Born and Livin with the Blues Chords

Tempo:
86.6 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

Fm

A

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Born and Livin with the Blues chords
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[Fm] [Gm] [F] From my childhood to where I am now I [Bb] ain't gonna worry
I'll get by somehow
[Bb] [A] my mama had
Lord my daddy had him too
[Bb] I
[Fm] was
[Bb] [Abm]
[C] I'll [F] tell you something people
You know it ain't no joke.
I wouldn't take [Bb] my past life
for my waiting goal
[Gm]
My [A] mama had her
my [Bb] dear old daddy had him too I
[Fm] I was born with it
[Bb] [G] I've used [Gm] my guitar
[Bb] for [E] my pillow
[Bb] [F]
holologues
They once was my big
[A]
blues
[Bb] My only companion I [C] had to sing the blues
For my meat and bread.
Oh, yes.
I [F] want you to know
Why brownie me began to wrong?
[Fm] for
[Bb] me I
Come from a broken home
My [A] mama had him
[Bb] My daddy had him too
[Fm] People I I was born
[Bb] [Fm]
[F] You ever been down you should know how I feel
[Bb] Ain't [G] got no driving me, but I'm not [A] ashamed
[Bb]
Ain't that news?
[Fm] I?
Been living with you.
[Bb] [Fm] [C] You don't [Fm] believe I'm sinking
People look what it hold.
[F] I mean
You [Bb] don't even love just look what a fool I've [F] been but I'm [A] not ashamed
[Bb] Ain't that news
I
[Fm] Been living with the blue
[F] You know why?
[Bb] Rocks was my mother father's
[F] Cold ground cold ground had to be their beds
[Fm] [A] blue skies
Blue [Bb] skies was their blanket.
[C] They use the moonlight for this pray
[F] You think I'm happy, but you really don't know my mind
You see [Bb] a smile on my face
But my heart's bleeding all the time
But I'm [A] not ashamed
[Bb]
Ain't that news?
[F] I?
been living
[Bb] Yes, [F] I have I
[G] [Bb]
Said rocks
[Fm] [Bb]
Cold ground has been my [F] bed [A] blue skies
I've [Bb] been my blanket.
I've [C] used him
For my spread.
Oh, yes.
I've worked out [F] some
I've slaved all the [Fm] fall.
I had to take [Bb] my Christmas [G] in my overall
But I'm not [A] ashamed
[Bb] Ain't that new?
[Fm]
I've been living with the blue
[Bb] [Fm] I
[F] Caused my [A] mama had on [Bb] my dear old daddy Adam people.
[D] I I was born
[F]
[Bb] [Fm] I'm not [A] ashamed.
Oh, no friends.
Ain't that a [Bb] lot of me?
[F]
[Bb] Living [F] with
[Bb] [Fm] [F] [G]
[N]
[Eb] [N]
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F
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Fm
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A
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C
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Bb
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Learn the basic chords of Sonny Terry And Brownie Mcgee - Livin With The Blues chords, with this master sequence: F, Bb, F, A, Bb, A, Fm, Bb, A and Bb. For best results, commence at 43 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 87. Given the song's key of F Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ [Fm] _ _ [Gm] [F] From my childhood to where I am now I [Bb] ain't gonna worry
I'll get by somehow
_ [Bb] [A] my mama had _ _
Lord my daddy had him too
_ _ [Bb] I
[Fm] was
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
[C] I'll [F] tell you something people
You know it ain't no joke.
I wouldn't take [Bb] my past life
for my waiting goal
[Gm] _
My [A] mama had her
my [Bb] dear old daddy had him too I
_ [Fm] _ I was born with it
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ I've used [Gm] my guitar
[Bb] for [E] my pillow
[Bb] _ _ _ [F]
holologues
They once was my big
_ _ [A]
blues
_ [Bb] My only companion I [C] had to sing the blues
For my meat and bread.
Oh, yes.
I [F] want you to know
Why brownie me began to wrong?
_ [Fm] for
[Bb] me I
Come from a broken home
_ My [A] mama had him
_ [Bb] My daddy had him too
[Fm] People I I was born
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [F] You ever been down you should know how I feel
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Ain't [G] got no driving me, _ but I'm not [A] ashamed
_ _ [Bb]
Ain't that news?
_ [Fm] I?
Been living with you.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] You don't [Fm] believe I'm sinking
People look what it hold.
[F] I mean
You [Bb] don't even love just look what a fool I've [F] been but I'm [A] not ashamed
_ _ [Bb] Ain't that news
_ I
[Fm] Been living with the blue
_ _ [F] You know why?
_ _ _ [Bb] Rocks was my mother father's _
_ _ [F] Cold ground cold ground had to be their beds
_ [Fm] _ [A] blue skies
Blue [Bb] skies was their blanket.
_ [C] They use the moonlight _ for this pray
_ [F] You think I'm happy, but you really don't know my mind
You see [Bb] a smile on my face
But my heart's bleeding all the time
_ But I'm [A] not ashamed
_ [Bb]
Ain't that news?
_ [F] I?
been living
_ [Bb] Yes, [F] I have I
[G] _ _ [Bb]
Said rocks
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
Cold ground has been my [F] bed _ [A] blue skies
I've _ [Bb] been my blanket.
I've [C] used him
_ For my spread.
Oh, yes.
I've worked out [F] some
_ I've slaved all the [Fm] fall.
I had to take [Bb] my Christmas [G] in my overall
_ But I'm not [A] ashamed
_ _ [Bb] Ain't that new?
_ _ [Fm]
I've been living with the blue
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] I
[F] _ Caused my [A] mama had on _ [Bb] my dear old daddy Adam people.
[D] I I was born
[F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ I'm not [A] ashamed.
Oh, no friends.
Ain't that a [Bb] lot of me?
_ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ Living [F] with
_ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [N] _

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This song finds its place within the Mississippi Delta album.

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