Chords for Martin Simpson - "Walking Blues"
Tempo:
118.1 bpm
Chords used:
A
Am
E
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D]
[A] So that tuning that I was in there,
[D] that's open [A] G major tuning, and it invites what I
was [G#] doing there, because if you [A] listen to it, it doesn't actually, doesn't have much
in the way of punch to it, does it?
Because it goes, and ends on the fifth note of the scale.
[E] Not like D, which has got all those big D's in it, which just, you go whack, and it sounds
like a [A] big D chord.
This sounds like, huh?
[A#m] And so all the slide blues players would [Am] do this, and reference that fifth fret on the
first string, which is
[A]
[Am] [A]
[Am] [E]
[A]
[F] [A]
And all that stuff.
[C#] And it's good fun.
[D] [A]
[Am]
[A]
Huh.
[Am] [A]
[E] [C] [E]
[Am] So, I'm leaving this morning, if I go right to blind, I've been mistreated, and I just
don't [A] mind dying, I will be leaving this morning, if I go right to blind.
[B] People have been [A] mistreated, you know, and I just don't mind dying.
[Am] I just feel like [E] blowing [A] my own lonesome horn.
[Am] I got up this morning, my good gal was [D] gone, and I feel like blowing my own [A] lonesome horn.
[Am] [C#m] And [A] I was up this morning, [E] child, my gal I love was [G] gone.
[A]
[F#] [A]
[Em] [E]
[A]
[Am]
[A] [Am]
And my gal I love
[A] [C] [E]
[Am] [E]
was gone.
[A]
[G] [Am] That woman got an LG movement from her head down to her toes.
She's gone breaking on the dollar most everywhere she goes.
She got an LG movement from her head down to her [A] sweet little toe.
She's [E] gone breaking on the [D] dollar most [Am] everywhere she goes.
Now some people they gonna tell you the more you worry blues ain't bad that's just the
worst old feeling I most ever had.
[A] Some fools gonna try and tell you the word blues ain't bad.
[E] That's just the worst old [D] feeling Lord that I most [A] ever [G] had.
[A]
[E] [A#]
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[A] So that tuning that I was in there,
[D] that's open [A] G major tuning, and it invites what I
was [G#] doing there, because if you [A] listen to it, it doesn't actually, doesn't have much
in the way of punch to it, does it?
Because it goes, and ends on the fifth note of the scale.
[E] Not like D, which has got all those big D's in it, which just, you go whack, and it sounds
like a [A] big D chord.
This sounds like, huh?
[A#m] And so all the slide blues players would [Am] do this, and reference that fifth fret on the
first string, which is
[A]
[Am] [A]
[Am] [E]
[A]
[F] [A]
And all that stuff.
[C#] And it's good fun.
[D] [A]
[Am]
[A]
Huh.
[Am] [A]
[E] [C] [E]
[Am] So, I'm leaving this morning, if I go right to blind, I've been mistreated, and I just
don't [A] mind dying, I will be leaving this morning, if I go right to blind.
[B] People have been [A] mistreated, you know, and I just don't mind dying.
[Am] I just feel like [E] blowing [A] my own lonesome horn.
[Am] I got up this morning, my good gal was [D] gone, and I feel like blowing my own [A] lonesome horn.
[Am] [C#m] And [A] I was up this morning, [E] child, my gal I love was [G] gone.
[A]
[F#] [A]
[Em] [E]
[A]
[Am]
[A] [Am]
And my gal I love
[A] [C] [E]
[Am] [E]
was gone.
[A]
[G] [Am] That woman got an LG movement from her head down to her toes.
She's gone breaking on the dollar most everywhere she goes.
She got an LG movement from her head down to her [A] sweet little toe.
She's [E] gone breaking on the [D] dollar most [Am] everywhere she goes.
Now some people they gonna tell you the more you worry blues ain't bad that's just the
worst old feeling I most ever had.
[A] Some fools gonna try and tell you the word blues ain't bad.
[E] That's just the worst old [D] feeling Lord that I most [A] ever [G] had.
[A]
[E] [A#]
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Key:
A
Am
E
D
G
A
Am
E
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ So that tuning that I was in there, _ _ _ _
[D] _ that's open [A] G major tuning, and it _ _ invites _ what I
was [G#] doing there, because if you [A] listen to it, _ _ it doesn't actually, _ doesn't have much
in the way of punch to it, does it?
Because it goes, _ _ and ends on the fifth note of the scale.
_ _ [E] Not like D, which has got all those big D's in it, which just, you go whack, and it sounds
like a [A] big D chord.
This sounds like, huh?
_ _ [A#m] And so all the slide blues players _ would [Am] do this, _ _ _ _ and reference that fifth fret on the
first string, which is_ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
And all that stuff.
[C#] And it's good fun. _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Huh. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ So, I'm leaving this morning, if I go right to blind, I've been mistreated, and I just
don't [A] mind dying, I will be leaving this morning, if I go right to blind.
_ _ _ _ [B] People have been [A] mistreated, you know, and I just don't mind dying.
[Am] _ _ _ I just feel like [E] blowing [A] my own lonesome horn.
[Am] I got up this morning, my good gal was [D] gone, and I feel like blowing my own [A] lonesome horn.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C#m] And [A] I was up this morning, [E] child, my gal I love was [G] gone.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ And my gal I love _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ was gone.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ That woman got an LG movement from her head down to her toes.
She's gone breaking on the dollar most everywhere she goes.
She got an LG movement from her head down to her [A] sweet little toe.
_ _ _ She's [E] gone breaking on the [D] dollar most [Am] everywhere she goes.
_ _ _ _ Now some people they gonna tell you the more you worry blues ain't bad that's just the
worst old feeling I most ever had.
[A] Some fools gonna try and tell you the word blues ain't bad.
[E] _ _ _ _ That's just the worst old [D] feeling Lord that I most [A] ever [G] had. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ So that tuning that I was in there, _ _ _ _
[D] _ that's open [A] G major tuning, and it _ _ invites _ what I
was [G#] doing there, because if you [A] listen to it, _ _ it doesn't actually, _ doesn't have much
in the way of punch to it, does it?
Because it goes, _ _ and ends on the fifth note of the scale.
_ _ [E] Not like D, which has got all those big D's in it, which just, you go whack, and it sounds
like a [A] big D chord.
This sounds like, huh?
_ _ [A#m] And so all the slide blues players _ would [Am] do this, _ _ _ _ and reference that fifth fret on the
first string, which is_ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
And all that stuff.
[C#] And it's good fun. _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Huh. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ So, I'm leaving this morning, if I go right to blind, I've been mistreated, and I just
don't [A] mind dying, I will be leaving this morning, if I go right to blind.
_ _ _ _ [B] People have been [A] mistreated, you know, and I just don't mind dying.
[Am] _ _ _ I just feel like [E] blowing [A] my own lonesome horn.
[Am] I got up this morning, my good gal was [D] gone, and I feel like blowing my own [A] lonesome horn.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C#m] And [A] I was up this morning, [E] child, my gal I love was [G] gone.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ And my gal I love _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ was gone.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ That woman got an LG movement from her head down to her toes.
She's gone breaking on the dollar most everywhere she goes.
She got an LG movement from her head down to her [A] sweet little toe.
_ _ _ She's [E] gone breaking on the [D] dollar most [Am] everywhere she goes.
_ _ _ _ Now some people they gonna tell you the more you worry blues ain't bad that's just the
worst old feeling I most ever had.
[A] Some fools gonna try and tell you the word blues ain't bad.
[E] _ _ _ _ That's just the worst old [D] feeling Lord that I most [A] ever [G] had. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
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