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
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Staple Singers - Why Am I Treated So Bad chords
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[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]
Key:  
E
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A
1231
Em
121
B
12341112
Bm
13421112
E
2311
A
1231
Em
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Learn the basic chords of The Staple Singers - Why Am I Treated So Bad chords, with this master sequence: A, E, E and A. Set your pace at 45 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 92. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: A Major.

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[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] _

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This song was featured on the The Greatest Hits: - Stand By Me album.

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