Chords for Lightnin' Hopkins plays the Blues
Tempo:
93.65 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
Fm
C
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [F]
When I play guitar, [C] I play from my heart [Fm] and soul.
I play [B] my own, own music.
[C] And I just keeps it up, because the blues is something that people can't get rid of.
Yeah.
[E] And if you ever have the blues, remember what I tell you.
You'll always hear this in your heart.
[F] The blues.
[Bb] [F] [Ab] [C]
Now I'm going to show you [F] what she's on.
[Fm] [F] That woman named Mary, [Fm] [F] [Bb]
[Fm] she'd go and stay out all [F] night long.
[Bb] That woman named Mary, she would go [F] and stay out all night long.
Why you know she wouldn't [C] come back to the house, [Bb] [F] until poor Lightning and his blues was gone.
Her name was Mary, you know.
But she always, [Gb] [F]
[Bb] [F] you know what she said.
[C] [Bb]
[Fm] [F]
[Cm] [Bb] [F] I know you got another man, Mary, [Fm] [Bb]
that's why [F] you treat me so unkind.
[Bb] [F]
I know you [Bb] got another man, Mary, that's why [F] you treat me so unkind.
[Fm]
[F] You know the blues gonna dwell [C] with you.
[Bb]
[F] I can't get these blues off of my mind.
Except why you do it, but I said.
[D]
[F] [F]
[Fm] [F]
[B]
[Fm] [F]
[Fm] [F]
[Bb] [Fm] [Cm] [Ab]
[F]
[C] [Db] [Bb] [E]
[Bb] [F]
[B] [Bb] [Fm] [Cm] [C] If [Fm] you make your bed hard, baby, [Bb]
[F] sleep in and call your Betty.
If you make your [Bb] bed hard, baby, [F] sleep in and call your Betty.
[Cm] [F]
You know the blues [C] just a funny shit, [Fm]
[Bb] when [A] people [F] call it a mighty bad disease.
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb]
[G] [F] [Bb]
[F] [F]
[Fm] [C]
[Bb]
You
When I play guitar, [C] I play from my heart [Fm] and soul.
I play [B] my own, own music.
[C] And I just keeps it up, because the blues is something that people can't get rid of.
Yeah.
[E] And if you ever have the blues, remember what I tell you.
You'll always hear this in your heart.
[F] The blues.
[Bb] [F] [Ab] [C]
Now I'm going to show you [F] what she's on.
[Fm] [F] That woman named Mary, [Fm] [F] [Bb]
[Fm] she'd go and stay out all [F] night long.
[Bb] That woman named Mary, she would go [F] and stay out all night long.
Why you know she wouldn't [C] come back to the house, [Bb] [F] until poor Lightning and his blues was gone.
Her name was Mary, you know.
But she always, [Gb] [F]
[Bb] [F] you know what she said.
[C] [Bb]
[Fm] [F]
[Cm] [Bb] [F] I know you got another man, Mary, [Fm] [Bb]
that's why [F] you treat me so unkind.
[Bb] [F]
I know you [Bb] got another man, Mary, that's why [F] you treat me so unkind.
[Fm]
[F] You know the blues gonna dwell [C] with you.
[Bb]
[F] I can't get these blues off of my mind.
Except why you do it, but I said.
[D]
[F] [F]
[Fm] [F]
[B]
[Fm] [F]
[Fm] [F]
[Bb] [Fm] [Cm] [Ab]
[F]
[C] [Db] [Bb] [E]
[Bb] [F]
[B] [Bb] [Fm] [Cm] [C] If [Fm] you make your bed hard, baby, [Bb]
[F] sleep in and call your Betty.
If you make your [Bb] bed hard, baby, [F] sleep in and call your Betty.
[Cm] [F]
You know the blues [C] just a funny shit, [Fm]
[Bb] when [A] people [F] call it a mighty bad disease.
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb]
[G] [F] [Bb]
[F] [F]
[Fm] [C]
[Bb]
You
Key:
F
Bb
Fm
C
Cm
F
Bb
Fm
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
When I play guitar, [C] I play from my heart [Fm] and soul.
I play [B] my own, own music.
_ _ _ _ [C] And I just keeps it up, because the blues is something that people can't get rid of.
Yeah.
[E] And if you ever have the blues, remember what I tell you.
You'll always hear this in your heart. _
_ _ [F] _ _ The blues. _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _
Now I'm going to show you [F] what she's on. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [F] _ That woman named Mary, [Fm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Fm] she'd go and stay out all [F] night long. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] That woman named Mary, _ _ _ _ _ she would go [F] and stay out all night long. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Why you know she wouldn't [C] come back to the house, _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] until poor Lightning and his blues was gone.
_ _ Her name was Mary, you know.
But she always, [Gb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ you know what she said.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] [F] I _ _ _ _ know you got another man, Mary, [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ that's why [F] you treat me so unkind.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
I know you [Bb] got another man, Mary, _ _ _ _ that's why [F] you treat me so unkind.
[Fm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ You know the blues gonna dwell [C] with you.
_ [Bb] _ _
[F] I can't get these blues off of my mind. _ _ _
_ _ _ Except why you do it, but I said.
[D] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ If [Fm] you make your bed hard, baby, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] sleep in and call your Betty. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you make your [Bb] bed hard, baby, _ _ _ _ _ [F] sleep in and call your Betty. _
[Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
You know the blues [C] just a funny shit, _ _ [Fm] _
[Bb] when [A] people [F] call it a mighty bad disease. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You _ _ _ _
When I play guitar, [C] I play from my heart [Fm] and soul.
I play [B] my own, own music.
_ _ _ _ [C] And I just keeps it up, because the blues is something that people can't get rid of.
Yeah.
[E] And if you ever have the blues, remember what I tell you.
You'll always hear this in your heart. _
_ _ [F] _ _ The blues. _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _
Now I'm going to show you [F] what she's on. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [F] _ That woman named Mary, [Fm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Fm] she'd go and stay out all [F] night long. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] That woman named Mary, _ _ _ _ _ she would go [F] and stay out all night long. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Why you know she wouldn't [C] come back to the house, _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] until poor Lightning and his blues was gone.
_ _ Her name was Mary, you know.
But she always, [Gb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ you know what she said.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] [F] I _ _ _ _ know you got another man, Mary, [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ that's why [F] you treat me so unkind.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
I know you [Bb] got another man, Mary, _ _ _ _ that's why [F] you treat me so unkind.
[Fm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ You know the blues gonna dwell [C] with you.
_ [Bb] _ _
[F] I can't get these blues off of my mind. _ _ _
_ _ _ Except why you do it, but I said.
[D] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ If [Fm] you make your bed hard, baby, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] sleep in and call your Betty. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you make your [Bb] bed hard, baby, _ _ _ _ _ [F] sleep in and call your Betty. _
[Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
You know the blues [C] just a funny shit, _ _ [Fm] _
[Bb] when [A] people [F] call it a mighty bad disease. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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_ You _ _ _ _