Down Home Blues Chords by Etta James

Tempo:
84.65 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

Gm

F

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Etta James singing Down Home Blues chords
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[G] [C] [G] [Gm]
[F] [C] [G] [C]
[Gm] You say your party's [G] jumping, [C] [G] everybody's having a [G] good time.
[C] [G] And you [C] know what's [G] going [Em] through my [G] mind.
[C] Do [Dm] you [C] mind if I get comfortable [F] [C] and [F] [C]
kick off [F] [Gm] these [C] shoes?
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [D] Why you [G] fixing me a [D] drink?
[C]
[F] Save me [C] some of them [F] down [G] home blues.
[C] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] You know I [C] don't get [Dm] out much [C] on the [G] town.
[C] [G] [C] [G] And you [C] know I [Dm] done [C] cut out a [Gm] lot of that [C] running [Dm] [C] around all week [F] long.
[C] [F] [C]
[Am] I've [Gm] been [F] keeping [Gm] my cool.
[C] [G] [C] [Gm]
[C] [G] [C] [D] But tonight I'm letting my hair down [C] and get [F] down with [C] these down home [G] blues.
[C] [C]
[D] Down [G] home blues.
[C] Down [G] home blues.
[C] [G] All I want to [C] hear [G] is these down home [C] blues all night [F] long.
[C] [C]
[F] Every [C] night I'm [G] up to.
[C] [G]
[C] [D] Now take off those fat [Cm] jams and [C] let me hear some down home [G] blues.
All right.
[C]
[D] [G] [C] [Gm] [C] [G]
[C] [Gm] [C] [Gm] [C] [G]
[C]
[Gm] [C] [Gm]
[C] [G] [D] [G] [C] You [G] [Dm] [C] [G]
[Dm] know [G] my old man gonna want to fight.
Because of the hour I'll be getting in [C] tonight.
I don't care.
I ain't gonna do [Gm] [C] without you.
[G] [G]
[D] I'm gonna get my [G] hair [D] real bad [C] and party all with these down home [G] blues.
Hey, hey, yeah.
[Dm] [G] Down home blues.
Down home blues.
[F#] [G] All I want to hear [C] is those [G] down [C] [F] [Gm] home blues [F] [Cm]
[F] every night I got [G] up to.
[C] I said [D] I'm gonna get real [G] bad.
[C]
Party all with these [Dm] down home [Gm] [C] blues.
Yeah.
Yeah.
[Dm] Yeah.
Down [G] home blues.
[C] [G]
[Gm] [F] [C]
[G] [F#] [G]
[D] [G] [Dm] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[Em]
[G] [A#] [Gm]
[G]
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
Gm
123111113
F
134211111
Dm
2311
C
3211
G
2131
Gm
123111113
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To learn Etta James - Down Home Blues chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: C, G, C, C, Gm, C, G and G. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 42 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 85. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: G Minor.

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_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Gm] You say your party's [G] jumping, _ [C] [G] everybody's having a [G] good time.
_ [C] [G] And you [C] know what's [G] going [Em] through my [G] mind.
[C] Do [Dm] you [C] mind if I get comfortable [F] [C] and [F] _ [C]
kick off [F] [Gm] these [C] shoes?
[G] _ [C] _ [G] _
[C] _ [G] _ [D] Why you [G] fixing me a [D] drink?
[C]
[F] Save me [C] some of them [F] down [G] home blues.
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
[C] _ _ [Gm] You know I [C] don't get [Dm] out much [C] on the [G] town.
[C] _ [G] _ [C] [G] And you [C] know I [Dm] done [C] cut out a [Gm] lot of that [C] running [Dm] [C] around all week [F] long.
[C] _ [F] _ [C]
[Am] I've [Gm] been [F] keeping [Gm] my cool.
[C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [Gm] _
[C] _ [G] _ [C] [D] But tonight I'm letting my hair down [C] and get [F] down with [C] these down home [G] blues.
_ _ [C] _ [C] _
_ [D] Down [G] home blues.
[C] Down [G] home blues.
_ [C] _ [G] All I want to [C] hear [G] is these down home [C] blues all night [F] long.
[C] _ [C] _
[F] Every [C] night I'm [G] up to.
_ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] [D] Now take off those fat [Cm] jams and [C] let me hear some down home [G] blues.
_ All right.
[C] _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [C] _ [G] _
[C] _ [Gm] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] [C] You _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [Dm] know [G] my old man gonna want to fight.
_ _ _ Because of the hour I'll be getting in [C] tonight.
I don't care. _ _
I ain't gonna do [Gm] [C] without you.
_ [G] _ [G] _ _
_ [D] I'm gonna get my [G] hair [D] real bad [C] and party all with these down home [G] blues.
_ Hey, hey, yeah.
_ [Dm] [G] Down home blues.
Down home blues.
_ [F#] [G] All I want to hear [C] is those [G] down _ _ [C] _ _ [F] [Gm] home blues [F] _ [Cm]
[F] every night I got [G] up to. _ _ _ _
_ [C] I said [D] I'm gonna get real [G] bad.
[C]
Party all with these [Dm] down home [Gm] _ [C] blues.
Yeah.
Yeah.
[Dm] Yeah.
Down [G] home blues. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ [A#] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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