Lightnin' Hopkins & John Lee Hooker - Candy Kitchen Chords
Tempo:
181.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
Dm
G
A
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm]
[D] [Bm]
[Bb] [A]
[D]
My little girl don't work in no canning kitchen.
[Dm]
[D] Poor child don't have to sell [Dm] no chewing gum.
[D]
[Bb] She don't have to work in [Em] no canning kitchen.
[G] No, no.
That little girl don't have to sell no chewing [Dm] gum.
No chewing gum.
[D] [Dm]
[D]
Thank the good Lord for not a dime of ham, no [A] pig and shell.
Yeah.
[B]
Poor child don't have to roll [D] from [Dm] sun to sun.
No, no,
[G] [D]
[C]
[Bb] no, [D] no.
My [Dm] baby don't have [D] to roll from sun to [Dm] sun.
How good [D] for my Lord.
[G] [D] [Gm]
[A] [Gm] [D]
She don't have to [G]
[F] [D]
roll from sun to sun.
[Am]
She's so good to me.
[D]
[Dm]
[D] [A]
[Am] Whoa, [D] I could work that little girl.
[Dm] [D]
[G] [G]
That little girl stay ready to draw [D] my face.
Yeah.
[F] Whoa, I could [G] work her in the morning.
In the morning.
That little girl stay ready to draw my [Dm] face.
[D]
[Ab] [Gm] [D]
But [C] I'm praying in my [A] heart for the good Lord to bless her.
Please bless her, [D] bless her.
[G] And let her work for poor lightning one [Dm] day.
Well, well.
[A]
[B] [D]
[A] Whoa, [Bb] he told [Dm] me early one [G] morning, lightning, [Dm] [G]
things I'm doing,
I just can't help [Dm]
myself.
Whoa, the [G] things I'm doing, lightning, I just can't help myself.
[D] She don't need no help [Dm] from me, [D] Lord.
She's a good little girl.
She [Am] said I once [A] had a good lover.
Yeah.
[D] Lightning put that [Dm] fool in his mouth.
[D]
[G] She [D] called him a fool, but she didn't know what she was talking about.
She don't need no help from me.
She don't need no help from me.
[Dm] [D]
You don't need to give [A] her
[Dm] help.
[D] She don't need no [C] help from me.
[Abm] [D]
[G]
[D] Whoa, whoa, [Dm] whoa, whoa.
[D]
[A]
[G] [D]
[Dm] [G]
[A]
[D] She's a [Gb] lightning, love me or leave [D] me.
[Dm]
Either [D] one will do.
She don't want to do that.
God in heaven knows it's been broke down.
You don't want [Dm] to do that.
Find out I love you.
Either [G] one,
[D] [G]
either one will do.
[Dm]
[D]
She's been telling me that she loves me.
[A]
[G] I done broke [Dm] down now.
I know [G] I love you.
[D]
[G] [Gm] [A]
[D]
[E]
And there ain't no lie to you.
That's [Bb] what lightning and hoppers did.
That's just purposeful use.
Let them know that the black water [Em] don't rise until the [Eb] black man is there.
[A]
Look here.
[Bb]
Play it back if you want to, baby, because it ain't [Em] no harm in gambling if [C] you just don't lose.
[Bb] You can take your chance on a married woman as long as they ain't my wife.
[Ab] Because if my wife is, you can pull them earphones off.
Yeah, you ain't going to hear nothing more than that.
[N]
[D] [Bm]
[Bb] [A]
[D]
My little girl don't work in no canning kitchen.
[Dm]
[D] Poor child don't have to sell [Dm] no chewing gum.
[D]
[Bb] She don't have to work in [Em] no canning kitchen.
[G] No, no.
That little girl don't have to sell no chewing [Dm] gum.
No chewing gum.
[D] [Dm]
[D]
Thank the good Lord for not a dime of ham, no [A] pig and shell.
Yeah.
[B]
Poor child don't have to roll [D] from [Dm] sun to sun.
No, no,
[G] [D]
[C]
[Bb] no, [D] no.
My [Dm] baby don't have [D] to roll from sun to [Dm] sun.
How good [D] for my Lord.
[G] [D] [Gm]
[A] [Gm] [D]
She don't have to [G]
[F] [D]
roll from sun to sun.
[Am]
She's so good to me.
[D]
[Dm]
[D] [A]
[Am] Whoa, [D] I could work that little girl.
[Dm] [D]
[G] [G]
That little girl stay ready to draw [D] my face.
Yeah.
[F] Whoa, I could [G] work her in the morning.
In the morning.
That little girl stay ready to draw my [Dm] face.
[D]
[Ab] [Gm] [D]
But [C] I'm praying in my [A] heart for the good Lord to bless her.
Please bless her, [D] bless her.
[G] And let her work for poor lightning one [Dm] day.
Well, well.
[A]
[B] [D]
[A] Whoa, [Bb] he told [Dm] me early one [G] morning, lightning, [Dm] [G]
things I'm doing,
I just can't help [Dm]
myself.
Whoa, the [G] things I'm doing, lightning, I just can't help myself.
[D] She don't need no help [Dm] from me, [D] Lord.
She's a good little girl.
She [Am] said I once [A] had a good lover.
Yeah.
[D] Lightning put that [Dm] fool in his mouth.
[D]
[G] She [D] called him a fool, but she didn't know what she was talking about.
She don't need no help from me.
She don't need no help from me.
[Dm] [D]
You don't need to give [A] her
[Dm] help.
[D] She don't need no [C] help from me.
[Abm] [D]
[G]
[D] Whoa, whoa, [Dm] whoa, whoa.
[D]
[A]
[G] [D]
[Dm] [G]
[A]
[D] She's a [Gb] lightning, love me or leave [D] me.
[Dm]
Either [D] one will do.
She don't want to do that.
God in heaven knows it's been broke down.
You don't want [Dm] to do that.
Find out I love you.
Either [G] one,
[D] [G]
either one will do.
[Dm]
[D]
She's been telling me that she loves me.
[A]
[G] I done broke [Dm] down now.
I know [G] I love you.
[D]
[G] [Gm] [A]
[D]
[E]
And there ain't no lie to you.
That's [Bb] what lightning and hoppers did.
That's just purposeful use.
Let them know that the black water [Em] don't rise until the [Eb] black man is there.
[A]
Look here.
[Bb]
Play it back if you want to, baby, because it ain't [Em] no harm in gambling if [C] you just don't lose.
[Bb] You can take your chance on a married woman as long as they ain't my wife.
[Ab] Because if my wife is, you can pull them earphones off.
Yeah, you ain't going to hear nothing more than that.
[N]
Key:
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Dm
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_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ My little girl don't work in no canning kitchen.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Poor child don't have to sell [Dm] no chewing gum. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ She don't have to work in [Em] no canning kitchen.
[G] _ _ _ No, no. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That little girl don't have to sell no chewing [Dm] gum.
No chewing gum. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank the good Lord for not a dime of ham, no [A] pig and shell.
_ Yeah.
_ _ [B] _ _
Poor child don't have to roll [D] from [Dm] sun to sun.
_ No, no, _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] no, [D] _ _ no.
_ _ _ My [Dm] baby _ _ don't _ _ _ have [D] to roll from sun to [Dm] sun. _
_ _ _ How good [D] for my Lord. _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
She don't have to _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ roll from _ sun to sun.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's so good to me.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] Whoa, [D] I could work that little girl. _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
That little girl stay ready to draw [D] my face.
_ Yeah. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] Whoa, I could [G] work her in the morning.
_ In the morning. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That little girl stay ready to draw my [Dm] face. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
But [C] I'm praying in my [A] heart for the good Lord to bless her.
Please bless her, [D] bless her. _
[G] _ And let her work for poor lightning one [Dm] day.
_ Well, well.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Whoa, [Bb] he told [Dm] me early one [G] morning, lightning, [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
things I'm doing,
I just can't help [Dm]
myself. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Whoa, the [G] things I'm doing, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lightning, I just can't help myself.
[D] _ _ She don't need no help [Dm] from me, [D] Lord.
_ _ She's a good little girl.
She [Am] said I once [A] had a good lover.
_ Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ Lightning put that _ [Dm] fool in his mouth.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ She [D] called him a fool, but she didn't know what she was talking about.
She don't need no help from _ me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She don't need no help from me. _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
You don't need to give [A] her _
[Dm] help.
[D] She don't need no [C] help from me.
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Whoa, _ whoa, [Dm] whoa, whoa. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ She's a [Gb] lightning, love me or leave [D] me.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Either [D] one will do. _ _ _ _
She don't want to do that.
God in heaven knows it's been broke down.
_ You don't want [Dm] to do that.
Find out I love you.
Either [G] one, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ either one will do.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's been telling me that she loves me.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ I done broke [Dm] down now.
I know [G] I love you.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And there ain't no lie to you.
That's [Bb] what lightning and hoppers did.
_ _ _ That's just purposeful use.
Let them know that the black water [Em] don't rise until the [Eb] black man is there.
_ [A] _
_ _ Look here.
_ [Bb] _ _
Play it back if you want to, baby, because it ain't [Em] no harm in gambling if [C] you just don't lose.
[Bb] You can take your chance on a married woman as long as they ain't my wife.
[Ab] _ Because if my wife is, you can pull them earphones off. _
_ _ Yeah, you ain't going to hear nothing more than that. _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ My little girl don't work in no canning kitchen.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Poor child don't have to sell [Dm] no chewing gum. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ She don't have to work in [Em] no canning kitchen.
[G] _ _ _ No, no. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That little girl don't have to sell no chewing [Dm] gum.
No chewing gum. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank the good Lord for not a dime of ham, no [A] pig and shell.
_ Yeah.
_ _ [B] _ _
Poor child don't have to roll [D] from [Dm] sun to sun.
_ No, no, _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] no, [D] _ _ no.
_ _ _ My [Dm] baby _ _ don't _ _ _ have [D] to roll from sun to [Dm] sun. _
_ _ _ How good [D] for my Lord. _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
She don't have to _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ roll from _ sun to sun.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's so good to me.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] Whoa, [D] I could work that little girl. _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
That little girl stay ready to draw [D] my face.
_ Yeah. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] Whoa, I could [G] work her in the morning.
_ In the morning. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That little girl stay ready to draw my [Dm] face. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
But [C] I'm praying in my [A] heart for the good Lord to bless her.
Please bless her, [D] bless her. _
[G] _ And let her work for poor lightning one [Dm] day.
_ Well, well.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Whoa, [Bb] he told [Dm] me early one [G] morning, lightning, [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
things I'm doing,
I just can't help [Dm]
myself. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Whoa, the [G] things I'm doing, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lightning, I just can't help myself.
[D] _ _ She don't need no help [Dm] from me, [D] Lord.
_ _ She's a good little girl.
She [Am] said I once [A] had a good lover.
_ Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ Lightning put that _ [Dm] fool in his mouth.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ She [D] called him a fool, but she didn't know what she was talking about.
She don't need no help from _ me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She don't need no help from me. _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
You don't need to give [A] her _
[Dm] help.
[D] She don't need no [C] help from me.
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Whoa, _ whoa, [Dm] whoa, whoa. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ She's a [Gb] lightning, love me or leave [D] me.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Either [D] one will do. _ _ _ _
She don't want to do that.
God in heaven knows it's been broke down.
_ You don't want [Dm] to do that.
Find out I love you.
Either [G] one, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ either one will do.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's been telling me that she loves me.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ I done broke [Dm] down now.
I know [G] I love you.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And there ain't no lie to you.
That's [Bb] what lightning and hoppers did.
_ _ _ That's just purposeful use.
Let them know that the black water [Em] don't rise until the [Eb] black man is there.
_ [A] _
_ _ Look here.
_ [Bb] _ _
Play it back if you want to, baby, because it ain't [Em] no harm in gambling if [C] you just don't lose.
[Bb] You can take your chance on a married woman as long as they ain't my wife.
[Ab] _ Because if my wife is, you can pull them earphones off. _
_ _ Yeah, you ain't going to hear nothing more than that. _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _