Howlin Wolf Chords by Elles Bailey

[N] Buddy was a singer, _ he always sang the _ blues
[G] Walter was a harpist, he had nothing to lose
[E] Willie was a bass man, _ wrote those famous tunes
But [A] on smokestacks in the backyard [B] Charlie
_ _ _ _ At the [E]
moon
Wah _ _ _ _ _ [G]-ooh, _ _ _ wah [A]-ooh _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Nedder was a lady with a smoky kind of _ _ voice
[G] A guy that makes a man feel like he don't have a choice
_ [E] Jessamyn played the pieces, _ well they all played well
But all [A] the smokestacks in the backyard
_ [B] Never heard of Lee
_ At the [E] star
_ _ _ _ Wah [G]-ooh, _ _ _ _ [A] wah-ooh
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ Howl Howl _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Wah [A]-ooh _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Well they had it all
_ [G] With a chess man rolling the dice
_ _ [D] Knowing the old story
[A] That man had gone straight to ice
[D] That's how they flew a loaded
[G] That's how they hit the mark
But [A] all the smokestacks in the backyard
Need [B] to _ leave
_ At the [E] star _
_ _ _ Wah [G]-ooh, _ _ _ _ wah [A] _ -ooh _
_ _ [Em] _ _ Howl _ _
_ _ _ _ Howl _ _
[G] _ Howl
_ _ Wah [A] _
_ _ -ooh
_ [Em] Well _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ all those chess boy legends
They're all dead and gone
[G] On the record and in our hearts
The music still plays on
_ [E] _ _
Sometimes on a full moon
_ [Em] If you listen right
You can still hear our [A] old smokestack
And it's [B] howling _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Wah [G]-ooh, _ _ _ wah [A]-ooh
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Howl _ _
Wah _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [A]-ooh _ _ _ _ [Em] Howl _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Howl Wah-ooh
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