Leadbelly - The Medicine Man Chords

Tempo:
195.7 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

F

Cm

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Leadbelly - The Medicine Man chords
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[N] [Ab]
[F] [Cm]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[F] [Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[C] Oh, the [F] medicine man, [Cm] [Eb] the baby,
[Dm] [Eb]
he's traveling through the
[Ab] land.
Oh, the [F] medicine [Cm] man, [Eb] the baby, [Dm] [Eb]
he's traveling [Ab] through the land.
[C] God is [F] giving his [Eb] hand, [C]
[Eb] baby, and he's [B] doing the best he can.
[C] God is giving [F] his hand, [Am] [F]
[Eb] baby, [Dm]
[Eb] and he's [C] doing the best [Ab] he can.
[Fm]
I [Cm] told the [B] doctor, you sell [Cm] medicine, [B] he ain't got to be a blind [Ab] man.
And he's sitting [B] outside the road begging all he can.
And everybody come along and see him, [Ab] they know him, and they know he was a good doctor.
[B] And everybody look like they're trying to do something [Ab] for the good doctor.
And he had his old medicine case in his [B] hand, and every once in a while,
the [Eb] people that come along, you want to let them know [Ab] who you [B] are.
Oh, the [F] blind [Cm] man, [Eb] the baby,
[Dm] [Eb]
he's sitting on the road again.
[Ab] Oh, [F] the blind [C] man, [Eb]
baby, [Bb]
[Eb] he's [Fm] sitting on the road [Ab] again.
[C] God is [Fm] giving his [C] hand,
[Cm] baby,
[Gm] [Eb]
[B] God is [Eb] giving his [C] hand, God is [F] giving his [C] hand, [F] [Cm]
baby.
[Dm] [Eb]
[B]
[Cm] I'm the [F] medicine man, [Eb]
baby, [Gm]
[Eb] and I'm on the road [Ab] again.
[F] I'm the medicine man,
[Bb] baby, [Dm] [Eb]
on the road again.
[Cm]
Oh, [F] I declare,
[Eb] [Bb]
baby, [Dm] [Eb]
I'm [B] sitting on the road somewhere.
Baby, [F] I declare, [Cm] [Eb]
[Bb] baby, [Dm]
[Eb] I'm sitting on the [Ab] road somewhere.
[C]
God is giving my hand, [Cm]
[F] [Bb] Lord, [Dm] yeah.
[Fm] [Eb]
I'm doing the best I [Cm] can.
God is giving my [C] hand,
[Eb] [Cm] [Fm] [Bb]
Lord, [Dm] yeah.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Cm]
[Dm]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Dm]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
C
3211
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
F
134211111
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To jam and learn Lead Belly - Medicine Man chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: Bb, Dm, Eb, Ab, Eb, Bb, Ab, F and Cm. A good strategy is to initiate at 98 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 196 BPM. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: Eb Major.

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[N] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [C] Oh, the [F] medicine man, _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] the baby, _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ he's traveling through the _
_ _ [Ab] land.
Oh, the [F] medicine _ [Cm] man, _ _ [Eb] the baby, _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ he's traveling [Ab] through the _ land.
_ [C] God is [F] giving his [Eb] hand, _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ baby, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and he's [B] doing the best he can.
_ _ [C] God is giving [F] his _ hand, [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ baby, _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ and he's [C] doing the best [Ab] he can.
_ [Fm] _ _ _
I [Cm] told the [B] doctor, you sell [Cm] medicine, _ [B] he ain't got to be a blind [Ab] man.
_ And he's sitting [B] outside the road begging all he can.
And everybody come along and see him, [Ab] they know him, and they know he was a good doctor.
[B] And everybody look like they're trying to do something [Ab] for the good doctor.
And he had his old medicine case in his [B] hand, and every once in a while,
the [Eb] people that come along, you want to let them know [Ab] who you [B] are.
Oh, the [F] blind [Cm] man, _ _ _ [Eb] the baby, _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
he's sitting on the road _ again.
_ _ [Ab] Oh, [F] the blind _ [C] man, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ baby, _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ he's [Fm] sitting on the road _ [Ab] again.
_ _ [C] God is [Fm] giving his [C] hand, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ baby, _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ God is [Eb] giving his _ _ _ [C] hand, God is [F] giving his _ [C] hand, _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _
baby.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ I'm the [F] medicine _ man, [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ baby, _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ and I'm on the road _ [Ab] again. _ _
[F] I'm the medicine _ man, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ baby, [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ on the road again.
[Cm] _
_ _ Oh, [F] I declare, _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
baby, _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ I'm [B] sitting on the road somewhere.
_ _ _ Baby, [F] I declare, [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ baby, [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ I'm sitting on the [Ab] road somewhere.
_ _ [C] _
God is giving my hand, _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ Lord, [Dm] yeah.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
I'm doing the best I _ _ [Cm] can.
God is giving my [C] hand, _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
Lord, _ [Dm] yeah.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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