Two White Horses Chords by John Lee Hooker
Tempo:
60.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
G
Bm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
That's a church bell now, Tony.
I thought I heard, I thought I heard, I heard a church bell tone.
[D] [B]
[G] But I heard, I thought I heard, [E] I heard a church bell tone.
[Bm] [Em] [E]
Tony put my baby in the [E] shower, she didn't want to.
[Em] [E] Two white horses in a line, two white horses.
You got another line?
Drive my baby down to a burying ground.
[Em] I saw the people, the [E] people, standing in a line.
Can't you see the people?
They all standing in a line.
Rhythm march my baby right down to a burying ground.
I was standing there early that morning.
Yeah, buried my baby that morning.
When they laid her right down in a grave.
Early that morning, I was standing there that morning.
Laid my baby right down in a grave.
[Em] I broke down and I cried.
[E] I hate to see my baby go.
[Bm]
[Em] My mother told me, my mother told me,
Charlie Lee gonna take it so hard.
I can't hear me.
My [E] mother told me, [Em] gonna take it so hard.
[G] [E] So I kept calling, kept calling.
Because my baby dead and gone.
Oh, oh yeah, oh yeah.
Goodbye.
[Em] Good Lord digging your grave.
Good Lord got you now.
I'll meet you someday.
Meet you someday, babe.
I thought I heard, I thought I heard, I heard a church bell tone.
[D] [B]
[G] But I heard, I thought I heard, [E] I heard a church bell tone.
[Bm] [Em] [E]
Tony put my baby in the [E] shower, she didn't want to.
[Em] [E] Two white horses in a line, two white horses.
You got another line?
Drive my baby down to a burying ground.
[Em] I saw the people, the [E] people, standing in a line.
Can't you see the people?
They all standing in a line.
Rhythm march my baby right down to a burying ground.
I was standing there early that morning.
Yeah, buried my baby that morning.
When they laid her right down in a grave.
Early that morning, I was standing there that morning.
Laid my baby right down in a grave.
[Em] I broke down and I cried.
[E] I hate to see my baby go.
[Bm]
[Em] My mother told me, my mother told me,
Charlie Lee gonna take it so hard.
I can't hear me.
My [E] mother told me, [Em] gonna take it so hard.
[G] [E] So I kept calling, kept calling.
Because my baby dead and gone.
Oh, oh yeah, oh yeah.
Goodbye.
[Em] Good Lord digging your grave.
Good Lord got you now.
I'll meet you someday.
Meet you someday, babe.
Key:
E
Em
G
Bm
D
E
Em
G
_ _ That's a church bell now, Tony. _ _ _
_ I thought I heard, I thought I heard, I _ _ heard a church bell tone.
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G] _ But I heard, I thought I heard, [E] _ _ I heard a church bell tone.
[Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
Tony put my baby in the [E] shower, she didn't want to. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] Two white horses in a line, _ two white horses. _
You got another line?
_ _ Drive my baby _ down to a burying ground.
_ _ [Em] _ _ I saw the people, the [E] people, standing in a line. _ _ _
Can't you see the people?
They all standing in a line. _ _
_ Rhythm march my baby right down to a burying ground.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was standing there early that morning.
Yeah, buried my baby that morning.
_ When they laid her right down in a grave.
_ _ _ Early that morning, I was standing there that morning.
Laid my baby right down in a grave. _ _
[Em] I broke down and I cried.
[E] I hate to see my baby go. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ My mother told me, my mother told me,
Charlie Lee gonna take it so hard.
I can't hear me. _ _
My [E] mother told me, [Em] gonna take it so hard. _ _
[G] _ [E] So I kept calling, kept calling.
_ Because my baby dead and gone.
_ _ Oh, _ _ oh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ yeah, _ oh yeah. _
Goodbye.
[Em] _ Good Lord digging your grave.
Good Lord got you now.
I'll meet you someday.
_ Meet you someday, babe.
_ I thought I heard, I thought I heard, I _ _ heard a church bell tone.
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G] _ But I heard, I thought I heard, [E] _ _ I heard a church bell tone.
[Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
Tony put my baby in the [E] shower, she didn't want to. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] Two white horses in a line, _ two white horses. _
You got another line?
_ _ Drive my baby _ down to a burying ground.
_ _ [Em] _ _ I saw the people, the [E] people, standing in a line. _ _ _
Can't you see the people?
They all standing in a line. _ _
_ Rhythm march my baby right down to a burying ground.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was standing there early that morning.
Yeah, buried my baby that morning.
_ When they laid her right down in a grave.
_ _ _ Early that morning, I was standing there that morning.
Laid my baby right down in a grave. _ _
[Em] I broke down and I cried.
[E] I hate to see my baby go. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ My mother told me, my mother told me,
Charlie Lee gonna take it so hard.
I can't hear me. _ _
My [E] mother told me, [Em] gonna take it so hard. _ _
[G] _ [E] So I kept calling, kept calling.
_ Because my baby dead and gone.
_ _ Oh, _ _ oh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ yeah, _ oh yeah. _
Goodbye.
[Em] _ Good Lord digging your grave.
Good Lord got you now.
I'll meet you someday.
_ Meet you someday, babe.