Chords for Captain Beefheart - Tupelo

Tempo:
103 bpm
Chords used:

F

Fm

Cm

C

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Captain Beefheart - Tupelo chords
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[Eb] [Fm] Oh [Bb] [Cm] yeah, [Bb] [Fm]
[Cm] [Ab] [C]
oh yeah, baby.
[F] [Bb] Have you heard about the [Cm] flood?
[F] I'm way down [C] in a little country town.
[Fm] Down [Cm] south somewhere.
[F] A little country [Fm] town.
[Eb] [Bb] Two below [C] Mississippi.
[Eb] [C]
Poor [Bb] people.
[F] Oh yeah, [Cm] poor people.
[F] Little have nowhere [Cm] to go.
[F] No [Fm] place to call their [Eb] own.
[F] Oh Lord.
[F]
[C] [Ab] [F] Oh Lord.
[Cm] [Ab] [F] Happened one [Cm] Friday evening.
[Abm] [F] Yeah, one [Cm] Friday evening.
[Ab] [F] Dark cloud [Bb] rose.
[F] Rain just started [Cm] raining.
[Eb] [Ab] [F] It rained both [C] night and day [Eb] down there.
[Ab] The people got [Cm] worried.
[Eb] [Fm] They didn't know what to do.
[F] [Fm]
[Cm] [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Bb] [Fm]
[Cm] [Fm]
[C] [Fm]
[Bb]
[F]
[F] [Fm]
[Cm] [C] [Fm]
[Bb]
[C] [Fm]
[Bb] Americans!
[Eb] [C] Women of America!
Boys, wasn't that America down there?
[Fm] Women [Cm] screaming.
[Ab] Women and children [C] crying for mercy.
[Ab] [F] Who can we turn [Cm] to now?
[Bb] [C] Got no place to call our own.
[F] I know we don't [Cm] got none.
[F] I don't [C] got no [Bb] place to call my own.
[Eb] [F] So I know.
Oh Lord.
[C] I never forget it.
[Eb] [Fm] I don't think you will [Cm] either.
[F] Great flood.
[C] Two below.
[Eb] [Fm] Wasn't that a [C] mighty town boys?
[F] Wasn't that a mighty town boys?
[Eb] Oh yeah.
[Fm] [Ab] [F]
Key:  
F
134211111
Fm
123111111
Cm
13421113
C
3211
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
Fm
123111111
Cm
13421113
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To learn Captain Beefheart - Tupelo Mississippi chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Bb, Eb, F, Eb, Ab and Eb. Adjust your pace with the tempo control on ChordU, starting slowly and speeding up progressively. Considering the song's key of Eb Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] Oh [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ yeah, [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ oh yeah, baby.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] Have you heard about the [Cm] flood?
_ _ _ [F] _ I'm way down [C] in a little country town.
_ _ [Fm] _ Down [Cm] south somewhere.
_ _ _ [F] _ A little country [Fm] town.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ Two below [C] Mississippi.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
Poor [Bb] people.
_ _ _ [F] _ Oh yeah, [Cm] poor people.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ Little have nowhere [Cm] to go.
_ _ [F] _ No [Fm] place to call their _ [Eb] own.
[F] Oh Lord.
[F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] Oh Lord.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] Happened one [Cm] Friday evening.
_ _ _ [Abm] _ [F] Yeah, one [Cm] Friday evening.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] Dark cloud [Bb] rose.
_ _ _ [F] _ Rain just started [Cm] raining.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] [F] It rained both [C] night and day [Eb] down there.
_ _ _ [Ab] The people got [Cm] worried.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] They didn't know what to do.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] Americans!
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] Women of America!
Boys, _ _ _ wasn't that America down there?
_ _ _ [Fm] _ Women [Cm] screaming.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Women and children [C] crying for mercy.
_ _ _ [Ab] [F] Who can we turn [Cm] to now?
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] Got no place to call our own.
_ _ _ [F] I know we don't [Cm] got none.
_ _ [F] _ I don't [C] got no [Bb] place to call my own.
[Eb] [F] So I know.
_ _ _ _ _ Oh Lord.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ I never forget it.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ I don't think you will [Cm] either.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ Great flood.
_ [C] _ _ _ Two below.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Wasn't that a [C] mighty town boys?
_ _ _ [F] _ Wasn't that a mighty town boys?
[Eb] Oh yeah.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] _ _

Facts about this song

This song, written by John Lee Hooker, finds its place within the Dichotomy album.

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