Hard Times Killing Floor Blues Chords by Skip James

Tempo:
77.05 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ebm

Bb

Gb

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hard Times Killing Floor Blues chords
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[Ebm] [Gb] [Ebm]
[Eb] [G] [Gb] [Eb]
[Gb]
[Eb] It's [Gm] a [Ebm] beautiful day.
I'm going to sing a song.
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb] Hot Times
[Gb] [Eb] [Gb]
[Eb] [Db]
by the [Eb]
one and only,
the one and only,
the one [Bb] and only,
the one and only,
the one and only,
the one and only,
the one and only,
[C]
[Eb] [Ebm] the one and only,
the one and only,
I [Gb] can't get up off of this [Ebm] old
[Eb] heart killing flow
[Db] Lord I'll never get out
[F] this low no [Eb] more
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
When [Gb] you hear me
[Bbm] singing this [Ebm] old
[Eb] lonesome song
people you know
these [G] hard times can't
[Eb] last so long
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [G]
[Eb] You know you say
[Gb] you had [Ebm] money
you better [Eb] be sure
[Db] Lord these hard times
gonna kill you
[Fm] just drive [Eb] along so
[Bb] [Eb] [Ebm]
[Db] [Ebm] [Eb] [Db]
[Eb] [Gb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] long
[Eb] [Ebm] [Bb] [Ebm] [Gb]
[Bb] [Eb] [Ebm]
Key:  
Eb
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Ebm
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Bb
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Gb
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Db
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Eb
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Ebm
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Bb
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Let's start jamming Skip James - Hard Times Killing Floor Blues chords, Practice these chords sequence - Gb, Eb, Gb, B, Eb, Db, Ebm and Eb. Kick off your practice at a gentle 38 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 77 BPM. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of E Minor.

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_ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ It's [Gm] a [Ebm] beautiful day.
I'm going to sing a song. _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ Hot Times _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db]
by the [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
one and only,
the one and only,
the one [Bb] and only,
the one and only,
the one and only,
the one and only,
the one and only,
_ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] the one and only,
the one and only,
I [Gb] can't get up off of this [Ebm] old
[Eb] heart killing flow
[Db] Lord I'll never get out
[F] this low no [Eb] more _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ When [Gb] you hear me
[Bbm] singing this [Ebm] old
[Eb] lonesome song
people you know
these [G] hard times can't
[Eb] last so long _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ You know you say
[Gb] you had [Ebm] money
you better [Eb] be sure
[Db] Lord these hard times
gonna kill you
[Fm] just drive [Eb] along so _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Db] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] long
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _

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