When I Been Drinkin Chords by Jimmy Witherspoon

Tempo:
112.2 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Db

Bbm

Eb

Abm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jimmy Witherspoon - When I Been Drinkin' chords
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[Ab] [Dbm] [Ab]
[Bbm]
[Ab] [F]
[Bbm] [Gb] [Cm]
[Ab] I'm looking for a girl who [Bb] [Db] ain't never [Dbm] been kissed, [E]
[Ab] who digs ain't [Eb] nobody's [Abm] business.
[Ab] I want her to break my fist when [Db] I've been [Eb] drinking.
[Ab]
[Db] [G] Yes, [Ab] when I've been drinking.
[Bbm] [Ebm]
[Ab] [Fm]
[Bbm] When I come [Db] home at night,
[Bb] [Db] [Gb] [G] please let [A] me [Ab] lay down and rest.
[D] [Db]
[Gb] [Ab] [G] [B] [Cm]
[Ab] When I come home, baby, [F] I want you to put me in [Db] a rocking [Ab] chair.
Rock [Eb] me to play the [Ab] fiddle.
I [A] don't [D] care when [Db] I've been drinking.
[Ab]
[Db] [Bbm] [Abm] Yes,
[Bb] [Ab] when I've been [Bbm] drinking.
[Ab] [Db]
When [E] I come [Eb] home at night, [Db]
[Eb] [Bbm] please [Abm] let [G] me [Ab] lay down and rest.
[Db] [E]
[Eb] [A]
[Ab] [D]
[Db] [Ab]
[G]
[Eb] [Ab] [B] [Ab] [Db]
[E] [Db]
[B] [Bbm] [Abm] [Db] [Gb]
[Ab]
[Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Am]
When I come home, [Ab] [Db] [Bb]
[Abm] [D] [Abm] [A]
[Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[G] [Ab]
[Ab] baby, [D] I want you to [Db] [Ab]
[Db] put me in a rocking chair.
[Ebm] [A]
[Ab] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Bb] Rock [Bbm]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db]
[Abm] [F] [A]
[Ab]
[Db] me to play the fiddle.
I [F] [Ab]
don't care when I've been [Am]
[Bbm] drinking.
[Ab] [Db] [F]
[Ab] When I come home at night, please let me lay down and rest.
When I come home, baby, I want you to put me in a rocking chair.
I don't care when I've been drinking.
[Bbm]
[Fm] [Ab] [Fm]
[Db] When I come home at night,
[Bb] [Ab] please let me lay down and [Db]
[Ab]
[A] [C] [Ab]
[Db] rest.
Love you, baby.
Please [Ab] don't feel no pride.
[G] [Fm]
[Gb] [Abm] [Ab]
[A] [Gb] [Db]
Love you, baby.
[D] [G] [Gm] Please don't [Ab] feel no pride.
[Db] [Ab] [Bb]
[Gb] [Abm] Going down with the game.
[E] [Eb]
Let your conscience [Ab] be your [Dbm] judge.
[D] [E] [Eb] [A]
[Ab]
[N] [C]
Key:  
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Bbm
13421111
Eb
12341116
Abm
123111114
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Bbm
13421111
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Learn the basic chords of Jimmy Witherspoon - (live at the Monterey Jazz Festival) When I Been Drinkin chords, with this master sequence: D, Db, Ab, Eb, Ab, Db, A, C and Ab. A strategic approach would be to train at 56 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 112. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Ab Major.

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ I'm looking for a girl who [Bb] [Db] ain't _ never [Dbm] been kissed, [E] _
_ [Ab] _ _ who digs ain't [Eb] nobody's [Abm] business.
[Ab] I want her to break my fist when [Db] I've been [Eb] drinking.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [G] Yes, _ [Ab] when I've been drinking.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ When I come [Db] home at night, _
[Bb] _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [G] please let [A] me [Ab] lay down and rest.
[D] _ [Db] _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ When I come home, baby, [F] I want you to put me in [Db] a rocking [Ab] chair.
_ _ _ _ _ Rock [Eb] me to play the [Ab] fiddle.
I [A] don't [D] care when [Db] I've been drinking.
_ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Abm] Yes, _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] when I've been [Bbm] drinking. _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ When [E] I come [Eb] home at night, [Db] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] please [Abm] let [G] me [Ab] lay down and rest.
[Db] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Db] _
_ [B] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Abm] _ [Db] _ [Gb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Am]
When I come home, [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Abm] _ _ [D] _ [Abm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ baby, [D] I want you to [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Db] put me in a rocking chair.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [A] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Rock _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] me to _ play the fiddle.
I [F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
don't care _ when I've been [Am] _ _
_ _ [Bbm] drinking. _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Ab] When I come home at night, please let me lay down and rest.
When I come home, baby, I want you to put me in a rocking chair.
I don't care when I've been drinking.
_ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [Db] When I come home at night, _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] please let me lay down and _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Db] rest.
Love you, baby. _ _ _
_ Please [Ab] don't feel no pride.
[G] _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _
Love you, baby. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [Gm] Please don't [Ab] feel no pride.
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Abm] Going down with the game.
[E] _ [Eb] _ _ _
Let your conscience [Ab] be your [Dbm] judge.
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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