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
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Lightnin' Hopkins & John Lee Hooker - Candy Kitchen chords
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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]
Key:  
D
1321
Dm
2311
G
2131
A
1231
Bb
12341111
D
1321
Dm
2311
G
2131
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Lightnin Hopkins - Candy Kitchen chords, practice playing Dm, G, Dm, D and Dm in sequence. Start with a comfortable 48 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 97. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of G Minor in mind.

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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] _ _ _ _

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