Chords for Taj Mahal - Statesboro Blues

Tempo:
160.3 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

F#

Gm

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Taj Mahal - Statesboro Blues chords
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All right.
Yes.
As I was saying, I like work, you know, but when I work, I must get paid.
[G]
For those of you [A] [A#] [B]
who know [C] what dance is [A] for,
[C#m] I [G] want you to dance, [Fm]
[E] dance. Yeah, [A] baby.
You can't dance no [G] more.
Oh, baby.
Let [B] me know why do I love Ray, [G] Ray, [C] Ray Chau's song.
[C#]
And [G] if these are blues, [Fm] blues, you can [Em] use.
[A] I said, you use.
[D]
You.
Oh, [G]
[C] [G] we're going to take over here with a tune called the Statesboro [C] Blues.
[G] [E] [Fm] [F#]
[G]
Wake up, mama.
[C] Honey, turn [G] your lamp [C] down.
[G] [C] Wake [C#]
[C] up, baby.
Honey, [G] turn your lamp down.
[C]
Have you got the nerve to drive a good man [G] from your door?
[C]
[F#] [Em] Well, I woke up this morning [F#] [Gm] and I had [G] them Statesboro Blues.
[G]
[C] When I woke up this morning and I had them [F#] [Gm] Statesboro [C] Blues.
[G] [C]
Well, I looked over the corner of my [Fm] grandpa, grandpa, [F#] had [G] them too.
[C] [G] [C]
[F#] Well, [Gm] my mama died and left me reckless.
Papa died [G] and left me wild.
[Dm] [F#] [G]
[C] Well, my mama died and left me reckless.
Papa died and [G] left me wild.
Well,
[C] you [D] know, I ain't good looking, [Em] but I'm some [Fm] woman's [G] angel child.
Well, Big Eddie left some gal a nice.
He wouldn't stop.
I ought to have seen that [F#] fireman [G] when he [C] got the ball.
I reached over [Am] the corner and [C] mama, bring me [G] back my shoe.
[C] I can bop it, dip it, bump it, [Em] bump, bump, bump, bump [F] it with the [G] Statesboro [C] Blues.
[F#] [G]
[Cm] [G] Well, mama got them.
Papa got them.
Sister got them.
[C] Everybody got them.
I'm going to the country.
Babe, do you want to go?
Cause if [G] I can't take you, your sister [F] Lucia, [F#] say she [G] want to go.
Oh, mama, tell your sister, sister, sister, tell your auntie, auntie, tell your uncle, uncle, tell your friends, [C] go on.
Babe, [G] do you want to [C] go?
[G]
[C] If I can't take you, baby, now, [G] I'm going to go.
[C] [G]
[E] [D] [C]
[B] [G]
[D#]
[Am] [Gm] [G]
[Fm] [E] [Dm] [D#] [C]
[G]
[C] [Gm] When [G] I lost that woman, baby, I didn't want [Gm] her, I never [C] seen.
[G]
[C] When I lost that [A] woman, baby, I didn't want her, [Gm] I never seen.
[C] [F#] [G]
[C] Well, she [G] treat me like a king, I treat her like she is a [F] dog [F#] gone [G] green.
Big, [C] big [F#] leg, Mario, [C]
give me that, baby, [Gm] you got my [C] hot, the [G] woman like that.
[C] Wild, she's in the red, red, got mama.
Babe, [G] turn your lamp down, love.
[C] Have you got enough to [E] drive up the [F] man [F#] from [G] your [C] door?
[G]
[Gm] Oh, mama [F#] call the chicken, [G]
thought it [F#] was a duck, [G] throw them in the pot with [Am] it.
[C] Get your money, call the baby, I can [Gm] buy all the food.
[C] [G]
[C] Have you got enough to [G] drive up [C] the Statesboro?
[G]
Whoa, mama got him, papa got him, sister got him,
[C] [D] everybody got him.
[G] I'm going to the country, baby, mama, do you want to go?
[Cm] [G]
[C] Because if [G] I can't take you, your sister [Fm] Lucia [F#] say [G] she want [C] to go.
[G]
Oh, mama, tell your sister, tell your auntie, tell [C] your [F#] uncle, [C]
tell your uncle, I'm going.
[Gm] If do you want to [C] go, [F#] [G]
[C] because if I can't take you, your sister Lucia [G] say she want to go.
[C] [G]
Wake up, mama, [C]
baby, [G] turn your lamp down, [C] love.
[G]
[F] [C#m] Oh, wake [Am] up, mama, [Gm] baby, turn your lamp down, [G] love.
[C] If you [G] got enough to drive up the [F] man [G] from your [C] door.
[F#] [G] [Fm]
[E] [C] If you got enough to drive up the [G]
man from your door.
[Fm]
[E] [C] If you got enough to drive [E] up the [F] man [F#] from [G] your door.
[C] [F#] [G]
All of us.
Bop, bop, [C] bop, [G] bop, bop,
[C] [Gm]
[G]
[C] bop, bop.
[Gm]
[F] [G] Hit [C] [G]
it, bop, bop, ba.
[Gm]
[E] [F#] [Gm]
[G] Come on.
[C#] [C]
[G]
[C] [Gm] [C]
[G]
[F#] [G] Ba,
[C] bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, [G]
[C] bop.
[B] [C] [G]
Ah.
Thanks!!
[N]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
F#
134211112
Gm
123111113
Fm
123111111
G
2131
C
3211
F#
134211112
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ All right.
_ _ _ _ Yes. _
_ As I was saying, I like work, you know, but when I work, I must get paid.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ For those of you _ [A] _ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ who _ _ _ know [C] what _ dance _ _ is _ [A] for, _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ I [G] want you to dance, _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] dance. Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] baby.
_ _ _ _ _ _ You _ _ _ _ can't _ _ _ dance no [G] more. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, baby.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Let [B] me _ _ know why do I love Ray, [G] Ray, [C] Ray Chau's song.
_ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And [G] if these are _ blues, _ [Fm] blues, you can [Em] _ _ _ use. _ _
_ [A] I said, _ you _ _ use. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ we're going to take over here with a tune called the Statesboro [C] Blues.
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [Fm] _ [F#] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wake up, mama.
_ [C] Honey, turn [G] your lamp [C] down.
_ _ [G] _ [C] Wake [C#]
[C] up, baby.
_ _ Honey, [G] turn your lamp down.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
Have you got the nerve to drive a good man [G] from your door?
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] [Em] Well, I woke up this morning [F#] [Gm] and I had [G] them Statesboro Blues.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] When I woke up this morning and I had them [F#] [Gm] Statesboro [C] Blues.
[G] _ _ _ [C] _
Well, I looked over the corner of my [Fm] grandpa, grandpa, [F#] had [G] them too.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[F#] Well, [Gm] my mama died and left me reckless.
Papa died [G] and left me wild.
[Dm] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ Well, my mama died and left me reckless.
Papa died and [G] left me wild.
Well, _
[C] _ you [D] know, I ain't good looking, [Em] but I'm some [Fm] woman's [G] angel child. _ _ _
_ _ Well, Big Eddie left some gal a nice.
He wouldn't stop.
I ought to have seen that [F#] fireman [G] when he [C] got the ball.
I reached over [Am] the corner and [C] mama, bring me [G] back my shoe. _ _
[C] _ _ I can bop it, dip it, bump it, [Em] bump, bump, bump, bump [F] it with the [G] Statesboro [C] Blues.
[F#] _ [G] _
_ [Cm] _ [G] Well, mama got them. _
Papa got them.
_ Sister got them. _
[C] Everybody got them.
I'm going to the country. _
Babe, do you want to go? _ _ _
_ Cause if [G] I can't take you, your sister [F] Lucia, [F#] say she [G] want to go. _ _ _
_ _ Oh, mama, tell your sister, sister, sister, tell your auntie, auntie, tell your uncle, uncle, tell your friends, [C] go on. _ _ _
Babe, [G] do you want to [C] go?
_ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ If I can't take you, baby, now, [G] I'm going to _ go.
[C] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
[Am] _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ [E] _ [Dm] _ [D#] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] When [G] I lost that woman, baby, I didn't want [Gm] her, I never [C] seen.
_ [G] _ _
[C] _ When I lost that [A] woman, baby, I didn't want her, [Gm] I never seen.
[C] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ Well, she [G] treat me like a king, I treat her like she is a [F] dog [F#] gone [G] green. _ _ _
_ Big, [C] big [F#] leg, Mario, [C]
give me that, baby, [Gm] you got my [C] hot, the [G] woman like that.
[C] Wild, she's in the red, red, got mama. _ _
Babe, [G] turn your lamp down, love. _ _ _
[C] _ Have you got enough to [E] drive up the [F] man [F#] from [G] your [C] door?
_ [G] _ _
_ [Gm] Oh, mama [F#] call the chicken, [G]
thought it [F#] was a duck, [G] throw them in the pot with [Am] it.
_ [C] Get your money, call the baby, I can [Gm] buy all the food.
[C] _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ Have you got enough to [G] drive up [C] the Statesboro?
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Whoa, mama got him, _ papa got him, _ sister got him, _
[C] _ [D] everybody got him.
[G] I'm going to the country, baby, mama, do you want to go?
[Cm] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ Because if [G] I can't take you, your sister [Fm] Lucia [F#] say [G] she want [C] to go.
_ [G] _ _
_ Oh, mama, tell your sister, _ tell your auntie, tell [C] your [F#] uncle, [C]
tell your uncle, I'm going. _ _ _
[Gm] If do you want to [C] go, _ [F#] _ [G] _
_ [C] because if I can't take you, your sister Lucia [G] say she want to go.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ Wake up, mama, [C] _ _ _
baby, [G] turn your lamp down, [C] love.
_ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ [C#m] Oh, wake [Am] up, mama, [Gm] baby, turn your lamp down, [G] love. _ _ _ _
[C] _ If you [G] got enough to drive up the [F] man [G] from your [C] door.
[F#] _ [G] _ [Fm] _
[E] _ [C] If you got enough to drive up the [G] _
man from your door.
_ _ _ [Fm] _
[E] _ [C] If you got enough to drive [E] up the [F] man [F#] from [G] your door.
[C] _ [F#] _ [G] _
All of us.
Bop, bop, [C] bop, _ _ _ _ _ [G] bop, _ bop, _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] bop, bop.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
[F] [G] Hit _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
it, bop, bop, ba.
[Gm] _ _ _
[E] _ [F#] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[G] Come on.
[C#] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [G] Ba, _ _ _
_ _ [C] bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, _ bop, _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] bop. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ Ah. _ _ _ _ _
_ Thanks!! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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