Saffire - Middle Aged Blues Boogie Chords

Tempo:
122.75 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

Em

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Saffire - Middle Aged Blues Boogie chords
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[E] [G] [Em] [Gm]
[G] [Em] [G] [C]
[G] [C] Oh, [Gm] [Am] oh, oh, oh, [Gm] oh, [Em] oh, [Gm] oh, oh, oh, oh, [Bm] [Em] oh, oh, oh, oh, [A] oh, oh, [C#] oh, oh, [C] [Gm] oh, oh, oh, [E] oh, [G] oh, oh, oh.
[C] [A] [G] [D]
[G] Well, I was looking [D] around [Em] and checking out my very [D] best [G] friends.
Seems that they'd all [Am] taken up [Em] with the young, young [E] men.
[Gm] Seems that when you reach around [Am] middle [G] age, you don't want a final [F#] chapter.
[Em]
You want to write another [A] page.
I [C] need a [C#] young [D] man to [E] drive away [Bm] my middle [G] age [C] blues.
[D#]
[D] [G] Well, [C] seems like men [G] my age are all married, [Gm] boring a tide.
[G] You got to find a young [C] man [Gm] if you [G] want to feel [Gm] desired.
Now, some of my friends [Am] is [Gm] worried about [C] what people may say.
[G] I say age ain't nothing but [Em] a number.
The good Lord made it that [A] way.
I need a young [D] man to [E] drive [Dm] away my [G] middle age blues.
[C]
[G] [D] You know [G] that he can [A] get it up.
[G] I say that he can get on down.
He'll help you do the dishes, take you out on the town.
[C] He'll let you [E] navigate because he ain't worried about seniority.
[G] You can tell him where to put it.
Keeping you [C] happy is his [C#m] priority.
[Gm] I [C] need a young, young man.
Yeah, I [G] need a young, young man.
I need [D] a young, young man [Em] [C] to drive away my [G] middle age [C] blues.
[G] [D] [G] Well, I'll forget about my arthritis, my [E] backache, [D] my [G] lumbago.
That young man [Em] makes me boogie.
At the horizontal [C] disco, I'm cleaning [Gm] out my closet.
[Am] [Am] I'm no longer [G] sentimental.
Forget about experience.
[Em] I'd rather have potential.
[A] A young [C]
[D] man to drive [E] away [A#] my [G] middle age blues.
[Gm]
[G] [D] Well, I [G] don't need no revival, need no cocaine.
All I need is a young man to drive me insane.
[C] I'm throwing away my dust mop, got a brand new vacuum cleaner.
[G] I'm no longer taken [D] for [Em] granted.
My young man sucks [A] it up, sweetheart.
[B] [Cm] A young [D] man to drive [E] away [A#] my [G] middle age [C] blues.
[D#] [D] I say [G] an old woman don't yell, [F] don't tell.
[G] An old woman don't swell, and she's grateful [C] as hell.
I need a young, young man.
Yeah, [G] I need a young, young man.
[D] I need a young, young [C] man to drive away [Gm] my [G] middle age [C] blues.
[G] Tell them about it, [C] Miss Anne.
[A#] [G] [C] [G] [Am]
[Gm]
[Am] [G] [C] [Am] [Em] [A]
[A#m] [C] [E] [G] [Em]
[Am] [E]
[Gm] [G] [E] [D#] [C]
[C#] [D] [G]
[C] [G] [Gm]
[C#] [Gm] [A]
[G] [Am]
[Em] [A] [C] [C#] [G] [E]
[A#] [G] [G] Take it, [C] Miss Earl.
[D]
[G]
[C]
[G] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [C] [C#] [D] [G] Well, I'll forget about my [Em] [G] arthritis, my [C] [G] backache, my lumbago.
That young man [C] makes me [G] boogie.
At [Em] the horizontal [D] disco, [C] I'm cleaning [G] out my closet.
I'm [C] no [Am] longer [F#] sentimental.
[G] Forget about experience.
[Em] I'd rather have potential.
[A] A young [Cm] [D] man to drive [E] away [G] my middle age [C] blues.
[D#] [D] Well, I [G] don't need no revival, need no cocaine.
All I need is a young man to drive me [C] insane.
I'm throwing [Gm] away my dust mop, got [C] a brand new vacuum [Em] cleaner.
[G] I'm no longer taken for [D] granted.
[Em] My young man sucks it [A] up, sweetheart.
A young man [D] to [C] drive away [D] my [G] middle age blues.
[C] Help me, [D#] everybody.
[D] I said, [G] an old woman don't yell and [F] don't tell.
[G] An old woman don't swell, and [Am] she's [Gm] grateful as hell.
I [C] need a young, young man.
Yeah, [G] I need a young, young man.
I [D] need a young, young man [Gm] to [C] drive away my middle [G] age [C] blues.
[Gm] [Em] Easy [Fm] [Bm] now.
I [G] say age ain't [Em] nothing but a number.
You know [G] that age [Em] ain't nothing but a number, y'all.
I [C] say that age ain't [Am] nothing [Gm] but a [A] [G] number.
You know that age ain't nothing [Em] but a number.
[A] And like [C#] a rare [C] wine, [A] you [D] don't get older.
[F] [F#] You [G] just get better.
[C] [D#] Give me [E] a young, young [G] man.
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
Em
121
Gm
123111113
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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Learn the basic chords of Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women - Middle Aged Blues Boogie chords, with this master sequence: D, G, G, C, G, D, C and D#. A strategic approach would be to train at 61 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 123. Given the song's key of G Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[E] _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ [C] _
[G] _ _ [C] Oh, [Gm] [Am] oh, oh, oh, [Gm] oh, [Em] oh, [Gm] oh, oh, oh, oh, [Bm] [Em] oh, oh, oh, oh, [A] oh, oh, [C#] oh, oh, [C] [Gm] oh, oh, oh, [E] oh, [G] oh, oh, oh.
_ _ [C] _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [G] Well, I was looking [D] around [Em] and checking out my very [D] best [G] friends.
Seems that they'd all [Am] taken up [Em] with the young, young [E] men.
[Gm] Seems that when you reach around [Am] middle [G] age, you don't want a final [F#] chapter.
[Em]
You want to write another [A] page.
I [C] need a [C#] young [D] man to [E] drive away [Bm] my middle [G] age [C] blues.
[D#] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] Well, [C] seems like men [G] my age are all married, [Gm] boring a tide.
[G] You got to find a young [C] man [Gm] if you [G] want to feel [Gm] desired.
Now, some of my friends [Am] is [Gm] worried about [C] what people may say.
[G] I say age ain't nothing but [Em] a number.
The good Lord made it that [A] way.
I need a young [D] man to [E] drive [Dm] away my [G] middle age blues.
[C] _
[G] _ [D] You know [G] that he can [A] get it up.
[G] I say that he can get on down.
He'll help you do the dishes, take you out on the town.
[C] He'll let you [E] navigate because he ain't worried about seniority.
[G] You can tell him where to put it.
Keeping you [C] happy is his [C#m] priority.
[Gm] I [C] need a young, young man.
Yeah, I [G] need a young, young man.
I need _ [D] a young, young man [Em] [C] to drive away my [G] middle age [C] blues. _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [G] Well, I'll forget about my arthritis, my [E] backache, [D] my [G] lumbago.
That young man [Em] makes me boogie.
At the horizontal [C] disco, I'm cleaning [Gm] out my closet.
[Am] [Am] I'm no longer [G] sentimental.
Forget about experience.
[Em] I'd rather have potential.
[A] _ A young [C]
[D] man to drive [E] away [A#] my [G] middle age blues.
[Gm] _
[G] _ [D] Well, I [G] don't need no revival, need no cocaine.
_ All I need is a young man to drive me insane.
[C] I'm throwing away my dust mop, got a brand new vacuum cleaner.
[G] I'm no longer taken [D] for [Em] granted.
My young man sucks [A] it up, sweetheart.
[B] [Cm] A young [D] man to drive [E] away [A#] my [G] middle age [C] blues. _
[D#] _ [D] I say [G] an old woman don't yell, _ [F] don't tell.
[G] An old woman don't swell, and she's grateful [C] as hell.
I need a young, young man.
Yeah, _ [G] I need a young, young man.
_ _ [D] I need a young, young [C] man to drive away [Gm] my [G] middle age [C] blues.
[G] Tell them about it, [C] Miss Anne.
[A#] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [A] _
[A#m] _ [C] _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [D#] _ [C] _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ [C#] _ [G] _ [E] _
[A#] _ [G] _ _ _ [G] Take it, [C] Miss Earl.
[D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] Well, I'll forget about my [Em] [G] arthritis, my [C] [G] backache, my lumbago.
That young man [C] makes me [G] boogie.
At [Em] the horizontal [D] disco, [C] I'm cleaning [G] out my closet.
I'm [C] no [Am] longer [F#] sentimental.
[G] Forget about experience.
[Em] I'd rather have potential.
[A] _ A young [Cm] [D] man to drive [E] away [G] my middle age [C] blues.
[D#] _ [D] _ Well, I [G] don't need no _ _ _ revival, need no cocaine.
All I need is a young man to drive me [C] insane.
I'm throwing [Gm] away my dust mop, got [C] a brand new vacuum [Em] cleaner.
[G] I'm no longer taken for [D] granted.
[Em] My young man sucks it [A] up, sweetheart.
A young man [D] to [C] drive away [D] my [G] middle age blues.
[C] Help me, [D#] everybody.
[D] I said, [G] an old woman don't yell and [F] don't tell.
[G] An old woman don't swell, and [Am] she's [Gm] grateful as hell.
I [C] need a young, young man.
Yeah, _ [G] I need a young, young man.
I _ [D] need a young, young man [Gm] to [C] drive away my middle [G] age [C] blues.
[Gm] _ [Em] Easy [Fm] [Bm] now.
I [G] say age ain't [Em] nothing but a number.
You know [G] that age [Em] ain't nothing but a number, y'all.
I [C] say that age ain't [Am] nothing [Gm] but a [A] [G] number.
You know that age ain't nothing [Em] but a number.
_ [A] And like [C#] a rare [C] wine, [A] you [D] don't get older.
[F] [F#] You [G] just get better.
_ [C] [D#] Give me [E] a young, young [G] man. _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection album.

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