Black Snake Moan Chords by Leadbelly

Tempo:
164.5 bpm
Chords used:

B

F#

C#

E

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Leadbelly Black Snake Moan chords
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[F#] [G#m] [C#] [F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[C#m] [D#] [F#]
[C#] [F#]
[B] [C#] [B]
Oh, I ain't got no mammy now.
[A]
[A#] Oh, I ain't got no [B] mammy now.
[C#] [B]
[F#] She told me late last night, you need no mammy [B] no how.
Oh, black snake crawling in my room.
[A] [C#] Oh, [E]
black snake crawling [A#m] in [B] my [E] room.
[F#]
[B] Better [F#] tell somebody, better come and get it.
Oh, black [B] snake, shoo.
[C#] [B]
Oh, might have been [F#] a bad book,
cause [B] a change couldn't bite me that hard.
[A] [E] Oh, might have been a bad book,
cause a change [F#] can't bite me that hard.
[B] [F#] Had my sugar for fifty cents,
and let Bella and her child in, [B] yeah.
[C#] [B]
Honey, that's alright, that's alright for you.
[A]
[Em] Honey, that's alright, that's [G#m] alright for [A#m] you.
[B]
Darling, [F#] that's alright, most of the time.
[B] [D#] [F#] I [B] walked up to my baby,
[F#] [B] and I know that anything she's done is alright with me.
[F#]
[B] It was okay with me,
just anything she's done would satisfy me.
I walked up to her and I wanted to know what the matter.
Mmm, honey, what's the matter now?
[A] [E] Mmm, honey, what's [B] the matter now?
[A#m] [B]
Darling, [F#] tell me what the matter's done like.
No black [B] snake, no harm.
[C#]
[B] [F#] [B]
[F#] Well, [B] wonder where that black snake gone.
[A]
[F] [A#] Well, wonder [E] where [F#] that black snake gone.
[B]
That [F#] old black snake mama done run my [B] darling home.
[C#] [F]
[F#] [B]
[D#] Oh, I ain't got [F#] no mammy now.
[B] [A] [E]
Oh, I ain't [B] got no mammy now.
[F#] [B] Tell [F#] me late, late night, you didn't need no mammy, no harm.
[B] [C#] [B]
Mmm, wonder where that black snake [C#] gone.
[A] [E] Mmm, wonder where [A#m] that black snake gone.
[B] [C#] That old black snake mama done run my [B] darling home.
[E] [F#] [F] [B]
[A#] [A]
[N]
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C#
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To learn Leadbelly - Black Snake Moan chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - F#, B, F#, B and C#. Set your pace at 82 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 164. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: G Major.

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[F#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [F#] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, I ain't got no mammy now.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[A#] Oh, _ _ I ain't got no [B] mammy now.
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] She told me late last night, you need no mammy [B] no how. _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh, _ _ black snake crawling in my room. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C#] _ Oh, _ [E] _
black snake crawling [A#m] in [B] my [E] room.
[F#] _
_ [B] _ _ Better [F#] tell somebody, better come and get it.
Oh, black [B] snake, shoo. _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, _ _ might have been [F#] a bad book,
cause [B] a change couldn't bite me that hard. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [E] _ Oh, _ _ might have been a bad book,
cause a change [F#] can't bite me that hard.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] Had my sugar for fifty cents,
and let Bella and her child in, [B] yeah.
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
Honey, that's alright, _ that's alright for you.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] Honey, that's alright, that's [G#m] alright for [A#m] you.
_ _ [B] _ _
Darling, [F#] that's alright, most of the time.
_ [B] _ [D#] [F#] I _ [B] _ walked up to my baby,
[F#] _ [B] _ _ and I know that anything she's done is alright with me.
_ [F#]
[B] It was okay with me,
just anything she's done would satisfy me.
I walked up to her and I wanted to know what the matter.
_ _ _ Mmm, _ _ honey, what's the matter now? _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ Mmm, _ _ honey, what's [B] the matter now?
[A#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ Darling, [F#] tell me what the matter's done like.
No black [B] snake, no harm.
_ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] _ Well, _ [B] wonder where that black snake gone.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [F] _ [A#] Well, wonder [E] where [F#] that black snake gone.
_ _ [B] _ _
That [F#] old black snake mama done run my [B] darling home.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D#] Oh, _ I ain't got [F#] no mammy now.
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E]
Oh, _ _ I ain't [B] got no mammy now.
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ Tell [F#] me late, late night, you didn't need no mammy, no harm.
_ [B] _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Mmm, _ wonder where that black snake [C#] gone. _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] Mmm, _ wonder where [A#m] that black snake gone. _ _
[B] _ _ [C#] That old black snake mama done run my [B] darling home.
[E] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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This song finds its place within the „Blues Masters Vol. 15 - album.

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