Chords for Howlin' Wolf - Down In The Bottom

Tempo:
91.15 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Ebm

Db

Eb

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Howlin' Wolf - Down In The Bottom chords
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Now this is the blues here
You see what a [Bb] man gets scared
done been in some man's house and
He knew he wrong for being in [Ab] there and the man catch him in there out a woman to catch her in there
And she have to run off and leave a shoes, you know
She gonna call back to Mary
He gonna call back to Joe tell Willie to bring my running shoes cause I'm barefoot
[Abm]
[Eb] Well now
[Ab] Bring me my [Abm] running shoes
[Ebm] I [Ab] said beat me in the bottom
Bring me my running shoes
[Ebm] [Ab] When [Ebm] I come out the window
[Db] Don't have no [Ab] time to lose
[Ebm] Now [Ab]
[Bb] you see me running don't [Db]
[Ab] make me late
[Ebm] When [Ab] you see me running
Don't make me late
[Db] Cause I'm [Ebm] coming out the window
And my life [Ab] will last day
[Db]
Yes, I [Ab] play some guitar, you know, oh
He would play because he's [E] a young man and I [F] wanted to be seen I part of the reason
[Ebm] [Db] [Ab]
Well now bring me in the bottom babe
Bring me my running shoes
I beat me in the bottom
Bring [Ebm] me my running [Ab] shoes
When [Ebm] I come out the window [Eb] I won't have no [Ab] time to lose
If you see me running
I'll come streaking by
You better run boy
I'll come streaking by
If you see me running
I'll come streaking by
She gonna [Ebm] call back to Mary
She's a bad old maid
[Ab]
I'm too young to die
[Ebm]
[Ab]
That guy learned his guitar
He showed me some chords
That [F] I couldn't believe was made on the guitar
I talked to Van Shaw who's also an excellent guitarist
[Em] And he said that Wolf [Ab] was one of the greatest slide players he ever heard
And he said Wolf was great by today's standards
Not by the standards of that day
He said he couldn't figure out how Wolf got so [Ebm] good
[Db]
[Ab]
[Db]
[Ab]
[Ebm] [Ab]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Eb]
Key:  
Ab
134211114
Ebm
13421116
Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
Bb
12341111
Ab
134211114
Ebm
13421116
Db
12341114
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Now this is the blues here
_ You see what a [Bb] man gets scared
_ done been in some man's house and
He knew he wrong for being in [Ab] there and the man catch him in there out a woman to catch her in there
And she have to run off and leave a shoes, you know
She gonna call back to Mary
He gonna call back to Joe tell Willie to bring my running shoes cause I'm barefoot
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] Well now
[Ab] _ _ _ Bring me my [Abm] running shoes _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] I [Ab] said beat me in the bottom
_ Bring me my running shoes _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ When [Ebm] I come out the window
_ [Db] Don't have no [Ab] time to lose
_ [Ebm] Now _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bb] you see me running don't [Db] _ _ _
[Ab] make me late _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] When [Ab] you see me running _ _
Don't make me late _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] Cause I'm [Ebm] coming out the window _
And my life [Ab] will last day _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, I [Ab] play some guitar, you know, oh
He would play because he's [E] a young man and I [F] wanted to be seen I part of the reason _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well now bring me in the bottom babe
Bring me my running shoes
I _ _ _ _ _ _ beat me in the bottom
Bring [Ebm] me my running [Ab] shoes _ _ _ _ _ _
When [Ebm] I come out the window _ [Eb] I won't have no [Ab] time to lose _ _ _ _ _
_ _ If you see me running
I'll _ _ come streaking by
You better run boy
I'll come streaking by
If you see me running
I'll come streaking by _ _ _ _
_ _ She gonna [Ebm] call back to Mary
She's a bad old maid
_ [Ab]
I'm too young to die _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ That guy learned his guitar
He showed me some chords
That _ _ [F] I couldn't believe was made on the guitar
I talked to Van Shaw who's also an excellent guitarist
[Em] And he said that Wolf [Ab] was one of the greatest slide players he ever heard
And he said Wolf was great by today's standards
Not by the standards of that day
He said he couldn't figure out how Wolf got so [Ebm] good
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_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
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[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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