Death Letter Blues Chords by Son House
Tempo:
105.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
Gm
C
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] I [Gm] got a letter this [G] morning, hot red and red, say hurry, hurry, gal, your love is dead.
[C] I got a [G] letter this morning, I say, how you reckon it read?
[D] They say hurry, [C] hurry, gal, [G] your love is dead.
You know I [Gm] grabbed up my [G] suitcase, [Gm] took her down [G] the road, [Gm] oh when I [G] got there, [Gm] she was laying on the [G] cooling board.
I grabbed up my suitcase, [C]
I said, I took her [G] down the road, I said when I got there, [Gm]
she was laying on the [G] cooling board.
[Em] [G]
You [Gm] know I grabbed up my clothes, [G]
looked down in her face, she said good old girl, got to lay in her judgment [C] bed.
[E] I [Em] said I walked up [C] close, [G] I said I looked down in her face,
[Gm] [G] I [D] said good old [G] girl, [C]
[Gm] got to [G] lay in her judgment bed.
You know I looked [Gm] like ten [G] thousand people, [Gm] standing [E] around the [G] burying ground, [Gm] I [Em] didn't know I [G] loved her, [Gm] until I laid her [G] down.
[C] [Eb] Looked like ten [G] thousand, standing around the burying ground, you know I didn't know I didn't love [C] her, until I began to [G] lay her down.
You [B] know I didn't feel so [G] bad, until the good Lord's son went down, I didn't have a soul [Gm] to throw my [G] arm around.
I [C] didn't feel so bad, until the good [G] Lord's son went down, I said I didn't have a [C] soul [G] to throw my arm around.
You [D] know it's [Gm] so hard to [G] love someone that don't love you, [Gm] don't look like a [G] satisfaction, don't care what you [C] do.
It's so hard to love [G] someone that don't love you, you know love got a satisfaction, [C]
don't care [G] what you do.
You know [Gm] love's [G] hard, [Gm] make you do [G] things you don't want to do, love sometimes, leave you feeling sad and blue.
[Gm] Love's hard, [C]
make [G] you do things you don't want to do,
[D] [G] love [C] sometimes, [Gm] leave [G] you feeling sad and blue.
[Gm]
[C] I got a [G] letter this morning, I say, how you reckon it read?
[D] They say hurry, [C] hurry, gal, [G] your love is dead.
You know I [Gm] grabbed up my [G] suitcase, [Gm] took her down [G] the road, [Gm] oh when I [G] got there, [Gm] she was laying on the [G] cooling board.
I grabbed up my suitcase, [C]
I said, I took her [G] down the road, I said when I got there, [Gm]
she was laying on the [G] cooling board.
[Em] [G]
You [Gm] know I grabbed up my clothes, [G]
looked down in her face, she said good old girl, got to lay in her judgment [C] bed.
[E] I [Em] said I walked up [C] close, [G] I said I looked down in her face,
[Gm] [G] I [D] said good old [G] girl, [C]
[Gm] got to [G] lay in her judgment bed.
You know I looked [Gm] like ten [G] thousand people, [Gm] standing [E] around the [G] burying ground, [Gm] I [Em] didn't know I [G] loved her, [Gm] until I laid her [G] down.
[C] [Eb] Looked like ten [G] thousand, standing around the burying ground, you know I didn't know I didn't love [C] her, until I began to [G] lay her down.
You [B] know I didn't feel so [G] bad, until the good Lord's son went down, I didn't have a soul [Gm] to throw my [G] arm around.
I [C] didn't feel so bad, until the good [G] Lord's son went down, I said I didn't have a [C] soul [G] to throw my arm around.
You [D] know it's [Gm] so hard to [G] love someone that don't love you, [Gm] don't look like a [G] satisfaction, don't care what you [C] do.
It's so hard to love [G] someone that don't love you, you know love got a satisfaction, [C]
don't care [G] what you do.
You know [Gm] love's [G] hard, [Gm] make you do [G] things you don't want to do, love sometimes, leave you feeling sad and blue.
[Gm] Love's hard, [C]
make [G] you do things you don't want to do,
[D] [G] love [C] sometimes, [Gm] leave [G] you feeling sad and blue.
[Gm]
Key:
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ I [Gm] got a letter this [G] morning, hot red and red, _ say hurry, hurry, gal, your love is dead.
[C] I got a [G] letter this morning, I say, how you reckon it read? _ _ _ _
_ [D] They say hurry, [C] hurry, gal, [G] your love is dead. _ _ _ _
You know I [Gm] grabbed up my [G] suitcase, [Gm] took her down [G] the road, [Gm] oh when I [G] got there, [Gm] she was laying on the [G] cooling board.
I grabbed up my suitcase, [C]
I said, I took her [G] down the road, _ _ _ _ I said when I got there, [Gm]
she was laying on the [G] cooling board.
[Em] _ [G] _ _
_ You [Gm] know I grabbed up my clothes, [G]
looked down in her face, she said good old girl, got to lay in her judgment [C] bed.
[E] I [Em] said I walked up [C] close, [G] I said I looked down in her face, _ _
[Gm] _ [G] I [D] said good old [G] girl, [C] _
[Gm] got to [G] lay in her judgment bed. _ _
_ You know I looked [Gm] like ten [G] thousand people, [Gm] standing [E] around the [G] burying ground, [Gm] I [Em] didn't know I [G] loved her, [Gm] until I laid her [G] down.
[C] _ [Eb] Looked like ten [G] thousand, _ standing around the burying ground, _ _ _ you know I didn't know I didn't love [C] her, until I began to [G] lay her down. _ _ _
_ You [B] know I didn't feel so [G] bad, until the good Lord's son went down, I didn't have a soul [Gm] to throw my [G] arm around.
I [C] didn't feel so bad, until the good [G] Lord's son went down, _ _ _ _ I said I didn't have a [C] soul [G] to throw my arm around. _ _
_ You [D] know it's [Gm] so hard to [G] love someone that don't love you, [Gm] don't look like a [G] satisfaction, don't care what you [C] do.
It's so hard to love [G] _ someone that don't love you, _ _ _ you know love got a satisfaction, [C] _
_ don't care [G] what you do. _ _
_ You know [Gm] _ love's [G] hard, [Gm] make you do [G] things you don't want to do, love sometimes, leave you feeling sad and blue.
_ [Gm] Love's hard, [C] _
make [G] you do things you don't want to do, _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] love [C] sometimes, [Gm] leave [G] you feeling sad and blue. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] I got a [G] letter this morning, I say, how you reckon it read? _ _ _ _
_ [D] They say hurry, [C] hurry, gal, [G] your love is dead. _ _ _ _
You know I [Gm] grabbed up my [G] suitcase, [Gm] took her down [G] the road, [Gm] oh when I [G] got there, [Gm] she was laying on the [G] cooling board.
I grabbed up my suitcase, [C]
I said, I took her [G] down the road, _ _ _ _ I said when I got there, [Gm]
she was laying on the [G] cooling board.
[Em] _ [G] _ _
_ You [Gm] know I grabbed up my clothes, [G]
looked down in her face, she said good old girl, got to lay in her judgment [C] bed.
[E] I [Em] said I walked up [C] close, [G] I said I looked down in her face, _ _
[Gm] _ [G] I [D] said good old [G] girl, [C] _
[Gm] got to [G] lay in her judgment bed. _ _
_ You know I looked [Gm] like ten [G] thousand people, [Gm] standing [E] around the [G] burying ground, [Gm] I [Em] didn't know I [G] loved her, [Gm] until I laid her [G] down.
[C] _ [Eb] Looked like ten [G] thousand, _ standing around the burying ground, _ _ _ you know I didn't know I didn't love [C] her, until I began to [G] lay her down. _ _ _
_ You [B] know I didn't feel so [G] bad, until the good Lord's son went down, I didn't have a soul [Gm] to throw my [G] arm around.
I [C] didn't feel so bad, until the good [G] Lord's son went down, _ _ _ _ I said I didn't have a [C] soul [G] to throw my arm around. _ _
_ You [D] know it's [Gm] so hard to [G] love someone that don't love you, [Gm] don't look like a [G] satisfaction, don't care what you [C] do.
It's so hard to love [G] _ someone that don't love you, _ _ _ you know love got a satisfaction, [C] _
_ don't care [G] what you do. _ _
_ You know [Gm] _ love's [G] hard, [Gm] make you do [G] things you don't want to do, love sometimes, leave you feeling sad and blue.
_ [Gm] Love's hard, [C] _
make [G] you do things you don't want to do, _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] love [C] sometimes, [Gm] leave [G] you feeling sad and blue. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
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