LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS ~ Santa Fe Blues Chords

Tempo:
151.85 bpm
Chords used:

Ebm

Bb

Ab

Eb

Bbm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS ~ Santa Fe Blues chords
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[Db]
[Bb] [Ebm]
[Bb] I [D] ain't gonna tell nobody [Abm] what the Santa Fe [Ebm] did to me
[Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bbm] I [Ab] ain't gonna tell nobody what the Santa [E] Fe did to [Ebm] me
[Abm] [Ebm]
[Ab] You know it taken [Bb] away my lover, [Ab]
saying [Bb] God my old time [Ebm] used to be
[Bbm] You [Ebm]
[Bb]
[Eb] know I was standing at the station [Gb] [Ab] when my [Bb] baby got on [Ebm] board
I [Ab] was standing at the station [Gb] [Ab] when my baby [Ebm] got on board
[Gb] [Ebm]
Sound like [Bb] I could hear her telling I'm gone this time
[B] [Ab]
[Bb] Blinding I won't be [Eb] back no [Bbm] more
[Ebm] [Bb]
[Eb]
You know that [Bb] mean old [Eb] Santa Fe [Gb]
[Gm] [Ab]
taking [Eb] my baby from [Bbm] me
[Ebm] [Eb] You [Ab] know that mean old Santa [Gb] Fe [Abm]
taking my [Eb] baby away from me
[Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bb] Yeah, she left early one morning, [Ebm] [Ab]
[Eb] she left on her Santa Fe
[Gb] You [Eb] [Bb]
[Ebm] [Ab]
[Ebm]
[Bb] [Ebm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Ebm] [Bb]
[Eb] know that old Santa Fe,
[Ab] big bad luck to [Ebm] me
You
[Eb] [Ab] know that old Santa [Gb] Fe, [Abm]
big bad [Ebm] luck to me
You [Bb] know it taken away my lover,
[B] [Ab] saying God [Eb] my old time used to be
[Bb] [Ebm] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Ebm] [Eb]
Key:  
Ebm
13421116
Bb
12341111
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Bbm
13421111
Ebm
13421116
Bb
12341111
Ab
134211114
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To learn Lightning Hopkins - Santa Fe Blues chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Bbm, Ebm, Ab, Ebm, Eb, Bb, Ebm, Eb, Bbm, Ebm and Bb in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 75 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 152. With an eye on the song's key Eb Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ I [D] ain't gonna tell nobody _ [Abm] what _ the Santa Fe _ [Ebm] did to me _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ I [Ab] ain't gonna tell nobody _ what the Santa [E] Fe did to [Ebm] me _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] You know it taken [Bb] away my lover, _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
saying [Bb] God my old time _ [Ebm] used to be
_ [Bbm] _ You _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] know I was standing at the station _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ when my [Bb] baby _ got on [Ebm] board
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] was standing at the station _ [Gb] _ [Ab] when _ _ my baby _ [Ebm] got on board _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sound like [Bb] I could hear her telling I'm gone this time
_ _ [B] _ [Ab] _
[Bb] Blinding I won't be [Eb] back no _ [Bbm] more
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
You know that [Bb] mean old [Eb] Santa Fe _ [Gb] _
[Gm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
taking [Eb] my baby from [Bbm] me _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ You [Ab] know that mean old Santa [Gb] Fe _ _ [Abm] _
_ taking my [Eb] baby away from me
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Yeah, she left early one morning, _ _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] _
[Eb] she left on her Santa Fe
[Gb] You _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] know that old Santa Fe, _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ big bad luck to [Ebm] me
_ _ You _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] know that old Santa [Gb] Fe, _ [Abm] _ _ _
big bad [Ebm] luck to _ me
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You [Bb] know it taken away my lover, _
_ [B] _ [Ab] _ saying God [Eb] my old time used to be
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Goin´Back Home album.

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