How Long Blues Chords by Pinetop Perkins

Tempo:
70.45 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

Cm

G

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Pinetop Perkins -- How Long Blues chords
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Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
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To start learning Pinetop Perkins - How Long Blues chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: G, C, Cm, F, C, D, C and A. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 35 BPM and then match the original tempo of 70 BPM. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: C Minor.

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[C] _ _ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ .
_ [D] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ [Ab] _ [D] _ .
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ .
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [A] _ .
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ .
[F] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ [C] How [Cm] long, _ babe, how long _ now have that [F] evening _ .
[C] train [F] been going?.
_ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ .
_ [D] How long, [G] _ [C] babe, how [Gm] long [F].
now [Cm] _ _ [G] can [Eb] hear that train whistle blowing and I [Cm] cannot see no train?.
Now it's deep down in [F] my heart just like an aching pain.
_ _ [C] For how long, [A] _ [D] how long, [G] _ [C] babe, how [Cm] long?.
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ .
_ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ .
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ .
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ .
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ .
_ [F] _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ .
_ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ .
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ .
[Ebm] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ .
_ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ .
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ .
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ .
[Am] _ _ [G] Alright.
Now [Cm] _ [Ebm] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ .
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ [Cm] if I could holler just like a mountain jack, I'd get up [F] on one of these tall mountains and call my baby back.
_ [C] For how long, [A] _ [Eb] how [D] [G] long, [C] babe, how long?.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ .
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ .
[F] _ [C] _ _ [B] _ [G] Now I'm [C] going to sing this time, darling.
Ain't going to sing no more.
Now my [F] time's rolling around.
I believe I've got to go.
[Cm] _ For how long, _ [A] how [D] long, [G] _ [C] babe, how long?.
_ [F] _ [Ab] _ [C] _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ .
_ [C] Yeah, alright.
_ _ [F] _ .
[Bb] Oh, he [G] was in for a treat.
[Am] Oh, yeah.
_ .

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This song was featured on the on the 88s: Live in Chicago album.

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