Chords for Aretha Franklin & Her Quartet - Muddy Water (Live Columbia Records 1965)

Tempo:
118.7 bpm
Chords used:

C

Gm

G

Em

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Aretha Franklin & Her Quartet - Muddy Water (Live Columbia Records 1965) chords
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[Dm]
[C] [N] to be on the square.
Baby, we've got to have a little [Dm]
talk.
[Gm] Gonna [G] have to pack up my things I'm gonna [C]
walk.
[Gm] You say a [F] dollar goes [Gm] [C] in the hand.
[Gm] But [Em] before I see you [B] go [Eb] from woman [Em] to [Bb] woman,
[Am] I'd rather drink muddy water,
[C]
[D] sleep [Bm] out in a [E] hollow.
[D] Yes, I would.
[Em] [C] Baby, but you just won't [Gm] be fair.
[C] I don't [E] believe you know how to be on the square.
Now go [C] on and have your [Gm] fun.
And if you must,
[Em] [D] I'll have another man [E] that I can't trust.
I'd [Am] rather [D]
sell [Gm] him [C] off.
[Em] Baby, you'd be a [Gm] slobber right now.
[Em]
[E] [Bbm] [E]
[G] [C] [Em]
[C]
[D] [E] [Eb] You [D] love [Em] [C] me.
You were gonna [Gm] live on the roof,
[Em] [D] work [C] all day [G] and walk just like a fool.
[Gm] But you, my kisses are [F] sweet [Gm] [C] as [Gm] they can be.
But before I see you [D] make [G] a stone [E] fool out of me,
I'd rather [Am] drink muddy water.
[Gb]
Yes, [B] I'd muddy water.
[Gm]
[Bbm] Oh, [Gm] [C]
[Gm] yes, I would.
[F]
[Cm] Yeah, [B] [Eb] [Gm] show me the [A] [G] way way [C] down
[F]
to that [G] place I can find [C] that muddy [B] water.
[Gm] I'll [Dm] go [G] ahead and turn it on.
[F] I say I'd [Eb] rather drink muddy water,
[G]
[A] [G] muddy, [D] muddy, muddy [G] water,
[C] sleep out in a [Bb] [G]
hollow.
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
Gm
123111113
G
2131
Em
121
D
1321
C
3211
Gm
123111113
G
2131
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Learn the basic chords of Aretha Franklin - (Album Version) Muddy Water chords, with this master sequence: Em, C, Gm, C, Gm, F, C, E and C. A strategic approach would be to train at 59 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 119. With the song's key of C Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[C] _ [N] to be on the square.
Baby, we've got to have a little [Dm]
talk.
[Gm] Gonna [G] have to pack up my things I'm gonna [C]
walk.
[Gm] You say a [F] dollar goes [Gm] [C] in the hand.
[Gm] But [Em] before I see you [B] go [Eb] from woman [Em] to [Bb] woman,
[Am] I'd rather drink muddy water,
[C] _ _
[D] sleep [Bm] out in a [E] hollow.
_ [D] Yes, I would.
_ [Em] _ _ [C] Baby, but you just won't [Gm] be fair.
[C] I don't [E] believe you know how to be on the square.
Now go [C] on and have your [Gm] fun.
And if you must,
[Em] _ _ [D] I'll have another man [E] that I can't trust.
I'd [Am] rather _ _ [D] _ _
sell [Gm] him _ _ [C] off. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ Baby, you'd be a [Gm] slobber right now.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ [Eb] You [D] love _ [Em] _ [C] me.
You were gonna [Gm] live on the roof,
[Em] _ [D] work [C] all day [G] and walk just like a fool.
[Gm] But you, my kisses are [F] sweet [Gm] [C] as [Gm] they can be.
But before I see you [D] make [G] a stone [E] fool out of me,
I'd rather [Am] drink muddy water.
[Gb] _ _
Yes, [B] I'd muddy water.
[Gm] _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ Oh, _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
_ [Gm] _ yes, I would. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] Yeah, [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] show me the [A] _ [G] way way [C] down
_ _ [F]
to that [G] place I can find [C] that muddy [B] water.
[Gm] _ I'll [Dm] go [G] ahead and turn it on.
[F] I _ say I'd [Eb] rather drink muddy water,
[G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] muddy, [D] muddy, muddy [G] water,
_ [C] sleep out in a [Bb] _ [G] _ _
_ _ hollow. _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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