Give A Little Bit Chords by Levon Helm

Tempo:
101.35 bpm
Chords used:

E

D

A

Gm

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Levon Helm - Give A Little Bit chords
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[D] [E]
The ladies [E] at the back door are looking for [D] the kid.
[E] Everybody's doing all the things they [D] always did.
Bessie got a new hairdo, so Judy got [D] one too.
[E] Freddie's got a hottie-tottie like everybody's do.
Give a little bit, [F#m] take a little [G#m] bit.
Give a [A] little bit [E] more.
Give a little bit, take a [Gm] little bit.
[G#m] Give a little bit [E] more.
Give a little bit, take a [Gm] little bit.
Give a [A] little bit more.
[Bm] Find out what this shaking [E] is for.
I ran into old Johnny, he was locking [D] up the store.
[E] He walked down to the river, and he swam it shore to shore.
Show me that shot of Billie, boy she sure [D] likes to pose.
[E] But how does she get her legs up there, and what happened to her clothes?
Give a little bit, take [Gm] a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit [E] more.
Give a little bit, take [Gm] a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit more.
[E] Give a little bit, [F#m] take a little bit.
[A] Give a little bit more.
Find [Bm] out what this shaking is [E] for.
[G] [E]
[D] [E]
[A] [E]
Give me one more minute, give [D] me one more dime.
[E] Shake it on down to Kansas City, I'll show you a real good time.
The river's overflowing, and the banks are [D] all filled up.
[E] My pupils and my eyelids, they ain't never really shut.
Give a little bit, take [Gm] a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit more.
[E] Give a little bit, take [Gm] a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit more.
[E] Give a little bit, [Gm] take a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit more.
Find [Bm] out what this shaking is [E] for.
[E]
[D] [E] Yeah, honey.
I'm going to tell you what this shaking is [D] for.
[E] It's for you to shake it on down here with me.
And then you and me, [D] we're going to shake it one [E] time for Jerry Lee.
That's what this shaking is for, baby.
[D] [E] That's all it's good for.
[D] [E]
[B]
Key:  
E
2311
D
1321
A
1231
Gm
123111113
Bm
13421112
E
2311
D
1321
A
1231
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To start learning Levon Helm - Give A Little Bit chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - D, E, A, E, D, Bm, E, D and A in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 50 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 101. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: E Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The ladies [E] at the back door are looking for [D] the kid.
[E] _ Everybody's doing all the things they [D] always did.
Bessie got a new hairdo, so Judy got [D] one too.
[E] Freddie's got a hottie-tottie like everybody's do.
Give a little bit, [F#m] take a little [G#m] bit.
Give a [A] little bit [E] more.
Give a little bit, take a [Gm] little bit.
[G#m] Give a little bit [E] more.
Give a little bit, take a [Gm] little bit.
Give a [A] little bit more.
[Bm] Find out what this shaking [E] is for.
_ I ran into old Johnny, he was locking [D] up the store.
[E] He walked down to the river, and he swam it shore to shore.
Show me that shot of Billie, boy she sure [D] likes to pose.
[E] But how does she get her legs up there, and what happened to her clothes?
Give a little bit, take [Gm] a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit [E] more.
Give a little bit, take [Gm] a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit more.
[E] Give a little bit, [F#m] take a little bit.
[A] Give a little bit more.
Find [Bm] out what this shaking is [E] for.
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Give me one more minute, give [D] me one more dime.
[E] Shake it on down to Kansas City, I'll show you a real good time.
The river's overflowing, and the banks are [D] all filled up.
[E] My pupils and my eyelids, they ain't never really shut.
Give a little bit, take [Gm] a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit more.
[E] Give a little bit, take [Gm] a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit more.
[E] Give a little bit, [Gm] take a little bit.
Give [A] a little bit more.
Find [Bm] out what this shaking is [E] for.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Yeah, honey.
_ _ _ _ I'm going to tell you what this shaking is [D] for.
_ [E] _ _ It's for you to shake it on down here with me.
_ And then you and me, _ [D] we're going to shake it one [E] time for Jerry Lee. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ That's what this shaking is for, baby.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ That's all it's good for. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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