Lightnin' Hopkins -Mojo Hand Chords
Tempo:
67 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
A
B
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] I'm going to Louisiana and get me a mojo hand.
I'm [A] going to Louisiana and get me a mojo [E] hand.
[G] I'm [B] going to fix my woman so [A] she can [E] have no other man.
Cold ground was my bed last [N] night.
Rocks was my pillow too.
Cold [Am] ground was my bed last night.
[Em] Rocks was my pillow too.
I woke [B] up this morning [A] wondering what am I [Em] going to do.
[Bb] [B] [N] I lay down thinking about me a mojo hand.
[Em] [A] I lay down thinking [Ab] about me a mojo hand.
[Eb] [E] I didn't want to fix my woman so she can't have no other man.
[Em] But don't let your woman fix you like mine fix me.
[A] Don't let your woman, boy, fix you like mine fix me.
[Em]
[Am] She'll make a fool of about her, about [E] as a fool can be.
[B] [E]
[A] [Abm] [Dbm] [G]
[A] [E]
[B] [Bm] [E] [Bb] [A] [B] [E] Now can't a woman act funny when she's got another [Em] man?
[E] Can't a [A] woman act funny when she's got [Em] another man?
You know [B] she won't look straight [A] at you.
This is [E] all we're in the [Bb] same.
[B]
[Em] [A] [E] [Em] [Bb]
[Am] [Em] [E] [Em]
[B] [E] [Bb] [E] [B]
Well, I'm going [Em] tomorrow, but I won't be gone long.
[A] I'm going tomorrow, but I won't be [Em] gone be long.
I'm [B] going to get me a mojo hand.
[E] I'm going to bring it back home.
That's what I'm going to do.
In 1960, when Jimmy Reed's Big Boss Man hit number 13 on the Billboard pop charts,
he was the world's most popular blues man.
Prior to that, in 1948, John Lee Hooker's Boogie Chillin' sold over a million copies.
Over the years, John Lee has done more than 20 versions of Boogie Chillin',
and this is the original.
In the 60s, Bobby Bland delivered I'll Take Care of You,
with one of the most memorable organ riffs in the history of blues.
And Otis Spann, recognized as the last great Chicago blues pianist,
gets both hands working overtime on 1960's Otis in the Dark.
Here they are, Jimmy Reed,
I'm [A] going to Louisiana and get me a mojo [E] hand.
[G] I'm [B] going to fix my woman so [A] she can [E] have no other man.
Cold ground was my bed last [N] night.
Rocks was my pillow too.
Cold [Am] ground was my bed last night.
[Em] Rocks was my pillow too.
I woke [B] up this morning [A] wondering what am I [Em] going to do.
[Bb] [B] [N] I lay down thinking about me a mojo hand.
[Em] [A] I lay down thinking [Ab] about me a mojo hand.
[Eb] [E] I didn't want to fix my woman so she can't have no other man.
[Em] But don't let your woman fix you like mine fix me.
[A] Don't let your woman, boy, fix you like mine fix me.
[Em]
[Am] She'll make a fool of about her, about [E] as a fool can be.
[B] [E]
[A] [Abm] [Dbm] [G]
[A] [E]
[B] [Bm] [E] [Bb] [A] [B] [E] Now can't a woman act funny when she's got another [Em] man?
[E] Can't a [A] woman act funny when she's got [Em] another man?
You know [B] she won't look straight [A] at you.
This is [E] all we're in the [Bb] same.
[B]
[Em] [A] [E] [Em] [Bb]
[Am] [Em] [E] [Em]
[B] [E] [Bb] [E] [B]
Well, I'm going [Em] tomorrow, but I won't be gone long.
[A] I'm going tomorrow, but I won't be [Em] gone be long.
I'm [B] going to get me a mojo hand.
[E] I'm going to bring it back home.
That's what I'm going to do.
In 1960, when Jimmy Reed's Big Boss Man hit number 13 on the Billboard pop charts,
he was the world's most popular blues man.
Prior to that, in 1948, John Lee Hooker's Boogie Chillin' sold over a million copies.
Over the years, John Lee has done more than 20 versions of Boogie Chillin',
and this is the original.
In the 60s, Bobby Bland delivered I'll Take Care of You,
with one of the most memorable organ riffs in the history of blues.
And Otis Spann, recognized as the last great Chicago blues pianist,
gets both hands working overtime on 1960's Otis in the Dark.
Here they are, Jimmy Reed,
Key:
E
Em
A
B
Bb
E
Em
A
[Em] I'm going to Louisiana _ _ and get me a mojo hand.
_ I'm [A] going to Louisiana and get me a mojo [E] hand.
_ [G] I'm [B] going to fix my woman so [A] she can [E] have no other man.
_ _ Cold ground was my bed last [N] night. _
Rocks was my pillow too.
_ Cold [Am] ground was my bed last night.
_ [Em] Rocks was my pillow too.
I woke [B] up this morning [A] wondering what am I [Em] going to do.
[Bb] _ [B] _ [N] I lay down thinking about me a mojo hand.
[Em] _ [A] I lay down thinking [Ab] about me a mojo hand.
_ [Eb] _ [E] I didn't want to fix my woman so she can't have no other man.
[Em] _ _ But don't let your woman fix you like mine fix me.
_ [A] Don't let your woman, boy, fix you like mine fix me.
[Em] _ _ _
[Am] She'll make a fool of about her, about [E] as a fool can be.
_ [B] _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ [Dbm] _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [B] [E] Now can't a woman act funny when she's got another [Em] man?
_ [E] Can't a [A] woman act funny when she's got [Em] another man? _ _
You know [B] she won't look straight [A] at you.
This is [E] all we're in the [Bb] same.
[B] _ _
[Em] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [E] _ [B]
Well, I'm going [Em] tomorrow, but I won't be gone long. _ _
[A] I'm going tomorrow, but I won't be [Em] gone be long. _ _
I'm [B] going to get me a mojo hand.
[E] I'm going to bring it back home. _
That's what I'm going to do.
_ _ In 1960, when Jimmy Reed's Big Boss Man hit number 13 on the Billboard pop charts,
he was the world's most popular blues man.
Prior to that, in 1948, John Lee Hooker's Boogie Chillin' sold over a million copies.
Over the years, John Lee has done more than 20 versions of Boogie Chillin',
and this is the original.
In the 60s, Bobby Bland delivered I'll Take Care of You,
with one of the most memorable organ riffs in the history of blues.
And Otis Spann, recognized as the last great Chicago blues pianist,
gets both hands working overtime on 1960's Otis in the Dark.
Here they are, Jimmy Reed,
_ I'm [A] going to Louisiana and get me a mojo [E] hand.
_ [G] I'm [B] going to fix my woman so [A] she can [E] have no other man.
_ _ Cold ground was my bed last [N] night. _
Rocks was my pillow too.
_ Cold [Am] ground was my bed last night.
_ [Em] Rocks was my pillow too.
I woke [B] up this morning [A] wondering what am I [Em] going to do.
[Bb] _ [B] _ [N] I lay down thinking about me a mojo hand.
[Em] _ [A] I lay down thinking [Ab] about me a mojo hand.
_ [Eb] _ [E] I didn't want to fix my woman so she can't have no other man.
[Em] _ _ But don't let your woman fix you like mine fix me.
_ [A] Don't let your woman, boy, fix you like mine fix me.
[Em] _ _ _
[Am] She'll make a fool of about her, about [E] as a fool can be.
_ [B] _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ [Dbm] _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [B] [E] Now can't a woman act funny when she's got another [Em] man?
_ [E] Can't a [A] woman act funny when she's got [Em] another man? _ _
You know [B] she won't look straight [A] at you.
This is [E] all we're in the [Bb] same.
[B] _ _
[Em] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [E] _ [B]
Well, I'm going [Em] tomorrow, but I won't be gone long. _ _
[A] I'm going tomorrow, but I won't be [Em] gone be long. _ _
I'm [B] going to get me a mojo hand.
[E] I'm going to bring it back home. _
That's what I'm going to do.
_ _ In 1960, when Jimmy Reed's Big Boss Man hit number 13 on the Billboard pop charts,
he was the world's most popular blues man.
Prior to that, in 1948, John Lee Hooker's Boogie Chillin' sold over a million copies.
Over the years, John Lee has done more than 20 versions of Boogie Chillin',
and this is the original.
In the 60s, Bobby Bland delivered I'll Take Care of You,
with one of the most memorable organ riffs in the history of blues.
And Otis Spann, recognized as the last great Chicago blues pianist,
gets both hands working overtime on 1960's Otis in the Dark.
Here they are, Jimmy Reed,