Milk Cow Blues Chords by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Tempo:
49.6 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Gm

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Milk Cow Blues chords
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I might change the tempo a little bit.
[Em] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] Well I woke up this morning, and I looked out my door.
I thought I heard my milk cow, I could tell the way she [C] looked.
If you see my milk [G] cow, won't you please drive her on home.
[D] And had no milk and butter, [C] since my sweet little old Jersey [G] cow got gone.
Alright [D] Jim, what did I tell you?
[G] I hear you man.
[C]
[G] Well [D]
[Gm] [G] [D]
[G] now you gotta treat me right, woman, day by day.
And get out that little prayer book, get on your knees [C] and pray.
Cause you gonna need, yeah you gonna need my [G] help someday.
Yeah, [D]
you gonna be [C] sorry, you treated poor old Josh [G] such a low down way.
[D] Tell us how she treated you man.
[G] Uh huh.
Oh it was that bad huh?
[C] Lord.
[G]
[D] [Gm] Alright [D] Richard, what do you got to say about it son?
[Gm] [G] I hear you.
Make it slower.
[D]
[E] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] Sail on little gal, down that old evil road you're going down.
Sail on, [C] Lord, Lord, Mama, [C] what makes you leave your [G] man all alone.
[D] You gonna get up some morning, [C] old hard working daddy, [G] he's gonna be gone.
[D] Alright John, tell us something about it now.
[Gm] [G]
[C]
[G]
Now let [D] me fix a little.
[G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G] Now I've tried everything baby, to get along with you.
I'm gonna tell you, just what I'm about to do.
[C] Gonna stop this ball and gonna leave you all [Dm] alone.
[G]
[D] Yeah, you gonna be wondering, [C] woman, where in the world this old [Gm] boy's gone. Hey!
[G]
[N]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Gm
123111113
Em
121
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
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To learn Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Milk Cow Blues chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G, D, C, G, D, G and C. A strategic approach would be to train at 49 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 99. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G Major.

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_ _ I might change the tempo a little bit. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[G] Well I woke up this morning, and I looked out my door.
I thought I heard my milk cow, I could tell the way she [C] looked.
If you see my milk [G] cow, won't you please drive her on home.
_ _ [D] And had no milk and butter, [C] since my sweet little old Jersey [G] cow got gone.
Alright [D] Jim, what did I tell you?
_ [G] _ _ _ I hear you man.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Well [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[G] now you gotta treat me right, woman, day by day.
And get out that little prayer book, get on your knees [C] and pray.
Cause you gonna need, yeah you gonna need my [G] help someday.
Yeah, _ _ [D]
you gonna be [C] sorry, you treated poor old Josh [G] such a low down way.
[D] Tell us how she treated you man.
[G] _ Uh huh.
Oh it was that bad huh?
[C] Lord. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Gm] _ Alright [D] Richard, what do you got to say about it son?
[Gm] _ _ _ [G] I hear you.
Make it slower.
_ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[G] Sail on little gal, down that old evil road you're going down.
Sail on, [C] Lord, Lord, Mama, [C] what makes you leave your [G] man all alone.
_ [D] You gonna get up some morning, [C] old hard working daddy, [G] he's gonna be gone.
[D] Alright John, tell us something about it now.
[Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now let [D] me fix a little.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ [G] Now I've tried everything baby, to get along with you.
I'm gonna tell you, just what I'm about to do.
[C] Gonna stop this ball and gonna leave you all [Dm] alone.
_ [G] _
[D] Yeah, you gonna be wondering, [C] woman, where in the world this old [Gm] boy's gone. Hey!
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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It's Sleepy John Estes who authored this song.

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