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
Start Jamming...
[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]
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
D
A
Gm
Bm
E
D
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _