Chords for Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues (1920)
Tempo:
109.55 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m] [C] [C#m]
[B] [E]
I can't sleep at night
[E] I can't read a [C#m] bible
[B] Cause the man I love
[E]
He don't treat me right
[A] [E]
[D#] [D] [C#m] He makes me feel so [C] blue
I don't know [C#] what to [G#m] do
Sometimes [E] I set aside
And then begin to [B] cry
Cause my best friend
[Em] Said he's [A] left [E] me behind
[F#] [E] There's a change in [F#] the air
[Em]
[C#m] [E] [D#] [D]
[A] I tell you folks there
[C#m] Ain't no change [E] in me
Well,
[C#] [B]
[A] oh
[E]
[A#m] [A] [E] Now I got some crazy [D#m] blues
[A] Since my baby [E] went away
[C#m] [D#] [E] I ain't got no time to [G#m] lose
[D] [F#] [B] In two days
I [E]
[Gm] [F#m]
[E] [C#]
[C#m] [E]
[F#] read [G#m] his [A] [B] [C#] [B] [E] mind
I [N] [A]
thought he's loving me
He's leaving on [C#m]
[B]
feet
I [F#m] pulled up
[Em]
[A] [Bm] [A#] [A] [E] [F#] I went [G#] and stole the [A] [B] railroad
[C#] [G#m] [E]
[F] [F#] [A]
Gladly [E] dashed it back
[B]
[E] In a lazy [Bm] [A#m] [B] [E]
blues
[A] In
[E]
[G#m] [F#]
[B] two days
[E]
[G] [D#] [G] [F#m] I get myself a gun
[E] And shoot myself a gun
I [C#m] ain't had nothing but bad news
[C] Now [B] I got the [E] crazy blues So
[B] [E]
I can't sleep at night
[E] I can't read a [C#m] bible
[B] Cause the man I love
[E]
He don't treat me right
[A] [E]
[D#] [D] [C#m] He makes me feel so [C] blue
I don't know [C#] what to [G#m] do
Sometimes [E] I set aside
And then begin to [B] cry
Cause my best friend
[Em] Said he's [A] left [E] me behind
[F#] [E] There's a change in [F#] the air
[Em]
[C#m] [E] [D#] [D]
[A] I tell you folks there
[C#m] Ain't no change [E] in me
Well,
[C#] [B]
[A] oh
[E]
[A#m] [A] [E] Now I got some crazy [D#m] blues
[A] Since my baby [E] went away
[C#m] [D#] [E] I ain't got no time to [G#m] lose
[D] [F#] [B] In two days
I [E]
[Gm] [F#m]
[E] [C#]
[C#m] [E]
[F#] read [G#m] his [A] [B] [C#] [B] [E] mind
I [N] [A]
thought he's loving me
He's leaving on [C#m]
[B]
feet
I [F#m] pulled up
[Em]
[A] [Bm] [A#] [A] [E] [F#] I went [G#] and stole the [A] [B] railroad
[C#] [G#m] [E]
[F] [F#] [A]
Gladly [E] dashed it back
[B]
[E] In a lazy [Bm] [A#m] [B] [E]
blues
[A] In
[E]
[G#m] [F#]
[B] two days
[E]
[G] [D#] [G] [F#m] I get myself a gun
[E] And shoot myself a gun
I [C#m] ain't had nothing but bad news
[C] Now [B] I got the [E] crazy blues So
Key:
E
B
A
C#m
F#
E
B
A
[C#m] _ _ _ [C] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ I can't sleep at night
_ [E] I _ can't read a [C#m] bible
[B] Cause the man I love
[E] _
He don't treat me right
[A] _ [E] _
_ [D#] _ [D] _ _ [C#m] He makes me feel so [C] blue
I don't know [C#] what to [G#m] do
Sometimes [E] I set aside
And then begin to [B] cry
Cause my best friend
[Em] Said he's [A] left [E] me behind
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] There's a change in [F#] the air
[Em] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [D] _
[A] I tell you folks there
[C#m] Ain't no change [E] in me
_ Well, _
[C#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] oh
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ [A] [E] Now I got some crazy [D#m] blues
_ [A] Since my baby [E] went away
[C#m] _ [D#] [E] I ain't got no time to [G#m] lose
[D] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] In two days
I _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] read [G#m] his [A] _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ [B] _ [E] mind
I _ _ [N] _ _ _ [A] _
thought he's loving me
He's leaving on [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ feet
I [F#m] pulled up
[Em] _ _
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [A#] _ [A] _ [E] [F#] I went [G#] and stole the [A] [B] railroad
[C#] _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ Gladly [E] dashed it back
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] In a _ lazy _ [Bm] _ [A#m] _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ _ blues
[A] In _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] two days
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D#] _ _ [G] [F#m] I get myself a gun
[E] And shoot myself a gun
I [C#m] ain't had nothing but bad news
[C] Now [B] I got the [E] crazy blues _ _ _ So
_ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ I can't sleep at night
_ [E] I _ can't read a [C#m] bible
[B] Cause the man I love
[E] _
He don't treat me right
[A] _ [E] _
_ [D#] _ [D] _ _ [C#m] He makes me feel so [C] blue
I don't know [C#] what to [G#m] do
Sometimes [E] I set aside
And then begin to [B] cry
Cause my best friend
[Em] Said he's [A] left [E] me behind
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] There's a change in [F#] the air
[Em] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [D] _
[A] I tell you folks there
[C#m] Ain't no change [E] in me
_ Well, _
[C#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] oh
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ [A] [E] Now I got some crazy [D#m] blues
_ [A] Since my baby [E] went away
[C#m] _ [D#] [E] I ain't got no time to [G#m] lose
[D] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] In two days
I _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] read [G#m] his [A] _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ [B] _ [E] mind
I _ _ [N] _ _ _ [A] _
thought he's loving me
He's leaving on [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ feet
I [F#m] pulled up
[Em] _ _
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [A#] _ [A] _ [E] [F#] I went [G#] and stole the [A] [B] railroad
[C#] _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ Gladly [E] dashed it back
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] In a _ lazy _ [Bm] _ [A#m] _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ _ blues
[A] In _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] two days
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D#] _ _ [G] [F#m] I get myself a gun
[E] And shoot myself a gun
I [C#m] ain't had nothing but bad news
[C] Now [B] I got the [E] crazy blues _ _ _ So