Chords for Robert Johnson
Tempo:
72.95 bpm
Chords used:
F
Eb
Gm
Bb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [Eb] [Bb]
[Gm] [F] [Cm]
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gm] In the year [F] 36 [Eb] in the town of San [Bb] Antonio, [Gm] a young man [F] in a hotel room stares down a
[Cm] microphone [Gm] where he [F] sings each song once, [Dm] then sings it [Eb] once again.
[Gm] And each song comes [F] from a hole inside where a soul's [Bb] had been.
[G] [F]
[Bb] The records [F] make the truth [Eb] out throughout the [Bb] Southland.
[Gm] The pretty woman [F] wondered, was he charmed or was [C] he damned?
[Gm] Look over [F] his shoulder, [Dm] was there something there [Eb] he feared?
[Gm]
Turn your back [F] for just one second, [Eb] the man [Bb] disappeared.
[Gm]
[F] [Eb] [Bb] [G]
Word [F] came through St.
Louis [Eb] up to [Bb] Chicago [Gm] and all the way [F] to New York City [Eb] where the blues just [Cm] come and go.
[Gm]
Someone took [F] his picture once [D] and an angel [Eb] stopped and cried.
[Gm] In his [F] eyes he was there to see [Eb] he'd crossed the other [Bb] side.
[Gm] [F] [Bb]
[Gm] In a [F] bar on a warm spring [Eb] night was a man come through [Bb] the door.
[G] He had a bottle with a broken [F] label and Robert seen his face before.
[Gm] He said, this is [F] my very best, [D] drink it down, [Eb] drink it slow.
[G] Cause when I [F] call your name again, you [Bb] just pack up and go.
[Gm] [F] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gm] [F]
[Cm] [Gm] [F] [Dm]
[Eb] [Gm] [G]
[Eb] [Bb] [Gm] [F] Was it some kind of [Eb] trick or did he [Bb] jump the prize?
[Gm] Or did he [F] find a way in hell to sell his own [Cm] soul twice?
[Gm] Cause there's a cry [F] in the wind tonight [D] and only one man [Eb] makes that sound.
[Gm]
Baby, [F] grab your hat and coat, [Eb] Robert Johnson's [Bb] back in town.
[Gm] [F] [Eb] [Bb] [G]
[F] [Eb] [C] [G]
[F] [D] [Eb]
[G] [F] [Eb] [Bb]
[Gm] [F] [Eb] [Bb]
[Gm] [F] [Cm]
[F] [Dm] [Eb]
[Gm] [F] [Eb]
[Gm]
[Gm] [F] [Cm]
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gm] In the year [F] 36 [Eb] in the town of San [Bb] Antonio, [Gm] a young man [F] in a hotel room stares down a
[Cm] microphone [Gm] where he [F] sings each song once, [Dm] then sings it [Eb] once again.
[Gm] And each song comes [F] from a hole inside where a soul's [Bb] had been.
[G] [F]
[Bb] The records [F] make the truth [Eb] out throughout the [Bb] Southland.
[Gm] The pretty woman [F] wondered, was he charmed or was [C] he damned?
[Gm] Look over [F] his shoulder, [Dm] was there something there [Eb] he feared?
[Gm]
Turn your back [F] for just one second, [Eb] the man [Bb] disappeared.
[Gm]
[F] [Eb] [Bb] [G]
Word [F] came through St.
Louis [Eb] up to [Bb] Chicago [Gm] and all the way [F] to New York City [Eb] where the blues just [Cm] come and go.
[Gm]
Someone took [F] his picture once [D] and an angel [Eb] stopped and cried.
[Gm] In his [F] eyes he was there to see [Eb] he'd crossed the other [Bb] side.
[Gm] [F] [Bb]
[Gm] In a [F] bar on a warm spring [Eb] night was a man come through [Bb] the door.
[G] He had a bottle with a broken [F] label and Robert seen his face before.
[Gm] He said, this is [F] my very best, [D] drink it down, [Eb] drink it slow.
[G] Cause when I [F] call your name again, you [Bb] just pack up and go.
[Gm] [F] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gm] [F]
[Cm] [Gm] [F] [Dm]
[Eb] [Gm] [G]
[Eb] [Bb] [Gm] [F] Was it some kind of [Eb] trick or did he [Bb] jump the prize?
[Gm] Or did he [F] find a way in hell to sell his own [Cm] soul twice?
[Gm] Cause there's a cry [F] in the wind tonight [D] and only one man [Eb] makes that sound.
[Gm]
Baby, [F] grab your hat and coat, [Eb] Robert Johnson's [Bb] back in town.
[Gm] [F] [Eb] [Bb] [G]
[F] [Eb] [C] [G]
[F] [D] [Eb]
[G] [F] [Eb] [Bb]
[Gm] [F] [Eb] [Bb]
[Gm] [F] [Cm]
[F] [Dm] [Eb]
[Gm] [F] [Eb]
[Gm]
Key:
F
Eb
Gm
Bb
G
F
Eb
Gm
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[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] In the year [F] 36 [Eb] in the town of San [Bb] Antonio, [Gm] a young man [F] in a hotel room stares down a
[Cm] microphone [Gm] where he [F] sings each song once, [Dm] then sings it [Eb] once again.
_ _ [Gm] And each song comes [F] from a hole inside where a soul's [Bb] had been.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ The records [F] make the truth [Eb] out throughout the [Bb] Southland.
[Gm] The pretty woman [F] wondered, was he charmed or was [C] he damned?
_ [Gm] Look over [F] his shoulder, [Dm] was there something there [Eb] he feared?
_ _ [Gm]
Turn your back [F] for just one second, [Eb] the man [Bb] disappeared.
_ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G]
Word [F] came through St.
Louis [Eb] up to [Bb] Chicago [Gm] and all the way [F] to New York City [Eb] where the blues just [Cm] come and go.
[Gm]
Someone took [F] his picture once [D] and an angel [Eb] stopped and cried. _
_ [Gm] In his [F] eyes he was there to see [Eb] he'd crossed the other [Bb] side.
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Gm] In a [F] bar on a warm spring [Eb] night was a man come through [Bb] the door.
[G] He had a bottle with a broken [F] label and Robert seen his face before.
[Gm] He said, this is [F] my very best, [D] drink it down, [Eb] drink it slow.
_ _ [G] Cause when I [F] call your name again, you [Bb] just pack up and go.
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] Was it some kind of [Eb] trick or did he [Bb] jump the prize?
[Gm] Or did he [F] find a way in hell to sell his own [Cm] soul twice?
[Gm] Cause there's a cry [F] in the wind tonight [D] and only one man [Eb] makes that sound.
_ _ [Gm]
Baby, [F] grab your hat and coat, [Eb] Robert Johnson's [Bb] back in town.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] In the year [F] 36 [Eb] in the town of San [Bb] Antonio, [Gm] a young man [F] in a hotel room stares down a
[Cm] microphone [Gm] where he [F] sings each song once, [Dm] then sings it [Eb] once again.
_ _ [Gm] And each song comes [F] from a hole inside where a soul's [Bb] had been.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ The records [F] make the truth [Eb] out throughout the [Bb] Southland.
[Gm] The pretty woman [F] wondered, was he charmed or was [C] he damned?
_ [Gm] Look over [F] his shoulder, [Dm] was there something there [Eb] he feared?
_ _ [Gm]
Turn your back [F] for just one second, [Eb] the man [Bb] disappeared.
_ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G]
Word [F] came through St.
Louis [Eb] up to [Bb] Chicago [Gm] and all the way [F] to New York City [Eb] where the blues just [Cm] come and go.
[Gm]
Someone took [F] his picture once [D] and an angel [Eb] stopped and cried. _
_ [Gm] In his [F] eyes he was there to see [Eb] he'd crossed the other [Bb] side.
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Gm] In a [F] bar on a warm spring [Eb] night was a man come through [Bb] the door.
[G] He had a bottle with a broken [F] label and Robert seen his face before.
[Gm] He said, this is [F] my very best, [D] drink it down, [Eb] drink it slow.
_ _ [G] Cause when I [F] call your name again, you [Bb] just pack up and go.
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] Was it some kind of [Eb] trick or did he [Bb] jump the prize?
[Gm] Or did he [F] find a way in hell to sell his own [Cm] soul twice?
[Gm] Cause there's a cry [F] in the wind tonight [D] and only one man [Eb] makes that sound.
_ _ [Gm]
Baby, [F] grab your hat and coat, [Eb] Robert Johnson's [Bb] back in town.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
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