Chords for Last Mile Blues - Ida Cox
Tempo:
98.8 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
D
Eb
Bb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Cm]
[Bbm] [Gb] [Gm] [Bb]
[A] [D] [Gm] You wonder [F] why I'm [A] grieving [Eb] and feeling [D] blue.
[Gm] [Cm] All I [D] do is [Gm] moan and [Eb] cry.
[D] [Gm] With me you'd be in [F] sympathy [Eb] if you only [Gm] knew.
[A] And here's the reason [D] why.
[Gm] Have you heard what that mean old [Eb] judge has [D] done to me?
[E] [Gb]
[Gm] [D] [Gm] He [F] told [Eb] the [Gm] jury not to let my man [A] go free.
[D] There [Bb] I stood [Eb] [Gm] with my heart [Bb] so [Eb] full [Gm] of misery.
[D] He must [Bb] die on the [Cm] gallows that was [D] the [Gm] cold decree.
[D] [Gm]
I [F] walked so slow until his [Bb] trial was [Dm] through.
[Bb]
[Ebm] [F] The judge he said there's [Cm] nothing you [D] can do.
[Eb]
[Gm] [D] He must [Bb] die on the gallows by [Eb] his [Bb] neck [E] beyond.
[D] [Gm]
[D] He [Gm] must pay with [Eb] his life when that [Gm] [D] death trap [Gm] is sprung.
[D]
[D] [G] [Gm] He refused folks to talk until it was too [D] [Em] [Gb] [Gm] late.
[Eb] [D] [Gm] He [Fm] gave his [Eb] life [Gm] to satisfy [A] the state.
[D]
When they [Gm] pulled the black cap down [Eb] over my [Bb] daddy's [Gb] [Gm] face.
[Eb] [D] Lord [G] I begged the [Eb] sheriff to let [D] me [Gm] take his place.
[Ebm] [F] Now every day I seem to see [Bb] that [Dm] [Bb]
news.
[Ebm] [F] I try to hide my tears [Cm] but [D] what's the [Bb]
use?
[D] [Gm] [F] I'm [Eb] 13 steps [Bb] with his loving arms [Eb] [Gb] bound [Bb] to his [Em] [Gm]
side.
[D] With a [Gm] [F] smile on [Gm] his face [Cm] that's how [Dm] my [Gm] daddy [D] died.
[Gm]
[Bbm] [Gb] [Gm] [Bb]
[A] [D] [Gm] You wonder [F] why I'm [A] grieving [Eb] and feeling [D] blue.
[Gm] [Cm] All I [D] do is [Gm] moan and [Eb] cry.
[D] [Gm] With me you'd be in [F] sympathy [Eb] if you only [Gm] knew.
[A] And here's the reason [D] why.
[Gm] Have you heard what that mean old [Eb] judge has [D] done to me?
[E] [Gb]
[Gm] [D] [Gm] He [F] told [Eb] the [Gm] jury not to let my man [A] go free.
[D] There [Bb] I stood [Eb] [Gm] with my heart [Bb] so [Eb] full [Gm] of misery.
[D] He must [Bb] die on the [Cm] gallows that was [D] the [Gm] cold decree.
[D] [Gm]
I [F] walked so slow until his [Bb] trial was [Dm] through.
[Bb]
[Ebm] [F] The judge he said there's [Cm] nothing you [D] can do.
[Eb]
[Gm] [D] He must [Bb] die on the gallows by [Eb] his [Bb] neck [E] beyond.
[D] [Gm]
[D] He [Gm] must pay with [Eb] his life when that [Gm] [D] death trap [Gm] is sprung.
[D]
[D] [G] [Gm] He refused folks to talk until it was too [D] [Em] [Gb] [Gm] late.
[Eb] [D] [Gm] He [Fm] gave his [Eb] life [Gm] to satisfy [A] the state.
[D]
When they [Gm] pulled the black cap down [Eb] over my [Bb] daddy's [Gb] [Gm] face.
[Eb] [D] Lord [G] I begged the [Eb] sheriff to let [D] me [Gm] take his place.
[Ebm] [F] Now every day I seem to see [Bb] that [Dm] [Bb]
news.
[Ebm] [F] I try to hide my tears [Cm] but [D] what's the [Bb]
use?
[D] [Gm] [F] I'm [Eb] 13 steps [Bb] with his loving arms [Eb] [Gb] bound [Bb] to his [Em] [Gm]
side.
[D] With a [Gm] [F] smile on [Gm] his face [Cm] that's how [Dm] my [Gm] daddy [D] died.
[Gm]
Key:
Gm
D
Eb
Bb
F
Gm
D
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] You wonder [F] why I'm [A] grieving [Eb] and feeling [D] blue.
[Gm] [Cm] All I [D] do is [Gm] moan and [Eb] cry.
[D] _ [Gm] With me you'd be in [F] sympathy [Eb] if you only [Gm] knew.
[A] And here's the reason [D] _ why.
[Gm] Have you heard what that mean old [Eb] judge has [D] done to me?
[E] _ [Gb] _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] He [F] told [Eb] the [Gm] jury not to let my man [A] go free. _ _
[D] _ _ There [Bb] I stood [Eb] [Gm] with my heart [Bb] so [Eb] full [Gm] of misery. _ _ _
_ _ [D] He must [Bb] die on the [Cm] gallows that was [D] the [Gm] cold decree.
[D] _ [Gm] _ _
I _ [F] walked so slow until his [Bb] trial was [Dm] through.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ebm] [F] The judge he said there's [Cm] nothing you _ [D] can do.
_ [Eb] _
[Gm] _ [D] He must [Bb] die on the gallows by [Eb] his [Bb] neck _ [E] beyond.
[D] _ [Gm] _
_ [D] He [Gm] must pay with [Eb] his life when that [Gm] [D] death trap [Gm] is sprung.
_ _ _ [D] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] [Gm] He refused folks to talk until it was too [D] _ _ [Em] _ [Gb] [Gm] late.
[Eb] _ _ [D] [Gm] He [Fm] gave his [Eb] life [Gm] to satisfy [A] the state.
_ _ [D] _
When they [Gm] pulled the black cap down [Eb] over my [Bb] daddy's _ [Gb] _ [Gm] face.
_ [Eb] [D] Lord [G] I begged the [Eb] sheriff to let [D] me [Gm] take his place. _ _
_ _ [Ebm] [F] Now every day I seem to see [Bb] that [Dm] _ _ [Bb]
news.
_ [Ebm] [F] I try to hide my tears [Cm] but [D] what's the _ _ [Bb]
use?
[D] _ _ [Gm] [F] I'm [Eb] 13 steps [Bb] with his loving arms [Eb] [Gb] bound [Bb] to his _ [Em] _ _ [Gm]
side.
_ [D] With a [Gm] [F] smile on [Gm] his face [Cm] that's how [Dm] my [Gm] daddy [D] died.
_ [Gm] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] You wonder [F] why I'm [A] grieving [Eb] and feeling [D] blue.
[Gm] [Cm] All I [D] do is [Gm] moan and [Eb] cry.
[D] _ [Gm] With me you'd be in [F] sympathy [Eb] if you only [Gm] knew.
[A] And here's the reason [D] _ why.
[Gm] Have you heard what that mean old [Eb] judge has [D] done to me?
[E] _ [Gb] _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] He [F] told [Eb] the [Gm] jury not to let my man [A] go free. _ _
[D] _ _ There [Bb] I stood [Eb] [Gm] with my heart [Bb] so [Eb] full [Gm] of misery. _ _ _
_ _ [D] He must [Bb] die on the [Cm] gallows that was [D] the [Gm] cold decree.
[D] _ [Gm] _ _
I _ [F] walked so slow until his [Bb] trial was [Dm] through.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ebm] [F] The judge he said there's [Cm] nothing you _ [D] can do.
_ [Eb] _
[Gm] _ [D] He must [Bb] die on the gallows by [Eb] his [Bb] neck _ [E] beyond.
[D] _ [Gm] _
_ [D] He [Gm] must pay with [Eb] his life when that [Gm] [D] death trap [Gm] is sprung.
_ _ _ [D] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] [Gm] He refused folks to talk until it was too [D] _ _ [Em] _ [Gb] [Gm] late.
[Eb] _ _ [D] [Gm] He [Fm] gave his [Eb] life [Gm] to satisfy [A] the state.
_ _ [D] _
When they [Gm] pulled the black cap down [Eb] over my [Bb] daddy's _ [Gb] _ [Gm] face.
_ [Eb] [D] Lord [G] I begged the [Eb] sheriff to let [D] me [Gm] take his place. _ _
_ _ [Ebm] [F] Now every day I seem to see [Bb] that [Dm] _ _ [Bb]
news.
_ [Ebm] [F] I try to hide my tears [Cm] but [D] what's the _ _ [Bb]
use?
[D] _ _ [Gm] [F] I'm [Eb] 13 steps [Bb] with his loving arms [Eb] [Gb] bound [Bb] to his _ [Em] _ _ [Gm]
side.
_ [D] With a [Gm] [F] smile on [Gm] his face [Cm] that's how [Dm] my [Gm] daddy [D] died.
_ [Gm] _