Chords for Bob Away My Blues
Tempo:
111.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#]
[F]
[C#m]
[Em]
[E] [C#m]
[A] I'm [E] going down [C#] to the river I [A] got a canko [B] in [C#m] my hand
Got my [C#] red worm in [A] a Maxwell house [B] coffee can [E] I'm gonna sit [G#] under a shade
tree [A] on a riverbank where [F#]
it's cool [E] I'm gonna close [C#] my eyes and [E] dream and let
the [B] cold bob away [E] my blue well I wake up every [G#]
morning [A] I pick peaches [D] all day and [E] on
Saturday night [A#m] we'll have a dance [F#] or two we [C#m] might wallow in [B] the hay [C] [B]
well [G#m] [C#m] the only
thing that [G#] ever whipped my [A] heart away [G#] but [E] his last jest was [C#] his best jest [Gm] and this is what he [E] had to say
he
[C#] said [A] boy I've worked this dirt all my life [C#m] but things [A] ain't been good for [C#m] a while why [F#] don't you move to the city make a little money you [B] might be the first one in the family to ever die with a [C#] smile [E] I took his advice
[G#] things ain't going well [A] [D] for you [E] whoever [C#] said a city [F#] boy can't have him [B]
just [E] who ever [C#m] said a city [A] boy can't have him [B] country blue
[E] whoever [C#] said a city [A] boy can't have him country [B]
blue [C] well honey they ain't [B] talk to me [G] and you
[Em] [F#] [F]
[E] [G]
[F#] [F] [E]
[F]
[C#m]
[Em]
[E] [C#m]
[A] I'm [E] going down [C#] to the river I [A] got a canko [B] in [C#m] my hand
Got my [C#] red worm in [A] a Maxwell house [B] coffee can [E] I'm gonna sit [G#] under a shade
tree [A] on a riverbank where [F#]
it's cool [E] I'm gonna close [C#] my eyes and [E] dream and let
the [B] cold bob away [E] my blue well I wake up every [G#]
morning [A] I pick peaches [D] all day and [E] on
Saturday night [A#m] we'll have a dance [F#] or two we [C#m] might wallow in [B] the hay [C] [B]
well [G#m] [C#m] the only
thing that [G#] ever whipped my [A] heart away [G#] but [E] his last jest was [C#] his best jest [Gm] and this is what he [E] had to say
he
[C#] said [A] boy I've worked this dirt all my life [C#m] but things [A] ain't been good for [C#m] a while why [F#] don't you move to the city make a little money you [B] might be the first one in the family to ever die with a [C#] smile [E] I took his advice
[G#] things ain't going well [A] [D] for you [E] whoever [C#] said a city [F#] boy can't have him [B]
just [E] who ever [C#m] said a city [A] boy can't have him [B] country blue
[E] whoever [C#] said a city [A] boy can't have him country [B]
blue [C] well honey they ain't [B] talk to me [G] and you
[Em] [F#] [F]
[E] [G]
[F#] [F] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
C#
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ I'm _ _ [E] going down [C#] to the river I [A] got a canko [B] in [C#m] my hand
_ _ Got my [C#] red worm in [A] a Maxwell house [B] coffee can _ [E] I'm gonna sit [G#] under a shade
tree [A] on a riverbank where [F#]
it's cool [E] I'm gonna close [C#] my eyes and [E] dream and let
the [B] cold bob away [E] my blue _ _ _ _ well I wake up every [G#]
morning _ [A] I pick peaches _ [D] all day and [E] on
Saturday night [A#m] we'll have a dance [F#] or two we [C#m] might wallow in [B] the hay [C] _ _ [B]
well [G#m] _ [C#m] the only
thing that [G#] ever whipped my _ _ [A] _ heart away _ [G#] but [E] his last jest was [C#] his best jest [Gm] and this is what he [E] had to say
_ he _
_ [C#] said [A] boy I've worked this dirt all my life [C#m] but things [A] ain't been good for [C#m] a while why [F#] don't you move to the city make a little money you [B] might be the first one in the family to ever die with a [C#] smile [E] I took his advice
[G#] things ain't going well _ [A] _ _ _ [D] for you _ [E] whoever [C#] said a city [F#] boy can't have him [B]
just [E] who ever [C#m] said a city [A] boy can't have him [B] country blue
[E] whoever [C#] said a city [A] boy can't have him country [B]
blue [C] well honey they ain't [B] talk to me [G] and you
[Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ I'm _ _ [E] going down [C#] to the river I [A] got a canko [B] in [C#m] my hand
_ _ Got my [C#] red worm in [A] a Maxwell house [B] coffee can _ [E] I'm gonna sit [G#] under a shade
tree [A] on a riverbank where [F#]
it's cool [E] I'm gonna close [C#] my eyes and [E] dream and let
the [B] cold bob away [E] my blue _ _ _ _ well I wake up every [G#]
morning _ [A] I pick peaches _ [D] all day and [E] on
Saturday night [A#m] we'll have a dance [F#] or two we [C#m] might wallow in [B] the hay [C] _ _ [B]
well [G#m] _ [C#m] the only
thing that [G#] ever whipped my _ _ [A] _ heart away _ [G#] but [E] his last jest was [C#] his best jest [Gm] and this is what he [E] had to say
_ he _
_ [C#] said [A] boy I've worked this dirt all my life [C#m] but things [A] ain't been good for [C#m] a while why [F#] don't you move to the city make a little money you [B] might be the first one in the family to ever die with a [C#] smile [E] I took his advice
[G#] things ain't going well _ [A] _ _ _ [D] for you _ [E] whoever [C#] said a city [F#] boy can't have him [B]
just [E] who ever [C#m] said a city [A] boy can't have him [B] country blue
[E] whoever [C#] said a city [A] boy can't have him country [B]
blue [C] well honey they ain't [B] talk to me [G] and you
[Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _
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