.
[Gm] Sometimes _ [Cm] I [Gm] think of all the [C] hell you've been [G] through.
[F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
[A] But it's the last of two [C] evils.
[A] [C] I'll thank them better on [G] my own.
I [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[G#m] [C] know someday I'll wake up and this blues will be gone.
[G] And I'll forget about you [G#] [G] and the [Dm] way you [A#] did me [B] wrong.
[Gm] But if I had a tail, [Gm] I'd be dead in my tracks.
[A] _ [Em] [C] I love you, baby.
[C#] [D] But [Em] I don't [F] want you [C] back.
[B] Tonight I'm going down [Am] to [G] the sad side [Dm] of town.
[C] _ [G] [Em] Sit there [G] by myself [Cm] and [A#] just [Dm] start going around.
[G] [Gm] And I know this what they say, [Gm] when someone [E]
[C] asks about [Em] you.
_ [D#m] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _
[A] I'll say, [G] yeah, we had a [C] good time.
[C#] But [C] I'll thank them [Am] better [C] on [G] [Em] my [Gm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ [D#] _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [C#] _ [A#] own.
_ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] I know someday I'll wake up and this blues will be gone.
[Am] [G] And I'll forget about [Em] you and [Gm] the way you did [Em] me [B] wrong.
[C] But if you had a tail, _ [Gm] I'd be dead in my tracks.
[C#] I love [G] you, [C] baby.
[G] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _
[D#] [G] Tonight I'm going _ [D#] [Em] down to the sad side of town.
[C] [G] Sit [Em] there by myself and [Cm] just [G] start going [Gm] around.
[G#m] [E] And I know this what they say, _ [A] [Gm] when someone [C] asks about [G] you.
_ [F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _
[A] I'll say, yeah, we had a good time.
[C] _ [A] [C] But I'll thank them better on [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [C] _
[G] my _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ [E] _ [G] _
[Gm] _ [Am] _ own.
[Gm] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ [D#] _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ [B] _ [C] _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ [G] _ Since [F#] _ [E] _ [Em]
you been gone, I've been [F] trying to [Am] myself.
I [Em]
haven't even tried to find somebody else.
[Gm] You told me you were leaving.
[Am] It [Gm] almost [C] pained me to [Em] lose you.
[F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Em] It [A] may sound [G] funny, but it's true.
_ [C#] [C] I'll thank them better on my [Em] own.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [Gm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [Gm] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
_ [C] _ [Em] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] I have [C] a [G] mood [Dm] trying to [Em] find _ [B] somebody that can love.
[G#m] Yes, [Gm] you told me you were leaving.
[C] [E] I almost [C] can't miss the [G] news.
[F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _
It [A] may sound [G] funny.
[C] _ [G] I'll [Am] thank them better on my own.
[G] You.
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] I [D] _
[G] _ must admit that I miss you sometimes. _
[Cm] _ [G] There's not a day that goes by [Em] [G] that you don't cross my mind.
[Gm] Sometimes _ [Cm] I [Gm] think of all the [C] hell you've been [G] through.
[F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
[A] But it's the last of two [C] evils.
[A] [C] I'll thank them better on [G] my own.
I [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[G#m] [C] know someday I'll wake up and this blues will be gone.
[G] And I'll forget about you [G#] [G] and the [Dm] way you [A#] did me [B] wrong.
[Gm] But if I had a tail, [Gm] I'd be dead in my tracks.
[A] _ [Em] [C] I love you, baby.
[C#] [D] But [Em] I don't [F] want you [C] back.
[B] Tonight I'm going down [Am] to [G] the sad side [Dm] of town.
[C] _ [G] [Em] Sit there [G] by myself [Cm] and [A#] just [Dm] start going around.
[G] [Gm] And I know this what they say, [Gm] when someone [E]
[C] asks about [Em] you.
_ [D#m] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _
[A] I'll say, [G] yeah, we had a [C] good time.
[C#] But [C] I'll thank them [Am] better [C] on [G] [Em] my [Gm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ [D#] _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [C#] _ [A#] own.
_ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] I know someday I'll wake up and this blues will be gone.
[Am] [G] And I'll forget about [Em] you and [Gm] the way you did [Em] me [B] wrong.
[C] But if you had a tail, _ [Gm] I'd be dead in my tracks.
[C#] I love [G] you, [C] baby.
[G] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _
[D#] [G] Tonight I'm going _ [D#] [Em] down to the sad side of town.
[C] [G] Sit [Em] there by myself and [Cm] just [G] start going [Gm] around.
[G#m] [E] And I know this what they say, _ [A] [Gm] when someone [C] asks about [G] you.
_ [F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _
[A] I'll say, yeah, we had a good time.
[C] _ [A] [C] But I'll thank them better on [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [C] _
[G] my _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ [E] _ [G] _
[Gm] _ [Am] _ own.
[Gm] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ [D#] _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ [B] _ [C] _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ [G] _ Since [F#] _ [E] _ [Em]
you been gone, I've been [F] trying to [Am] myself.
I [Em]
haven't even tried to find somebody else.
[Gm] You told me you were leaving.
[Am] It [Gm] almost [C] pained me to [Em] lose you.
[F#] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Em] It [A] may sound [G] funny, but it's true.
_ [C#] [C] I'll thank them better on my [Em] own.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _