Chords for R.L. Burnside - Goin' Down South

Tempo:
100.55 bpm
Chords used:

E

D

Em

A

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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R.L. Burnside - Goin' Down South chords
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[D] [E] [D] [E]
[Em] [E] [D] [E]
[D] [E] It's [D] bad, you [E] know, when [D] [E] you [D] have those [E] guts and they try to [D] slip out [E] on you.
[D] [E] I [D] had one like that.
[E] [E] [D]
[E] But I [D] heard her [E] feet.
[E] [D] When [E] they hit that bridge, [A] that's when I told [E] her, boy, where you [Em] be?
I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
Don't care where [E] you go.
[D] [E] She [D] [G]
[E] [G] said, what?
[E] [D]
[E] [E] I [D] told her again.
[E] [Em] I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
Don't care where you go.
[D] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [E] [Em] Then I asked her these [E] words.
[D] [E] Where was she [D] going?
[E]
[D] [E] She went [D] on and told [E] me.
[Em] I'm going down south.
I'm [E] going down [A] south.
[Em] I'm going down south to Chile with no home.
[E] [D]
[E] But I [D] kept on [E] telling her.
[Bm]
[Em] [D] [E] [Em] I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
Don't care where you go.
[D] [Em]
Yeah!
I'm going down south.
[E]
[Em]
I'm
[E] [A] [Em]
[E]
[Em] going.
[D] [E] [D] [E]
[Em]
[E] [Em] [E]
[B] [E]
[Dm] [E]
[D] [E] [B] [E]
[Em] [E] [D] [E]
[Em] [D] [E]
[Em] I'm [E] going.
[D] [E]
[Em] I don't care where you go.
[D]
[E] [Em] [D] [E] Then I finally [D] told her [E] these words.
[D] [E] [Em] I'd rather be dead.
I'd rather be dead.
I'd rather be dead than lay me in [E] the ground.
[D] [E] [D] [E]
[D] [E] She asked me [D] why, you [E] know.
[D] [E] [D] [E] I just went on [D] and told [E] her.
[D] [E]
The job of the [Em] man, the [E] job of the man, the job of [Em] the man,
I always hang around.
[D] [E] [Em]
Yeah!
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [Em] [A] [E] [Em] [A]
[E] [D] [E]
[D] [E]
[Em] [E] [D] [E]
[Em] [E] [D] [E]
[Em] Boy, boy, [D] [E]
[Em] I don't care where [E] you go.
Yeah!
I'm going on with her.
I don't care where she goes. [Ebm] Yeah!
[D] [E] [Em]
Key:  
E
2311
D
1321
Em
121
A
1231
G
2131
E
2311
D
1321
Em
121
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To learn R.L. Burnside - Goin Down South chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - D, E, D, E, E, Em and E in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 50 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 101 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of E Minor.

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[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ It's [D] bad, you [E] know, when _ [D] _ [E] _ you [D] have those [E] guts _ and _ they try to [D] slip out [E] on you.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ I [D] had one like that.
[E] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ But I [D] heard her [E] feet. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] When [E] they hit that bridge, _ _ _ [A] that's when I told [E] her, _ boy, where you [Em] be?
I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
Don't care where [E] you go.
[D] _ [E] _ She [D] _ [G] _
[E] _ [G] said, what?
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [E] _ I [D] told her again.
[E] _ _ [Em] I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
Don't care where you go.
[D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ [E] _ [Em] Then I asked her these [E] words. _
_ [D] _ [E] _ Where was she [D] going?
[E] _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ She went [D] on and told [E] me. _
[Em] I'm going down south.
I'm [E] going down [A] south.
[Em] I'm going down south to Chile with no home.
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
[E] _ But I [D] kept on [E] telling her.
_ [Bm] _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Em] I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
I'm going with you, baby.
Don't care where you go.
_ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
Yeah!
I'm going down south.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] going. _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[Em] I'm [E] going.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[Em] I don't care where you go.
[D] _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [E] Then I finally [D] told her [E] these words.
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Em] I'd rather be dead.
I'd rather be dead.
I'd rather be dead than lay me in [E] the ground.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ She asked me [D] why, you [E] know. _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] I just went on [D] and told [E] her.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
The job of the [Em] man, the [E] job of the man, the job of [Em] the man,
I always hang around.
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
Yeah! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ Boy, boy, _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [Em] I don't care where [E] you go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah!
I'm going on with her.
I don't care where she goes. _ _ [Ebm] Yeah!
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _

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This track, written by R.L. Burnside, is part of the album Burnside On Burnside.

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