Staple Singers - Why Am I Treated So Bad Chords
Tempo:
91.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
Em
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[E] [G]
[Dm]
[Em] [Abm] [A] [Em]
[G] [E]
[A] [E]
[E]
[A] [E] [Em]
[E]
[E] [G] Why [A]
[E] am I treated so bad?
Girl, [A] do I?
[Fm] [Em] Girl, [Bb] am I [A] treated so [E] bad?
[A] [E] No, [B] I'm not
[Bm]
[B] [A] Have I seen the sun?
[Bm] Hear my [B] [D] call?
I've done [A] nobody [D] wrong
Girl, I'm [E] treated so bad
[Bb] [A]
[E] [G] [A] [E] You know [Bm] what I'm gonna [A]
[E] do?
Yeah
I'm gonna [Ab] walk
[Em] Walk
Out [E] in the master lane
[A] [Em] [E] Things I do
[A] [Gbm] They [A] [E] seem [A] to be [E] in vain
[Bm] Baby [B] blood, [E] new baby [A] [B] lane
[Bm] Walk on out [A] in the master [D] lane
Girl, you're treated [E] so bad
[Em] [Bm] [A] Mighty [E] long [Em] lane
[E]
You know ain't got no end
Just look [A] back [Db] on me
[A] [Db] You [D] know I don't have [E] a chain
And
[Dbm] [Ab] I heard [A] somebody call my name
[B] Hey, [Ab] color up the [B] [A] road
Things are gonna change
[D] Girl, I'm treated [E] so bad
[A] [E] [A] [E]
You know, [A] [E] down in Mississippi
where we came from, Pop
I used to go to church
where we're having good old [A] revival meetings
[E] And we didn't have electric lights
like we have here tonight
[D] We didn't have the piano and the guitars
[E] and the organ
We just clapped our hands
[D] Like [E] some of you have done over there [G] Yeah
[D] [Gm] I believe you've been to church too Yeah, [A] alright
[E] [A] But oh my lord, there was a half service
[E] And [A] some evening I did locate [Em] going to church
[E]
[A] I [Bm] began to walk a little faster
[A] cause I didn't want to miss nothing, you [E] know
The old people would be singing
the familiar hymns over here
And then we're bowed down around the monastery
[Gm] to begin to pray for the little boy and the girl
[E] [Bm] And [A] when they were getting [E] to pray
they said some old sootin' whale in the amen corner
will begin [A] to [E] moan
[B] And I [A] didn't understand [E] that language
And I asked my parents when I got [Bb] home
I said, what did she mean by moaning?
I don't [E] understand that
So, man said, son
when you moan
even the devil don't know what you're talking about
Yeah, it's [Gb] been a while now
when I [A] get a little [E] worried
and my boy doesn't get it
I'll [A] steal away to myself and I'll [B] begin to moan [E] [A] Yeah!
[E]
[A] [E] ooo, ooo, ooo, [D] ooo, [A] [E] ooo
[A] [E] ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
[E]
[A] ooo,
[Fm] [A] ooo, ooo, [E] ooo, [A] [E] [Bm] ooo
ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
Baby [B] blind, [A] you made me lame
[B] [Bm] I thought out [A] in the master [D] name
Oh, you didn't [E] know that.
[A]
[E] Yes!
[Em] [N]
[E] [G]
[Dm]
[Em] [Abm] [A] [Em]
[G] [E]
[A] [E]
[E]
[A] [E] [Em]
[E]
[E] [G] Why [A]
[E] am I treated so bad?
Girl, [A] do I?
[Fm] [Em] Girl, [Bb] am I [A] treated so [E] bad?
[A] [E] No, [B] I'm not
[Bm]
[B] [A] Have I seen the sun?
[Bm] Hear my [B] [D] call?
I've done [A] nobody [D] wrong
Girl, I'm [E] treated so bad
[Bb] [A]
[E] [G] [A] [E] You know [Bm] what I'm gonna [A]
[E] do?
Yeah
I'm gonna [Ab] walk
[Em] Walk
Out [E] in the master lane
[A] [Em] [E] Things I do
[A] [Gbm] They [A] [E] seem [A] to be [E] in vain
[Bm] Baby [B] blood, [E] new baby [A] [B] lane
[Bm] Walk on out [A] in the master [D] lane
Girl, you're treated [E] so bad
[Em] [Bm] [A] Mighty [E] long [Em] lane
[E]
You know ain't got no end
Just look [A] back [Db] on me
[A] [Db] You [D] know I don't have [E] a chain
And
[Dbm] [Ab] I heard [A] somebody call my name
[B] Hey, [Ab] color up the [B] [A] road
Things are gonna change
[D] Girl, I'm treated [E] so bad
[A] [E] [A] [E]
You know, [A] [E] down in Mississippi
where we came from, Pop
I used to go to church
where we're having good old [A] revival meetings
[E] And we didn't have electric lights
like we have here tonight
[D] We didn't have the piano and the guitars
[E] and the organ
We just clapped our hands
[D] Like [E] some of you have done over there [G] Yeah
[D] [Gm] I believe you've been to church too Yeah, [A] alright
[E] [A] But oh my lord, there was a half service
[E] And [A] some evening I did locate [Em] going to church
[E]
[A] I [Bm] began to walk a little faster
[A] cause I didn't want to miss nothing, you [E] know
The old people would be singing
the familiar hymns over here
And then we're bowed down around the monastery
[Gm] to begin to pray for the little boy and the girl
[E] [Bm] And [A] when they were getting [E] to pray
they said some old sootin' whale in the amen corner
will begin [A] to [E] moan
[B] And I [A] didn't understand [E] that language
And I asked my parents when I got [Bb] home
I said, what did she mean by moaning?
I don't [E] understand that
So, man said, son
when you moan
even the devil don't know what you're talking about
Yeah, it's [Gb] been a while now
when I [A] get a little [E] worried
and my boy doesn't get it
I'll [A] steal away to myself and I'll [B] begin to moan [E] [A] Yeah!
[E]
[A] [E] ooo, ooo, ooo, [D] ooo, [A] [E] ooo
[A] [E] ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
[E]
[A] ooo,
[Fm] [A] ooo, ooo, [E] ooo, [A] [E] [Bm] ooo
ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
Baby [B] blind, [A] you made me lame
[B] [Bm] I thought out [A] in the master [D] name
Oh, you didn't [E] know that.
[A]
[E] Yes!
[Em] [N]
Key:
E
A
Em
B
Bm
E
A
Em
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Abm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] Why [A] _
[E] am _ _ _ I treated so bad?
_ _ _ _ Girl, [A] do I? _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Em] Girl, [Bb] am I [A] treated so [E] bad? _
[A] _ [E] _ _ No, [B] I'm not
[Bm] _ _
[B] [A] Have I seen the sun?
[Bm] Hear my [B] [D] call?
I've done [A] nobody [D] wrong
Girl, I'm [E] treated so bad
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [E] You know [Bm] what I'm gonna [A]
[E] do?
Yeah
_ _ _ _ I'm gonna [Ab] walk
_ _ [Em] Walk
Out _ [E] _ in the master lane _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ [E] _ Things I do
[A] _ _ _ [Gbm] They [A] _ [E] seem [A] to be [E] in vain _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ Baby [B] blood, [E] new baby [A] [B] lane
[Bm] Walk on out [A] in the master [D] lane
Girl, you're treated [E] so bad _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] [A] Mighty [E] long _ [Em] lane
[E] _ _
You _ know ain't got no end _
_ _ _ Just look [A] back [Db] on me
_ _ _ [A] _ [Db] You [D] know I don't have [E] a chain
And _ _
[Dbm] _ _ [Ab] I heard [A] somebody call my name
[B] Hey, [Ab] color up the [B] [A] road
Things are gonna change
[D] Girl, I'm treated [E] so bad _ _
[A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
You know, [A] _ _ [E] down in Mississippi
where we came from, Pop
I used to go to church
_ where we're having good old [A] revival meetings
[E] And we didn't have electric lights
like we have here tonight
[D] We didn't have the piano and the guitars
[E] and the organ
We just clapped our hands
[D] Like [E] some of you have done over there [G] Yeah
[D] [Gm] I believe you've been to church too Yeah, [A] alright
[E] _ _ _ [A] But oh my lord, there was a half service
[E] And [A] some evening I did locate [Em] going to church
[E]
[A] I [Bm] began to walk a little faster
[A] cause I didn't want to miss nothing, you [E] know
The old people would be singing
the familiar hymns over here
And then we're bowed down around the monastery
[Gm] to begin to pray for the little boy and the girl
[E] [Bm] And [A] when they were getting [E] to pray
they said some old sootin' whale in the amen corner
will begin [A] to [E] moan
[B] And I [A] didn't understand [E] that language
And I asked my parents when I got [Bb] home
I said, what did she mean by moaning?
I don't [E] understand that
So, man said, son
when you moan
even the devil don't know what you're talking about
Yeah, it's [Gb] been a while now
when I [A] get a little [E] worried
and my boy doesn't get it
I'll [A] steal away to myself and I'll [B] begin to moan [E] [A] Yeah!
[E] _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ ooo, ooo, ooo, [D] ooo, [A] _ [E] _ ooo
[A] _ [E] _ ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
[E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ ooo, _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ [A] _ ooo, ooo, [E] ooo, _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] ooo
ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
Baby [B] blind, [A] you made me lame
[B] [Bm] I thought out [A] in the master [D] name
Oh, you didn't [E] know that.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Yes!
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [N] _
[E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Abm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] Why [A] _
[E] am _ _ _ I treated so bad?
_ _ _ _ Girl, [A] do I? _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Em] Girl, [Bb] am I [A] treated so [E] bad? _
[A] _ [E] _ _ No, [B] I'm not
[Bm] _ _
[B] [A] Have I seen the sun?
[Bm] Hear my [B] [D] call?
I've done [A] nobody [D] wrong
Girl, I'm [E] treated so bad
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [E] You know [Bm] what I'm gonna [A]
[E] do?
Yeah
_ _ _ _ I'm gonna [Ab] walk
_ _ [Em] Walk
Out _ [E] _ in the master lane _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ [E] _ Things I do
[A] _ _ _ [Gbm] They [A] _ [E] seem [A] to be [E] in vain _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ Baby [B] blood, [E] new baby [A] [B] lane
[Bm] Walk on out [A] in the master [D] lane
Girl, you're treated [E] so bad _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] [A] Mighty [E] long _ [Em] lane
[E] _ _
You _ know ain't got no end _
_ _ _ Just look [A] back [Db] on me
_ _ _ [A] _ [Db] You [D] know I don't have [E] a chain
And _ _
[Dbm] _ _ [Ab] I heard [A] somebody call my name
[B] Hey, [Ab] color up the [B] [A] road
Things are gonna change
[D] Girl, I'm treated [E] so bad _ _
[A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
You know, [A] _ _ [E] down in Mississippi
where we came from, Pop
I used to go to church
_ where we're having good old [A] revival meetings
[E] And we didn't have electric lights
like we have here tonight
[D] We didn't have the piano and the guitars
[E] and the organ
We just clapped our hands
[D] Like [E] some of you have done over there [G] Yeah
[D] [Gm] I believe you've been to church too Yeah, [A] alright
[E] _ _ _ [A] But oh my lord, there was a half service
[E] And [A] some evening I did locate [Em] going to church
[E]
[A] I [Bm] began to walk a little faster
[A] cause I didn't want to miss nothing, you [E] know
The old people would be singing
the familiar hymns over here
And then we're bowed down around the monastery
[Gm] to begin to pray for the little boy and the girl
[E] [Bm] And [A] when they were getting [E] to pray
they said some old sootin' whale in the amen corner
will begin [A] to [E] moan
[B] And I [A] didn't understand [E] that language
And I asked my parents when I got [Bb] home
I said, what did she mean by moaning?
I don't [E] understand that
So, man said, son
when you moan
even the devil don't know what you're talking about
Yeah, it's [Gb] been a while now
when I [A] get a little [E] worried
and my boy doesn't get it
I'll [A] steal away to myself and I'll [B] begin to moan [E] [A] Yeah!
[E] _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ ooo, ooo, ooo, [D] ooo, [A] _ [E] _ ooo
[A] _ [E] _ ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
[E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ ooo, _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ [A] _ ooo, ooo, [E] ooo, _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] ooo
ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
Baby [B] blind, [A] you made me lame
[B] [Bm] I thought out [A] in the master [D] name
Oh, you didn't [E] know that.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Yes!
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [N] _