Chords for Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Red River Blues and Crow Jane
Tempo:
122.8 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
C
Fm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [Fm] [C]
[Ab] [Bb] [Ab] [Bb]
[F] [D] [Bb]
[F] [G] Woo!
[F] [C]
[F] Which way, [C] which way
[F] [Bb] does that blood red river run?
[F] From my back window straight to the rising sun.
[C]
[F] I hate [Ab] to [C] see [Bb] that rising sun go down.
Make [F] me feel like my [Bb] woman [D] got [F] me on my last course.
[Bb] Woo!
[F] [C]
[F] What's wrong?
[Am] Into the camp.
[C] Go ahead.
[Bb] Tell my brother Bill,
[F] woman that he's [Bb] loving, [D] [F] show's gone to the end [Bbm] here.
[Fm] [C]
Now the [F] dumper, [C] told the loader, [Bb] bring him six loads of slate.
[F] Blood red [Bb] river, [D] [F] show God's wrong way.
[Bbm] [F] Let me finish.
[C]
[F] I heard [Bbm] [C] somebody rumbling, [Bb] and then I looked around.
[F] Wasn't nothing but a [Bb] sudden, [F] and that old Jeep rolled [Bb] down.
Woo!
[Fm] [C]
Run [F] right [C] into Jeep.
[F] [Bb] Even it goes down into the west.
[F] Hard to [Bb] tell [D] now, which [F] one will be the winner.
[Bb] Go on, [F] let me see what you want to talk [C] about.
Oh, [F] Crow Jane, [C] Crow Jane, what [Bb] make you hold your head so high?
[F] Well, you [Dm] realize, honey, [C] you're going to [Gm] lay [F] down and [Bb] die.
[D] [G] [F] [C]
Well, [Fm] I love you, [C] Crow Jane, I love you.
[Bb] Well, I'll tell you [Bbm] what I do.
[Bb]
You's a good little girl, honey, but you just won't be true.
[F]
Woo!
[C]
Woo!
[Bb]
[F] Woo!
[Bb]
[F] If [Bb] [Fm] [C]
[Fm] you see me coming, Crow [C] Jane, [Abm]
[C] honey, [Bb] put your old man [Bbm] on the door.
[Bb] Well, you know I ain't no stranger, [G] old sonny [F] been here before.
[Bb] [F]
Well, I love you, [C] Crow Jane.
[Bb] Well, I'll tell you what I do.
Well, I need you to good [Fm] little girl, but [G] sugar, [Fm] you [Bb] just [F] won't be [B] true.
[Bb] [F]
Crow Jane, [C] Crow Jane, [Bb] what make you hold your head so high?
[Fm] Well, you realize, [Bb] honey, you're going to [Gm] lay [F] down and die.
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Fm] I love you, Crow Jane, I love you, [C] Crow Jane.
I'm [Bbm] going to tell it [Bb] all over town.
[F] You's [Bb] a good little girl, [Dm] but honey, [Cm] please [Bb] don't [F] put me down.
[Bb] [F]
Well, Crow Jane, Crow [C] Jane, [Bb] what make you hold your head so high?
[F] Well, you realize, honey, [Bm] you're [Bb] going to lay down [F] and die.
[Bb]
[F] [Dm] Whoa, Crow [N] Jane.
[B]
[Cm] That's better.
[Ab] [Bb] [Ab] [Bb]
[F] [D] [Bb]
[F] [G] Woo!
[F] [C]
[F] Which way, [C] which way
[F] [Bb] does that blood red river run?
[F] From my back window straight to the rising sun.
[C]
[F] I hate [Ab] to [C] see [Bb] that rising sun go down.
Make [F] me feel like my [Bb] woman [D] got [F] me on my last course.
[Bb] Woo!
[F] [C]
[F] What's wrong?
[Am] Into the camp.
[C] Go ahead.
[Bb] Tell my brother Bill,
[F] woman that he's [Bb] loving, [D] [F] show's gone to the end [Bbm] here.
[Fm] [C]
Now the [F] dumper, [C] told the loader, [Bb] bring him six loads of slate.
[F] Blood red [Bb] river, [D] [F] show God's wrong way.
[Bbm] [F] Let me finish.
[C]
[F] I heard [Bbm] [C] somebody rumbling, [Bb] and then I looked around.
[F] Wasn't nothing but a [Bb] sudden, [F] and that old Jeep rolled [Bb] down.
Woo!
[Fm] [C]
Run [F] right [C] into Jeep.
[F] [Bb] Even it goes down into the west.
[F] Hard to [Bb] tell [D] now, which [F] one will be the winner.
[Bb] Go on, [F] let me see what you want to talk [C] about.
Oh, [F] Crow Jane, [C] Crow Jane, what [Bb] make you hold your head so high?
[F] Well, you [Dm] realize, honey, [C] you're going to [Gm] lay [F] down and [Bb] die.
[D] [G] [F] [C]
Well, [Fm] I love you, [C] Crow Jane, I love you.
[Bb] Well, I'll tell you [Bbm] what I do.
[Bb]
You's a good little girl, honey, but you just won't be true.
[F]
Woo!
[C]
Woo!
[Bb]
[F] Woo!
[Bb]
[F] If [Bb] [Fm] [C]
[Fm] you see me coming, Crow [C] Jane, [Abm]
[C] honey, [Bb] put your old man [Bbm] on the door.
[Bb] Well, you know I ain't no stranger, [G] old sonny [F] been here before.
[Bb] [F]
Well, I love you, [C] Crow Jane.
[Bb] Well, I'll tell you what I do.
Well, I need you to good [Fm] little girl, but [G] sugar, [Fm] you [Bb] just [F] won't be [B] true.
[Bb] [F]
Crow Jane, [C] Crow Jane, [Bb] what make you hold your head so high?
[Fm] Well, you realize, [Bb] honey, you're going to [Gm] lay [F] down and die.
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Fm] I love you, Crow Jane, I love you, [C] Crow Jane.
I'm [Bbm] going to tell it [Bb] all over town.
[F] You's [Bb] a good little girl, [Dm] but honey, [Cm] please [Bb] don't [F] put me down.
[Bb] [F]
Well, Crow Jane, Crow [C] Jane, [Bb] what make you hold your head so high?
[F] Well, you realize, honey, [Bm] you're [Bb] going to lay down [F] and die.
[Bb]
[F] [Dm] Whoa, Crow [N] Jane.
[B]
[Cm] That's better.
Key:
F
Bb
C
Fm
D
F
Bb
C
_ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] Woo!
[F] _ _ [C] _
[F] Which way, _ [C] which way _ _
[F] [Bb] does that blood red river run? _
[F] From my back window _ straight to the rising sun.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] I hate [Ab] to [C] see _ [Bb] that rising sun go down.
Make [F] me feel like my [Bb] woman [D] got [F] me on my last course.
[Bb] Woo!
_ [F] _ [C] _ _
[F] What's wrong?
_ [Am] Into the camp.
[C] Go ahead.
_ [Bb] _ _ Tell my brother Bill, _
_ [F] woman that he's [Bb] loving, [D] _ [F] show's gone to the end [Bbm] here.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
Now the [F] dumper, _ [C] told the loader, _ [Bb] bring him six loads of slate. _
_ [F] Blood red [Bb] river, [D] _ [F] show God's wrong way.
[Bbm] _ [F] Let me finish.
[C] _
[F] I heard _ [Bbm] [C] somebody rumbling, _ [Bb] and then I looked around. _
[F] Wasn't nothing but a [Bb] sudden, _ [F] and that old Jeep rolled [Bb] down.
Woo!
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
Run [F] right _ [C] into Jeep.
_ [F] [Bb] Even it goes down into the west. _
_ [F] Hard to [Bb] tell [D] now, which [F] one will be the winner.
[Bb] Go on, [F] let me see what you want to talk [C] about.
Oh, [F] Crow Jane, _ [C] Crow Jane, what [Bb] make you hold your _ head so high? _
[F] Well, you [Dm] realize, honey, [C] you're going to [Gm] lay [F] down and [Bb] die.
[D] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [C]
Well, [Fm] I love you, [C] Crow Jane, I love you.
[Bb] Well, I'll tell you [Bbm] what I do.
[Bb] _
You's a good little girl, honey, but you just won't be true.
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Woo!
[C] _ _ _
Woo!
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Woo!
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] If [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
[Fm] you see me coming, Crow [C] Jane, [Abm] _
[C] honey, [Bb] put your old man [Bbm] on the door.
_ [Bb] Well, you know I ain't no stranger, [G] old sonny [F] been here before.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
Well, I love you, [C] Crow Jane.
_ [Bb] Well, I'll tell you what I do.
_ Well, I need you to good [Fm] little girl, but [G] sugar, [Fm] you [Bb] just [F] won't be [B] true.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _
_ Crow Jane, _ [C] Crow Jane, [Bb] what make you hold your head so high?
_ _ [Fm] Well, you realize, [Bb] honey, you're going to [Gm] lay [F] down and die.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ [Fm] _ I love you, Crow Jane, I love you, [C] Crow Jane.
I'm [Bbm] going to tell it [Bb] all over town.
_ [F] You's [Bb] a good little girl, [Dm] but honey, [Cm] please [Bb] don't [F] put me down.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ Well, Crow Jane, _ Crow [C] Jane, _ [Bb] what make you hold your head so high?
[F] Well, you realize, honey, [Bm] you're [Bb] going to lay down [F] and die.
[Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Whoa, Crow [N] Jane.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ That's better. _ _
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] Woo!
[F] _ _ [C] _
[F] Which way, _ [C] which way _ _
[F] [Bb] does that blood red river run? _
[F] From my back window _ straight to the rising sun.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] I hate [Ab] to [C] see _ [Bb] that rising sun go down.
Make [F] me feel like my [Bb] woman [D] got [F] me on my last course.
[Bb] Woo!
_ [F] _ [C] _ _
[F] What's wrong?
_ [Am] Into the camp.
[C] Go ahead.
_ [Bb] _ _ Tell my brother Bill, _
_ [F] woman that he's [Bb] loving, [D] _ [F] show's gone to the end [Bbm] here.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
Now the [F] dumper, _ [C] told the loader, _ [Bb] bring him six loads of slate. _
_ [F] Blood red [Bb] river, [D] _ [F] show God's wrong way.
[Bbm] _ [F] Let me finish.
[C] _
[F] I heard _ [Bbm] [C] somebody rumbling, _ [Bb] and then I looked around. _
[F] Wasn't nothing but a [Bb] sudden, _ [F] and that old Jeep rolled [Bb] down.
Woo!
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
Run [F] right _ [C] into Jeep.
_ [F] [Bb] Even it goes down into the west. _
_ [F] Hard to [Bb] tell [D] now, which [F] one will be the winner.
[Bb] Go on, [F] let me see what you want to talk [C] about.
Oh, [F] Crow Jane, _ [C] Crow Jane, what [Bb] make you hold your _ head so high? _
[F] Well, you [Dm] realize, honey, [C] you're going to [Gm] lay [F] down and [Bb] die.
[D] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [C]
Well, [Fm] I love you, [C] Crow Jane, I love you.
[Bb] Well, I'll tell you [Bbm] what I do.
[Bb] _
You's a good little girl, honey, but you just won't be true.
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Woo!
[C] _ _ _
Woo!
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Woo!
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] If [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
[Fm] you see me coming, Crow [C] Jane, [Abm] _
[C] honey, [Bb] put your old man [Bbm] on the door.
_ [Bb] Well, you know I ain't no stranger, [G] old sonny [F] been here before.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
Well, I love you, [C] Crow Jane.
_ [Bb] Well, I'll tell you what I do.
_ Well, I need you to good [Fm] little girl, but [G] sugar, [Fm] you [Bb] just [F] won't be [B] true.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _
_ Crow Jane, _ [C] Crow Jane, [Bb] what make you hold your head so high?
_ _ [Fm] Well, you realize, [Bb] honey, you're going to [Gm] lay [F] down and die.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ [Fm] _ I love you, Crow Jane, I love you, [C] Crow Jane.
I'm [Bbm] going to tell it [Bb] all over town.
_ [F] You's [Bb] a good little girl, [Dm] but honey, [Cm] please [Bb] don't [F] put me down.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ Well, Crow Jane, _ Crow [C] Jane, _ [Bb] what make you hold your head so high?
[F] Well, you realize, honey, [Bm] you're [Bb] going to lay down [F] and die.
[Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Whoa, Crow [N] Jane.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ That's better. _ _