Chords for Bessie Smith - Preachin' The Blues 1927 (Atlanta Georgia Blues)

Tempo:
115.45 bpm
Chords used:

Db

Ab

G

Eb

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bessie Smith - Preachin' The Blues 1927 (Atlanta Georgia Blues) chords
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[Db] [Bb]
[Ab] [Ab] [Db]
[Bb] [Db] [Eb]
[G] Down in Atlanta, [Db] D [Dbm].A., [Ab] on the look [G] every day, drinking, [Fm]
[Bbm] calling, hollering, hooray.
[Ab] Me I'm a-playing till the break of day, [Abm] but as [Eb] I turn [Ab] my head, [Abm] I [Ab] loudly said,
[Db] Breathe them blues, [A] sing them blues, [Db] they certainly sound good to [Bbm] me.
[Ab] [F] I've been in love for the last six [G] months, [Ab] and ain't done [Eb]
worrying yet.
[Ab] [Db] [Ab] Moan them blues, [Db] holler them blues, [G] let me [Ab]
convert [Db] your soul.
[Ab] Oh, [Db] just a little spirit [Abm] of the blues tonight, [Bbm] let me [Gbm] tell you girls, if your [Db] man ain't treating you right.
Let me tell you, [Gb] I don't mean [Gbm] no wrong, [G] I will learn you something [Db] if you listen to this [Abm] song.
I ain't here to try to [Dbm] save your soul, just wanna teach you how to save your good jelly roll.
[Db] [Fm] Going on down the [Gb] line a little further [Eb] [Db] now, there's a mini [Ab]
[Db]-poem I'm down.
Read on down [Gb] to chapter [Ab] nine, women [G] must learn [Ab] how to take [Db] their time.
Read on down [Gb] to chapter ten, picking other [G] women, men you are [Db] doing a sin.
Sing them, [Bbm] sing them, [G] sing them blues, [Ab] let me [Db] convert your [Bb] soul.
[Db]
[F]
[Bb] [Dbm] [Db]
[Dbm]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] Oh, one old sister by the name of Sister Green, [Gb] jumped up and done a shimmy you ain't [Fm]
never [G] seen.
[Db] Sing [Ab] them, sing them, [Bb] sing them blues, [Eb] let [Ab] me convert your soul.
[Abm]
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Eb
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Bb
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Db
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Ab
134211114
G
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To start learning Bessie Smith - Preachin The Blues chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: C#, C#m, G#, C#, G#, F#, D#, G# and D#. The tempo control on ChordU helps you begin at a comfortable speed and increase as you learn. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: C# Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [G] Down in Atlanta, [Db] D _ [Dbm].A., [Ab] on the look [G] every day, _ _ drinking, [Fm] _
[Bbm] calling, hollering, hooray.
[Ab] Me I'm a-playing till the break of day, [Abm] but as [Eb] I turn [Ab] my head, _ _ _ [Abm] I [Ab] loudly _ _ said,
[Db] Breathe them blues, _ [A] sing them blues, [Db] they certainly sound good to [Bbm] me.
_ [Ab] _ _ [F] I've been in love for the last six [G] months, [Ab] and ain't done [Eb]
worrying yet.
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] Moan them blues, [Db] holler them blues, [G] let me [Ab]
convert [Db] your soul.
[Ab] Oh, [Db] just a little spirit [Abm] of the blues tonight, [Bbm] let me [Gbm] tell you girls, if your [Db] man ain't treating you right. _
Let me tell you, [Gb] I don't mean [Gbm] no wrong, [G] I will learn you something [Db] if you listen to this [Abm] song.
_ I ain't here to try to [Dbm] save your soul, just wanna teach you how to save your good jelly roll.
[Db] _ [Fm] Going on down the [Gb] line a little further [Eb] [Db] now, _ there's a mini [Ab] _
[Db]-poem I'm down.
Read on down [Gb] to chapter [Ab] nine, women [G] must learn [Ab] how to take [Db] their time.
_ Read on down [Gb] to chapter ten, picking other [G] women, men you are [Db] doing a sin.
Sing them, [Bbm] sing them, [G] sing them blues, [Ab] let me [Db] convert your [Bb] soul.
_ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Db] Oh, one old sister by the name of Sister Green, [Gb] jumped up and done a shimmy you ain't [Fm]
never [G] seen.
[Db] Sing [Ab] them, sing them, [Bb] sing them blues, [Eb] let [Ab] me convert your soul.
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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