Chords for Temperance Seven, "Charleston" & "Black Bottom"

Tempo:
109.2 bpm
Chords used:

Gb

Db

Eb

Ab

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Temperance Seven, "Charleston" & "Black Bottom" chords
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[Eb] [Ab]
[Abm] [Eb] [Abm]
And I'm [Bb] not a fool
[Eb] I'm [Gb] [B]
[Eb] [Bbm] [Db]
[B] [Ab]
[Db] [B] [Gb]
[B] [Eb] [Ab]
[Bb] not a fool
I'm not a fool
[Eb] [Gb]
[B] [Eb] [Ab] [Db]
[B] [Abm]
[Gb] [E] [Em]
[B] [Eb] [Abm]
Carolina, Carolina
At last you're on the map
With a new tune, funny [Bb] blue tune
With a [Eb] peculiar snap
[Gb] You may not be [B] able to stop a wing
A fox [Abm] dog, she's never even [Ebm] seen
You're not so brilliant [Db] in your feet
You can do this dance and do [B] it neat
Oh, [Eb] Charleston, [Ab] Charleston
Made in Carolina
[Db] [Ab] Come dance, come [B] dance
I'll [Gb] say there's nothing [B] finer than the Charleston, [Eb] Charleston
[Ab] Gee how you can shuffle
[Ebm] Every step [Bb] you don't least to something
[Eb] Young man, I'm telling you it's [B] a lovely
Back [Eb] dance, wing [Ab] dance
Lord, be a back number
About the [Gb] Charleston, the new [B] Charleston
That [Gb] dance is sure you'll come [B] up
Sometime [E] you'll dance it one [Em] time
That [Ebm] dance called Charleston
[Gb]
Made in South [B] Carolina
[Ab]
[A] [Db] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Gb]
[Abm] [Gb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bbm] [F] [Bb]
[Ebm] [Eb]
[Db] [Gb]
[Eb] [B] [Bm] [Bb]
[Db] [Gb] [B] [Eb]
[Ab] [F] [Gb]
[B] [Gb] [Eb] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Bb]
[Gb] [B] [Eb] [Ab]
[Gb]
[B] [E] Sometime you'll dance [Em] it one time
That [B] dance called Charleston
Made in South Carolina
[Ab] [Db] [B]
[Abm] [Ab]
[Gb] [A] [G]
[Bb] [Eb] [Gb]
[Db] [Gb] [Db] [Gb]
[Db] [Gb]
[Db] [Gb] [Db]
[Abm] [Gb] [Ebm] [Bb]
[Ebm] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
[Db] [Gb] [Db] [Abm]
[Gb] [Ab] [Db] Oh, the back [Gb] bottom of the Swanee [Db] River
Sometimes drive to shake and shiver
And it makes the people see
[Ebm] Like starting a [Eb] love
[Db] By watching they [Gb] found a way to imitate [Bbm] it
I know they [Db] exaggerated
But I wish that you could see
The [Fm] dance that they found
[Ab] Every high-brung girl and her [F] body
[Bb] Go down where the flats are muddy
[C] To do a step that soon will be renowned
[Ab] They call it Black Bluff
A huge [Db] whip that sure [Eb] got an old sister
Clapped her hands and drew a raggedy trot
[C] Hot, [Db] low, [Ab] low, the drum they [Bbm] go
And high, [Eb] low, the way they go
Jump right in and give it all [Db] they've got
They [F] say that when that river bottoms
[Bbm] Blubber with it
Starting [Eb] to squirm, pop, or [Ab] skunk
That's the move they use to find [Db] the one black [Ab] bottom
And you [Db] rhythm when you [Ab] spot him
You go with him and do that Black Bluff bottom
[Db] All day long
[Ab] [Bbm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gb] [Db]
[Eb] [Gb]
[Fm] [F]
[Bbm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db]
[E] [D] [F] [Bb]
[E] [Gb]
[Ab] [Gb] [Abm] [Gb]
[Abm] [Ab] [Gb]
[Abm] [Gb]
[Bb]
[Ebm] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
[Db] [Gb] [Db]
[Eb] [Gb]
[Abm]
Key:  
Gb
134211112
Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
B
12341112
Gb
134211112
Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
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To learn The Temperance Seven - The Black Bottom chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Gb, Ab, Gb, B, Eb, Ab and Db. For best results, commence at 62 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 125. Considering the song's key of D Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And I'm _ [Bb] not a fool
[Eb] I'm _ [Gb] _ _ [B] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] not a fool
I'm not a fool
_ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[B] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _ _
Carolina, Carolina
At last you're on the map
With a new tune, funny [Bb] blue tune
With a [Eb] peculiar snap
[Gb] You may not be [B] able to stop a wing
A fox [Abm] dog, she's never even [Ebm] seen
You're not so brilliant [Db] in your feet
You can do this dance and do [B] it neat
Oh, [Eb] Charleston, [Ab] Charleston
Made in Carolina
[Db] [Ab] Come dance, come [B] dance
I'll [Gb] say there's nothing [B] finer than the Charleston, [Eb] Charleston
[Ab] Gee how you can shuffle
[Ebm] Every step [Bb] you don't least to something
[Eb] Young man, I'm telling you it's [B] a lovely
Back [Eb] dance, wing [Ab] dance
Lord, be a back number
About the [Gb] Charleston, the new [B] Charleston
That [Gb] dance is sure you'll come [B] up
Sometime [E] you'll dance it one [Em] time
That [Ebm] dance called Charleston
[Gb]
Made in South [B] Carolina
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[B] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] Sometime you'll dance [Em] it one time
That [B] dance called Charleston
Made in South Carolina _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] Oh, the back [Gb] bottom of the Swanee [Db] River
Sometimes drive to shake and shiver
And it makes the people see
[Ebm] Like starting a [Eb] love
[Db] By watching they [Gb] found a way to imitate [Bbm] it
I know they [Db] exaggerated
But I wish that you could see
The _ [Fm] dance that they found
[Ab] Every high-brung girl and her [F] body
[Bb] Go down where the flats are muddy
[C] To do a step that soon will be renowned
[Ab] They call it Black Bluff
A huge [Db] whip that sure [Eb] got an old sister
Clapped her hands and drew a raggedy trot
[C] Hot, [Db] low, [Ab] low, the drum they [Bbm] go
And high, [Eb] low, the way they go
Jump right in and give it all [Db] they've got
They [F] say that when that river bottoms
[Bbm] Blubber with it
_ Starting [Eb] to squirm, pop, or [Ab] skunk
That's the move they use to find [Db] the one black [Ab] bottom
And you [Db] rhythm when you [Ab] spot him
You go with him and do that Black Bluff bottom
[Db] All day long _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[E] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _

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This song was penned by Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson and Lew Brown.

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