Chords for Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - "Barbary Blues"
Tempo:
95.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] In this song, those of you that have seen us before, we need a little crowd participation.
[F] So there's a little section of the [N] song where, you know, the people are partying in the Barbary
Coast for the last time because it's about to burn down, right?
They're gonna burn it down.
And so they have this moment where it's the last night and they're partying and they're
gonna drink and they're gonna party and we're gonna [G] relive that party.
So I need your help, okay?
[E] So during this section of the song, I'm gonna [Bb] go like this and you guys are gonna go crazy,
okay?
[F] I know it's all [Bm] mellow, but we have to.
Because [Db] in honor of [Em] San Francisco [F] and California history, [N] okay?
Did I hear you, Anna?
[F] Yeah.
Okay, so let's practice.
[B] I'll gesture this and [G] then you guys go crazy and then we'll do it in the [Dbm] song, okay?
But I have to tell you this.
[F] We just came from High Sierra [N] Music Festival and it was the best, loudest crowd I've ever You guys?
They were already doing that with [G] you.
They were already doing that.
They were so spirited.
So just know that that's who you're up [Abm] against, okay?
So let's try it.
Watch for the hand.
Here we go.
[A] We're gonna yell [G] when I do
That's very good.
That's very good.
Okay, we're gonna be just fine.
A little more synthesized.
[N]
[B] [C] [B] [C]
[G] [B] [C] [G] [C]
[G] If the [E] avenue had a suitcase of Louis
[A] Vuittons
I'm gonna burn my [D] whole face in it
So [G] let's get down
[F] [G] Bought a new coat, I like it now
[E] Pockets of men who load in on to the [A] mail
Settling down [D] half astride, like [G] what it would bring
Well, [B] we can drink all the bourbon at the strawberry
[C] Do the last sign [G] at the barber
Do [A]-do-do-do
Do [D]-do-do-do
At the [G] barber
Violet is left taken
She gave her [E] day, she never cried
Or never laid
[A] But her eyes [D] get heavy
When I'm not [G] here
I got shamed out outside her door
[Dm]
[E] Now I won't see Violet in no more
[A] This is [D] what happens when the [G] power lines don't
[Em] When you look across [G] the sea
[D] Please think of me
[C] Know that I'm really thinking [D] of you
There [G] we go, you guys.
[E]
[A] [D]
[G] Well, [B] we can drink all the bourbon at the strawberry
[C] Do the last sign [G] at the barber
Do [A]-do-do-do
[Ab] Do-do-do [D]-do
At [G] the barber
Do [E]
[A]-do-do-do
[D] Do-do-do-do
At [G] the barber
[B] [C] Good [G] [B] [C]
[G] [B] [C] [G]
[Eb]
[F] job, you guys.
That was fabulous.
Thank you
[F] So there's a little section of the [N] song where, you know, the people are partying in the Barbary
Coast for the last time because it's about to burn down, right?
They're gonna burn it down.
And so they have this moment where it's the last night and they're partying and they're
gonna drink and they're gonna party and we're gonna [G] relive that party.
So I need your help, okay?
[E] So during this section of the song, I'm gonna [Bb] go like this and you guys are gonna go crazy,
okay?
[F] I know it's all [Bm] mellow, but we have to.
Because [Db] in honor of [Em] San Francisco [F] and California history, [N] okay?
Did I hear you, Anna?
[F] Yeah.
Okay, so let's practice.
[B] I'll gesture this and [G] then you guys go crazy and then we'll do it in the [Dbm] song, okay?
But I have to tell you this.
[F] We just came from High Sierra [N] Music Festival and it was the best, loudest crowd I've ever You guys?
They were already doing that with [G] you.
They were already doing that.
They were so spirited.
So just know that that's who you're up [Abm] against, okay?
So let's try it.
Watch for the hand.
Here we go.
[A] We're gonna yell [G] when I do
That's very good.
That's very good.
Okay, we're gonna be just fine.
A little more synthesized.
[N]
[B] [C] [B] [C]
[G] [B] [C] [G] [C]
[G] If the [E] avenue had a suitcase of Louis
[A] Vuittons
I'm gonna burn my [D] whole face in it
So [G] let's get down
[F] [G] Bought a new coat, I like it now
[E] Pockets of men who load in on to the [A] mail
Settling down [D] half astride, like [G] what it would bring
Well, [B] we can drink all the bourbon at the strawberry
[C] Do the last sign [G] at the barber
Do [A]-do-do-do
Do [D]-do-do-do
At the [G] barber
Violet is left taken
She gave her [E] day, she never cried
Or never laid
[A] But her eyes [D] get heavy
When I'm not [G] here
I got shamed out outside her door
[Dm]
[E] Now I won't see Violet in no more
[A] This is [D] what happens when the [G] power lines don't
[Em] When you look across [G] the sea
[D] Please think of me
[C] Know that I'm really thinking [D] of you
There [G] we go, you guys.
[E]
[A] [D]
[G] Well, [B] we can drink all the bourbon at the strawberry
[C] Do the last sign [G] at the barber
Do [A]-do-do-do
[Ab] Do-do-do [D]-do
At [G] the barber
Do [E]
[A]-do-do-do
[D] Do-do-do-do
At [G] the barber
[B] [C] Good [G] [B] [C]
[G] [B] [C] [G]
[Eb]
[F] job, you guys.
That was fabulous.
Thank you
Key:
G
C
D
B
A
G
C
D
_ _ _ [G] _ In this song, those of you that have seen us before, we need a little crowd participation.
[F] So there's a little section of the [N] song where, you know, the people are partying in the Barbary
Coast for the last time because it's about to burn down, right? _
They're gonna burn it down.
And so they have this moment where it's the last night and they're partying and they're
gonna drink and they're gonna party and we're gonna [G] relive that party.
So I need your help, okay?
_ _ [E] So during this section of the song, I'm gonna [Bb] go like this and you guys are gonna go crazy,
okay?
[F] I know it's all [Bm] mellow, but we have to.
Because [Db] in honor of [Em] San Francisco [F] and California history, [N] okay?
Did I hear you, Anna?
[F] Yeah.
Okay, so let's practice.
[B] I'll gesture this and [G] then you guys go crazy and then we'll do it in the [Dbm] song, okay?
But I have to tell you this.
[F] We just came from High Sierra [N] Music Festival _ and it was the best, loudest crowd I've ever_ You guys?
They were already doing that with [G] you.
They were already doing that.
They were so spirited.
So just know that that's who you're up [Abm] against, okay?
So let's try it.
Watch for the hand.
Here we go.
[A] We're gonna yell [G] when I do_
That's _ _ _ very good.
That's very good.
Okay, we're gonna be just fine.
A little more synthesized.
_ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _
[G] _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ If the [E] avenue had a suitcase of Louis _
[A] Vuittons
I'm gonna burn my [D] whole face in it
So [G] let's get down
[F] _ [G] Bought _ _ _ a new coat, I like it now
[E] _ Pockets of men who load in on to the [A] mail
Settling down [D] half astride, like [G] what it would bring
_ Well, _ _ [B] we can drink all the bourbon at the strawberry _
[C] _ Do the last sign [G] at the barber
Do [A]-do-do-do
Do [D]-do-do-do
At the [G] barber _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Violet is left taken
She gave her [E] day, she never cried
Or never laid _
[A] But her eyes [D] get heavy
When I'm not [G] here _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got shamed out outside her door
[Dm] _
[E] Now I won't see Violet in no more _
[A] _ _ This is [D] what happens when the [G] power lines _ _ don't _ _
[Em] _ When you look _ across [G] the sea
_ [D] Please think of me
[C] Know that _ I'm really thinking [D] _ of _ you
There [G] we go, you guys. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Well, [B] we can drink all the bourbon at the strawberry _
[C] Do the last sign [G] at the barber
Do [A]-do-do-do
[Ab] Do-do-do [D]-do
At [G] the barber
_ Do [E] _ _ _
[A]-do-do-do
[D] Do-do-do-do
At [G] the barber
[B] [C] Good _ [G] _ [B] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [F] _ job, you guys.
That was fabulous.
Thank you
[F] So there's a little section of the [N] song where, you know, the people are partying in the Barbary
Coast for the last time because it's about to burn down, right? _
They're gonna burn it down.
And so they have this moment where it's the last night and they're partying and they're
gonna drink and they're gonna party and we're gonna [G] relive that party.
So I need your help, okay?
_ _ [E] So during this section of the song, I'm gonna [Bb] go like this and you guys are gonna go crazy,
okay?
[F] I know it's all [Bm] mellow, but we have to.
Because [Db] in honor of [Em] San Francisco [F] and California history, [N] okay?
Did I hear you, Anna?
[F] Yeah.
Okay, so let's practice.
[B] I'll gesture this and [G] then you guys go crazy and then we'll do it in the [Dbm] song, okay?
But I have to tell you this.
[F] We just came from High Sierra [N] Music Festival _ and it was the best, loudest crowd I've ever_ You guys?
They were already doing that with [G] you.
They were already doing that.
They were so spirited.
So just know that that's who you're up [Abm] against, okay?
So let's try it.
Watch for the hand.
Here we go.
[A] We're gonna yell [G] when I do_
That's _ _ _ very good.
That's very good.
Okay, we're gonna be just fine.
A little more synthesized.
_ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _
[G] _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ If the [E] avenue had a suitcase of Louis _
[A] Vuittons
I'm gonna burn my [D] whole face in it
So [G] let's get down
[F] _ [G] Bought _ _ _ a new coat, I like it now
[E] _ Pockets of men who load in on to the [A] mail
Settling down [D] half astride, like [G] what it would bring
_ Well, _ _ [B] we can drink all the bourbon at the strawberry _
[C] _ Do the last sign [G] at the barber
Do [A]-do-do-do
Do [D]-do-do-do
At the [G] barber _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Violet is left taken
She gave her [E] day, she never cried
Or never laid _
[A] But her eyes [D] get heavy
When I'm not [G] here _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got shamed out outside her door
[Dm] _
[E] Now I won't see Violet in no more _
[A] _ _ This is [D] what happens when the [G] power lines _ _ don't _ _
[Em] _ When you look _ across [G] the sea
_ [D] Please think of me
[C] Know that _ I'm really thinking [D] _ of _ you
There [G] we go, you guys. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Well, [B] we can drink all the bourbon at the strawberry _
[C] Do the last sign [G] at the barber
Do [A]-do-do-do
[Ab] Do-do-do [D]-do
At [G] the barber
_ Do [E] _ _ _
[A]-do-do-do
[D] Do-do-do-do
At [G] the barber
[B] [C] Good _ [G] _ [B] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [F] _ job, you guys.
That was fabulous.
Thank you