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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[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]
[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
G
Gm
F
Dm
C
G
Gm
_ _ [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] _
[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] _