Chords for Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues
Tempo:
147.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
C#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m] [C] [C#m]
[G#m]
[E]
I can't sleep at night, I can't eat or bite,
[B] Cause the man I love, [E] he don't treat me right,
[D#] [D] [C#m]
He makes me feel so blue, [Am] I don't know [C#] what to do,
[B] [E] Sometimes I sit and cry, and then begin to [B] cry,
But my best friend [C#] said, it's [A] last [E] night,
[F#] [A] [E] There's a change in [F#] the [B] old
[Em] [C#m] [E] me,
My [N] baby, [A] I tell you so sad,
Ain't no change [E] in me,
[G] [B]
[G#] [C#] We [A] love [E] me,
[C#] [A] [E] Now I got the crazy blues,
[G#m] [A]
Since my baby [E] went away,
I ain't got no time to lose,
[D#m] [D] [F#] I must find him [B] today,
Now [G#m] [E]
[G] that [Em] he came, [F#m] but what to do,
[E]
I ain't [C#m] had no use, but then knew,
[C] Now [E] I got the crazy blues,
Now I can [F#] read [G#] his [A] letters, [B] I [C#]
[B] read [E] his mind,
[B] [D#] [A] I thought he's loving me, he's leaving,
[E] Oh, [C#m]
[B]
I told [Bm] [E] him I was blind,
[B] I [A#m]
[A] [E] [F#] went [G#m] to the [A] railroad [B]
[C#] station,
[B] [E]
[N] [A]
Called up on my daddy,
I gladly [E] said his name,
[B]
And gave him [E]
a sign,
[Bm]
[A#m] [D#] [E] Now I got the crazy blues,
[A] Since my baby [E] went away,
I ain't got no time to lose,
[G#m] [F#] I must find him [B]
today,
[E]
[Em] I'm going to get some [F#m] hearts,
Get myself a gun,
[E] And shoot myself a shot,
I ain't [Em] had nothing, [C#m] but then knew,
Now I [Bm] got the [E] crazy blues,
Crazy blues,
[N]
[G#m]
[E]
I can't sleep at night, I can't eat or bite,
[B] Cause the man I love, [E] he don't treat me right,
[D#] [D] [C#m]
He makes me feel so blue, [Am] I don't know [C#] what to do,
[B] [E] Sometimes I sit and cry, and then begin to [B] cry,
But my best friend [C#] said, it's [A] last [E] night,
[F#] [A] [E] There's a change in [F#] the [B] old
[Em] [C#m] [E] me,
My [N] baby, [A] I tell you so sad,
Ain't no change [E] in me,
[G] [B]
[G#] [C#] We [A] love [E] me,
[C#] [A] [E] Now I got the crazy blues,
[G#m] [A]
Since my baby [E] went away,
I ain't got no time to lose,
[D#m] [D] [F#] I must find him [B] today,
Now [G#m] [E]
[G] that [Em] he came, [F#m] but what to do,
[E]
I ain't [C#m] had no use, but then knew,
[C] Now [E] I got the crazy blues,
Now I can [F#] read [G#] his [A] letters, [B] I [C#]
[B] read [E] his mind,
[B] [D#] [A] I thought he's loving me, he's leaving,
[E] Oh, [C#m]
[B]
I told [Bm] [E] him I was blind,
[B] I [A#m]
[A] [E] [F#] went [G#m] to the [A] railroad [B]
[C#] station,
[B] [E]
[N] [A]
Called up on my daddy,
I gladly [E] said his name,
[B]
And gave him [E]
a sign,
[Bm]
[A#m] [D#] [E] Now I got the crazy blues,
[A] Since my baby [E] went away,
I ain't got no time to lose,
[G#m] [F#] I must find him [B]
today,
[E]
[Em] I'm going to get some [F#m] hearts,
Get myself a gun,
[E] And shoot myself a shot,
I ain't [Em] had nothing, [C#m] but then knew,
Now I [Bm] got the [E] crazy blues,
Crazy blues,
[N]
Key:
E
B
A
C#m
C#
E
B
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I can't sleep at night, _ _ _ I _ _ can't eat or bite,
_ _ [B] Cause the man I love, [E] _ he _ don't treat me right, _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _
He makes me feel so blue, [Am] I don't know [C#] what to do,
[B] _ [E] Sometimes I sit and cry, and then begin to [B] cry,
But my best friend _ _ [C#] said, it's [A] last [E] _ night, _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [E] There's a _ change in [F#] the [B] old _
[Em] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] me,
My _ [N] _ baby, _ [A] I tell you so sad,
Ain't no change [E] in _ me, _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C#] We _ [A] love [E] _ me, _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [A] _ _ [E] Now I got the _ crazy blues,
[G#m] _ _ [A] _
Since my baby _ [E] went away,
_ _ _ I ain't got no time to lose,
[D#m] _ [D] [F#] I must _ find him [B] today, _ _
Now [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] that [Em] he came, [F#m] but what to do,
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ I ain't [C#m] had no use, but then knew,
_ [C] Now [E] I got the crazy _ blues,
_ Now I can [F#] read [G#] his [A] letters, [B] I [C#] _ _
[B] _ read [E] his mind, _ _
_ _ [B] _ [D#] _ _ [A] _ I thought he's loving me, he's leaving,
[E] Oh, _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ I told [Bm] [E] him I was blind,
_ _ [B] I _ [A#m] _
[A] _ _ [E] [F#] went [G#m] to the [A] railroad [B] _
[C#] station,
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ [A] _
Called up on my daddy,
_ I gladly [E] said his name, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ And gave him [E]
a sign,
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A#m] _ [D#] _ [E] Now I got the _ crazy blues,
_ _ [A] Since my baby [E] went away, _ _ _
I ain't got no time to lose,
[G#m] _ [F#] I must find him [B] _
today,
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] I'm going to get some [F#m] hearts,
Get myself a gun,
[E] And shoot myself a shot,
I ain't [Em] had nothing, [C#m] but then knew,
_ Now I [Bm] got the [E] crazy blues, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Crazy blues,
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I can't sleep at night, _ _ _ I _ _ can't eat or bite,
_ _ [B] Cause the man I love, [E] _ he _ don't treat me right, _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _
He makes me feel so blue, [Am] I don't know [C#] what to do,
[B] _ [E] Sometimes I sit and cry, and then begin to [B] cry,
But my best friend _ _ [C#] said, it's [A] last [E] _ night, _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [E] There's a _ change in [F#] the [B] old _
[Em] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] me,
My _ [N] _ baby, _ [A] I tell you so sad,
Ain't no change [E] in _ me, _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C#] We _ [A] love [E] _ me, _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [A] _ _ [E] Now I got the _ crazy blues,
[G#m] _ _ [A] _
Since my baby _ [E] went away,
_ _ _ I ain't got no time to lose,
[D#m] _ [D] [F#] I must _ find him [B] today, _ _
Now [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] that [Em] he came, [F#m] but what to do,
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ I ain't [C#m] had no use, but then knew,
_ [C] Now [E] I got the crazy _ blues,
_ Now I can [F#] read [G#] his [A] letters, [B] I [C#] _ _
[B] _ read [E] his mind, _ _
_ _ [B] _ [D#] _ _ [A] _ I thought he's loving me, he's leaving,
[E] Oh, _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ I told [Bm] [E] him I was blind,
_ _ [B] I _ [A#m] _
[A] _ _ [E] [F#] went [G#m] to the [A] railroad [B] _
[C#] station,
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ [A] _
Called up on my daddy,
_ I gladly [E] said his name, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ And gave him [E]
a sign,
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A#m] _ [D#] _ [E] Now I got the _ crazy blues,
_ _ [A] Since my baby [E] went away, _ _ _
I ain't got no time to lose,
[G#m] _ [F#] I must find him [B] _
today,
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] I'm going to get some [F#m] hearts,
Get myself a gun,
[E] And shoot myself a shot,
I ain't [Em] had nothing, [C#m] but then knew,
_ Now I [Bm] got the [E] crazy blues, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Crazy blues,
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _