Lightnin' Hopkins sings "Green Onions" Chords
Tempo:
91.7 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
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Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
You girls ever boogied?
[Ab] [Db]
You know, [Dbm] they got the green onion now.
[Ab] Y'all ain't [Eb] heard of that.
[Gbm] That's new.
Just [Eb] like the twist come out.
That green onion ain't never hit her pretty yet, which I'm bringing the most talk of it now.
Yeah, of course, I'm going to give you a little of it, the way it goes.
[N] And y'all know how you have to do that.
Of course, you can do the twist on it, but you can turn it into something else.
Yeah, you can always change [Eb] that thing.
Yeah, that's the way they do.
[N] They make that, you know, they get out there and they go to doing that twist and then they think about something else coming and they may be able to go to that.
You know, and all that [Eb] kind of thing.
This is the [N] green onion.
Newly out.
I imagine that y'all never heard it, but I'm glad to let you know what [Eb] it is happening.
[B] Green onion.
You know, that goes in a soup.
That makes a good soup.
Yeah, soup ain't no good without [Eb] onion.
And it go like [Gbm] this.
Now, y'all just listen to this.
See, it's no singing, but just [Eb] listen to that.
If I'm wrong, tell [Bb] me.
[Eb]
[Ebm] [Ab] [B]
[Eb] Green onion.
[Bbm] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb] [Ab] [Ebm]
That's green onion.
[Abm] [Gb] [Eb] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Bbm] [Eb] [Ebm]
She's hardly sitting there looking at it.
[Ebm] Bring a little pepper.
[Bbm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Gb] [Abm]
[Eb] [C] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Gb] [Eb] [Ebm] [Abm]
[Gb] [Abm]
[B] [Eb] [Ebm] [Bb] [Ab]
[C] [Eb]
[Ab]
That's the green onion.
So I think if y'all kind of figure out how
[Ab] [Db]
You know, [Dbm] they got the green onion now.
[Ab] Y'all ain't [Eb] heard of that.
[Gbm] That's new.
Just [Eb] like the twist come out.
That green onion ain't never hit her pretty yet, which I'm bringing the most talk of it now.
Yeah, of course, I'm going to give you a little of it, the way it goes.
[N] And y'all know how you have to do that.
Of course, you can do the twist on it, but you can turn it into something else.
Yeah, you can always change [Eb] that thing.
Yeah, that's the way they do.
[N] They make that, you know, they get out there and they go to doing that twist and then they think about something else coming and they may be able to go to that.
You know, and all that [Eb] kind of thing.
This is the [N] green onion.
Newly out.
I imagine that y'all never heard it, but I'm glad to let you know what [Eb] it is happening.
[B] Green onion.
You know, that goes in a soup.
That makes a good soup.
Yeah, soup ain't no good without [Eb] onion.
And it go like [Gbm] this.
Now, y'all just listen to this.
See, it's no singing, but just [Eb] listen to that.
If I'm wrong, tell [Bb] me.
[Eb]
[Ebm] [Ab] [B]
[Eb] Green onion.
[Bbm] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb] [Ab] [Ebm]
That's green onion.
[Abm] [Gb] [Eb] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Bbm] [Eb] [Ebm]
She's hardly sitting there looking at it.
[Ebm] Bring a little pepper.
[Bbm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Gb] [Abm]
[Eb] [C] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Gb] [Eb] [Ebm] [Abm]
[Gb] [Abm]
[B] [Eb] [Ebm] [Bb] [Ab]
[C] [Eb]
[Ab]
That's the green onion.
So I think if y'all kind of figure out how
Key:
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You girls ever boogied?
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ You know, [Dbm] they got the green onion now.
[Ab] Y'all ain't [Eb] heard of that. _
_ [Gbm] That's new.
Just [Eb] like the twist come out.
That green onion ain't never hit her pretty yet, which I'm bringing the most talk of it now.
Yeah, of course, I'm going to give you a little of it, the way it goes.
[N] And y'all know how you have to do that.
Of course, you can do the twist on it, but you can turn it into something else.
_ Yeah, you can always change [Eb] that thing.
Yeah, that's the way they do.
[N] They make that, you know, they get out there and they go to doing that twist and then they think about something else coming and they may be able to go to that.
You know, and all that [Eb] kind of thing. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ This is the [N] green onion. _
Newly out.
I imagine that y'all never heard it, but _ _ I'm glad to let you know what [Eb] it is happening.
_ _ _ [B] Green onion.
You know, that goes in a soup.
That makes a good soup.
Yeah, soup ain't no good without [Eb] onion.
And it go like [Gbm] this.
Now, y'all just listen to this.
See, it's no singing, but just [Eb] listen to that.
If I'm wrong, tell [Bb] me.
[Eb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [B] _ _ _
[Eb] _ Green onion.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _
That's green onion. _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
She's hardly sitting there looking at it.
[Ebm] Bring a little pepper.
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[B] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
That's the green onion.
_ So I think if y'all kind of figure out how
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ You know, [Dbm] they got the green onion now.
[Ab] Y'all ain't [Eb] heard of that. _
_ [Gbm] That's new.
Just [Eb] like the twist come out.
That green onion ain't never hit her pretty yet, which I'm bringing the most talk of it now.
Yeah, of course, I'm going to give you a little of it, the way it goes.
[N] And y'all know how you have to do that.
Of course, you can do the twist on it, but you can turn it into something else.
_ Yeah, you can always change [Eb] that thing.
Yeah, that's the way they do.
[N] They make that, you know, they get out there and they go to doing that twist and then they think about something else coming and they may be able to go to that.
You know, and all that [Eb] kind of thing. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ This is the [N] green onion. _
Newly out.
I imagine that y'all never heard it, but _ _ I'm glad to let you know what [Eb] it is happening.
_ _ _ [B] Green onion.
You know, that goes in a soup.
That makes a good soup.
Yeah, soup ain't no good without [Eb] onion.
And it go like [Gbm] this.
Now, y'all just listen to this.
See, it's no singing, but just [Eb] listen to that.
If I'm wrong, tell [Bb] me.
[Eb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [B] _ _ _
[Eb] _ Green onion.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _
That's green onion. _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
She's hardly sitting there looking at it.
[Ebm] Bring a little pepper.
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[B] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
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That's the green onion.
_ So I think if y'all kind of figure out how