Going Down Slow (1941) by St. Louis Jimmy Oden - First recording! Chords

Tempo:
105.2 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

F

Fm

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Going Down Slow (1941) by St. Louis Jimmy Oden - First recording! chords
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[C] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Bbm] [F]
[Fm] [Bbm] I have had my [Fm] fun, [Bb]
[Eb] [Gb] if I [Bb] don't get well no [Db] more.
[Bb] [F] I [Eb] have had my [Ab] fun, [Gb] [Bb] if I don't get well no more.
[Db] [Bb]
[F] My health is failing me, [Ebm] and I'm going [Bb] down slow.
[Dbm] [Bb] [Fm] [F]
[Cm] [Bb] Please write my mother, [Eb]
tell [Eb] her the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[Fm] [Bbm] Please write [Gb] my [Bb] mother, [Eb] [Ebm] tell her [Bb] the shape I'm in.
[Bb]
[Dm] Tell [Fm] her to pray [Eb] for me, forgiveness [Bb] of [Ab] my [Db] sin.
[Bb] [A] [F] [Fm]
Tell her don't send no doctor, [Eb] [Gb]
[Bb] doctor can't do no good.
[Db] [Bb]
[Ebm] Tell her don't [Db] send no doctor, [Eb] [Bb] doctor can't do no good.
It's [Fm] all my fault, [C] [Eb]
didn't do [Gm] the [Ebm] things [Bb] I [Dm] should.
[Eb] [E]
[Bb] [F] [Eb] On [Bb] the next train south, [Bbm] look [Eb] for my [Bb] close home.
On the next [Ab] train [Eb] south,
[Gb] [Eb] look [Bb] for my close [Db] home.
[Bb] If you [F] don't see my body, [Eb] [Gb] [Bb] all you can do is [Bbm] moan.
[F]
Mother, [Bb] please don't worry,
[Eb] this is all in [Bb] my [Fm] prayer.
[Ab] [Eb] [Fm] [Bb] Mother, please don't [Eb] worry, [Ab] [Gb] this [Eb] is [Bb] all in my [Db] prayer.
[Bb]
[Db] [F] Just say your son is gone, [Bb] out of [G] this [Bb] world somewhere.
[Eb] [Em] [Bb] [G] [Bb]
Key:  
Bb
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Eb
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F
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Fm
123111111
Db
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Bb
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Eb
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F
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To learn St. Louis Jimmy - Going Down Slow chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Db, Bb, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb, Em, Bb, G and Bb. Set your pace at 52 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 105. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: Bb Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [F] _
_ [Fm] [Bbm] I have had my [Fm] fun, _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ [Gb] if I [Bb] don't get well no [Db] more.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] I [Eb] have had my [Ab] fun, [Gb] _ [Bb] _ if I don't get well no more.
[Db] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] My health is failing me, _ [Ebm] _ and I'm going [Bb] down slow.
[Dbm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Cm] [Bb] Please write my mother, _ _ [Eb] _
tell [Eb] her the shape [Bb] I'm in. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] [Bbm] Please write [Gb] my [Bb] mother, _ [Eb] _ [Ebm] tell her [Bb] the shape I'm in.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Tell [Fm] her to pray [Eb] for me, _ _ forgiveness [Bb] of [Ab] my [Db] sin.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F] _ [Fm]
Tell her don't send no doctor, _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb]
[Bb] doctor can't do no good.
[Db] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] Tell her don't [Db] send no doctor, _ [Eb] _ [Bb] doctor can't do no good.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's [Fm] all my fault, [C] _ [Eb] _
didn't do [Gm] the [Ebm] things [Bb] I [Dm] should.
_ [Eb] _ [E] _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] On [Bb] the next train south, [Bbm] _ _ look [Eb] for my [Bb] close home. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ On the next [Ab] train [Eb] south, _
_ [Gb] [Eb] look [Bb] for my close [Db] home. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ If you [F] don't see my body, _ [Eb] _ [Gb] [Bb] all you can do is [Bbm] moan.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Mother, [Bb] please don't worry, _
[Eb] _ this is all in [Bb] my [Fm] prayer. _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] Mother, please don't [Eb] worry, [Ab] _ [Gb] _ this [Eb] is [Bb] all in my [Db] prayer.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] [F] Just say your son is gone, [Bb] _ out of [G] this [Bb] world somewhere. _
[Eb] _ [Em] _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song, written by James Burke Oden, finds its place within the Hotokes Blues Power Radio Hour - 10th Anniversary album.

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