Bluebird Chords by John Lee Hooker
Tempo:
81.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
Am
A
E
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Take this letter down south for me right down the Atlanta, Georgia on Albany Street
[E] On Albany Avenue
[Em] You know what I scream at that that's the main street that that's the main drag [E] that all the pimps hang out
Yeah, well you look like you like y'all started you
[A] [Am]
[A] [C]
[E] Got door
[A] [E] [C]
[B] [C] Now watch this
[A] [A] bluebird bluebird
[C] [Am] Take this letter down south of me
[G] [Am] [C] [Am] bluebird [A] bluebird bluebird
[C] Take this letter down south [C] me.
[A] [G] I
Don't want you [A] to stop [C] flying
[E] You find me [C] lazy bail for me
Got no
[G] [A] [C] She may [A] not be at [G] home
But fly down me
[C]
[G] May not be at home
[C] [A] She might [G] be
12th Street
[C] Fizzling a next-door neighbor, you know
[G] [E] [C] not bluebird
[A] Please [C] give up this message for me [D] and [Em] [Am]
[Em] [C] bluebird bluebird tell her
Come back to California
Because I miss her so bad
[E] [C] [E]
Not bluebird bluebird tell [G] her
Come [C] back to California
[Am] Cause I miss her so bad
[Am]
[C] Don't stop flying don't stop flying
till you
Find the lazy bail for me
Now I want you to tell her
My night is so [E] long
[A] [C] [Am] Hey ever [E] since you been home
[C] [C] Hey
[E] [Em] Ever since you Know
[G] There's a letter down south of me
What [C]
[A]
[Am] [E]
[C]
[E] [Am]
[E] [C]
[E] [C] [A]
[Am] [C]
[G] [Am] [C] [Am]
[A] [Am] you say [C]
[G] not bluebird she [Am] went to a Atlanta, Georgia
down [Em] on Auburn to speak
[C]
Not [A] bluebird.
She [C] she went to a Atlanta, [Am] Georgia
Down on Auburn Avenue.
[C]
[G] [Am] I don't want you to stop flying
[Em]
Till you find the lazy bail for me
[C] [Em] [A] [C] [Am] [E]
[Am] [N]
[E] On Albany Avenue
[Em] You know what I scream at that that's the main street that that's the main drag [E] that all the pimps hang out
Yeah, well you look like you like y'all started you
[A] [Am]
[A] [C]
[E] Got door
[A] [E] [C]
[B] [C] Now watch this
[A] [A] bluebird bluebird
[C] [Am] Take this letter down south of me
[G] [Am] [C] [Am] bluebird [A] bluebird bluebird
[C] Take this letter down south [C] me.
[A] [G] I
Don't want you [A] to stop [C] flying
[E] You find me [C] lazy bail for me
Got no
[G] [A] [C] She may [A] not be at [G] home
But fly down me
[C]
[G] May not be at home
[C] [A] She might [G] be
12th Street
[C] Fizzling a next-door neighbor, you know
[G] [E] [C] not bluebird
[A] Please [C] give up this message for me [D] and [Em] [Am]
[Em] [C] bluebird bluebird tell her
Come back to California
Because I miss her so bad
[E] [C] [E]
Not bluebird bluebird tell [G] her
Come [C] back to California
[Am] Cause I miss her so bad
[Am]
[C] Don't stop flying don't stop flying
till you
Find the lazy bail for me
Now I want you to tell her
My night is so [E] long
[A] [C] [Am] Hey ever [E] since you been home
[C] [C] Hey
[E] [Em] Ever since you Know
[G] There's a letter down south of me
What [C]
[A]
[Am] [E]
[C]
[E] [Am]
[E] [C]
[E] [C] [A]
[Am] [C]
[G] [Am] [C] [Am]
[A] [Am] you say [C]
[G] not bluebird she [Am] went to a Atlanta, Georgia
down [Em] on Auburn to speak
[C]
Not [A] bluebird.
She [C] she went to a Atlanta, [Am] Georgia
Down on Auburn Avenue.
[C]
[G] [Am] I don't want you to stop flying
[Em]
Till you find the lazy bail for me
[C] [Em] [A] [C] [Am] [E]
[Am] [N]
Key:
C
Am
A
E
G
C
Am
A
Take this letter down south for me right down the Atlanta, Georgia on Albany Street _
_ [E] _ _ On Albany Avenue _ _
[Em] You know what I scream at that that's the main street that that's the main drag [E] that all the pimps hang out _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, well you look like you like y'all started you
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Got door _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] [C] Now watch this
_ [A] [A] bluebird bluebird
[C] _ _ [Am] Take this letter down south of me
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [Am] bluebird [A] bluebird bluebird
_ _ [C] Take this letter down south [C] me. _ _
[A] _ [G] I
Don't want you [A] to stop [C] flying
_ [E] You find me [C] lazy bail for me _ _ _ _
Got no
[G] _ [A] _ [C] She may [A] not be at [G] home
_ _ But fly down me
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] May not be at home
[C] _ _ [A] She might [G] be
12th Street
_ [C] Fizzling a next-door neighbor, you know
_ [G] _ [E] [C] not bluebird
_ [A] Please [C] give up this message for me [D] and _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] [C] bluebird bluebird tell her _ _ _
Come back to California
_ _ Because I miss her so bad
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
Not bluebird bluebird tell [G] her
Come [C] back to California
[Am] Cause _ I miss her so bad
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Don't stop flying don't stop flying
_ till you
Find the lazy bail for me _
_ _ _ _ Now I want you to tell her
My night is so [E] long
[A] _ [C] _ [Am] Hey ever [E] since you been home
_ [C] _ _ _ [C] _ Hey
_ _ [E] _ [Em] Ever since you Know _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ There's a letter down south of me _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ What _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] you say _ _ [C] _
_ [G] not bluebird she [Am] went to a Atlanta, Georgia
_ _ down [Em] on Auburn to speak
_ [C] _
_ Not [A] bluebird.
She [C] she went to a Atlanta, [Am] Georgia _
_ Down on Auburn Avenue.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] I don't want you to stop flying
[Em]
Till you find the lazy bail for me
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [E] _ _ On Albany Avenue _ _
[Em] You know what I scream at that that's the main street that that's the main drag [E] that all the pimps hang out _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, well you look like you like y'all started you
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Got door _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] [C] Now watch this
_ [A] [A] bluebird bluebird
[C] _ _ [Am] Take this letter down south of me
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [Am] bluebird [A] bluebird bluebird
_ _ [C] Take this letter down south [C] me. _ _
[A] _ [G] I
Don't want you [A] to stop [C] flying
_ [E] You find me [C] lazy bail for me _ _ _ _
Got no
[G] _ [A] _ [C] She may [A] not be at [G] home
_ _ But fly down me
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] May not be at home
[C] _ _ [A] She might [G] be
12th Street
_ [C] Fizzling a next-door neighbor, you know
_ [G] _ [E] [C] not bluebird
_ [A] Please [C] give up this message for me [D] and _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] [C] bluebird bluebird tell her _ _ _
Come back to California
_ _ Because I miss her so bad
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
Not bluebird bluebird tell [G] her
Come [C] back to California
[Am] Cause _ I miss her so bad
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Don't stop flying don't stop flying
_ till you
Find the lazy bail for me _
_ _ _ _ Now I want you to tell her
My night is so [E] long
[A] _ [C] _ [Am] Hey ever [E] since you been home
_ [C] _ _ _ [C] _ Hey
_ _ [E] _ [Em] Ever since you Know _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ There's a letter down south of me _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ What _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] you say _ _ [C] _
_ [G] not bluebird she [Am] went to a Atlanta, Georgia
_ _ down [Em] on Auburn to speak
_ [C] _
_ Not [A] bluebird.
She [C] she went to a Atlanta, [Am] Georgia _
_ Down on Auburn Avenue.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] I don't want you to stop flying
[Em]
Till you find the lazy bail for me
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [N] _