Messin With The Kid Chords by The Blues Brothers

Tempo:
136.5 bpm
Chords used:

B

F#m

Bm

E

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Blues Brothers - Messin With The Kid chords
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Next one's a Junior Wells tune called Messing With The Kid.
That one's called Hey Bartender by Floyd Dixon,
who's right here in LA.
[Bm]
[C#m] [G#m] [B]
[F#m] What's this I hear?
There's a whole lot of [B] talk.
The people [F#m] say you try to put the kid.
Yeah, [Em] [Bm] yeah.
Tell me what [B] you did.
[F#m] You call it what you want.
[D] I [Bm] call it messing with the kid.
Now the kid [F#m] plays hot.
[B] That hot don't pay.
I [F#m] say what I mean.
[B] I mean what I say.
Yeah, yeah.
[D] [E] Tell me [Bm] what you did.
[F#m]
You can call it what you want.
[Bm] I call it messing with the kid.
[E] [B]
[F#m] [B] Tell [Bm]
[E]
[B] [Bm]
[F#m] [C#m] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
[B] me you love me.
Tell me a lie.
You know I love you baby.
Yeah, [F#m]
yeah.
[E] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
Tell [B] me what you did.
[F#m] You can call it what you want.
[E] [Bm] I call it [B] messing with the kid.
Hey, Elwood.
Elwood.
You want [F#] to mess with the kid?
[B] No, Jake, [F#m] I don't want to mess with the kid.
[B] Yeah, I know.
[F#m]
I know that.
[Em] How about you guys back here?
You want to mess with the kid?
[Bm]
And you guys back here.
How about [F#m] you people out there?
[Bm]
[A] [G#m]
[B]
[D]
[E] [D]
[B] [F#m]
[E] [Bm]
[B]
Gonna take the kids car, drive around town.
Tell [F#m] everybody, [B] try to put [F#m] it on the [D] head.
[E] [Bm]
Tell me what you did.
You can
[F#] call it what you want.
[E] I [Bm] call it messing with the kid.
[F#m] [G#m]
[B] [F#m] [G#m]
[B] [F#m] [E]
[C#] [G#m] [B]
[F#m] [B]
[N]
Thank you.
I'd like to introduce the horn section.
I'm the saxophone, Tom Scott from the LA Express.
Tom Scott.
On sax, a good friend from New York City, also from Texas,
Mr.
Tom Bones Malone.
Tom Malone.
And also from New York City, Mr.
Fabulous himself,
Alan Rubin, come on.
And on sax, Lulu Lumerini.
Lulu.
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Bm
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E
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G#m
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To learn The Blues Brothers - (Live) Messin With The Kid chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: F#m, B, F#m, E, Bm, B, F#m and G#m. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 68 BPM and then match the original tempo of 136 BPM. Given the song's key of B Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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Next one's a Junior Wells tune called Messing With The Kid.
That one's called Hey Bartender by Floyd Dixon,
who's right here in LA.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _
[F#m] What's this I hear?
There's a whole lot of [B] talk.
The people [F#m] say you try to put the kid.
Yeah, [Em] [Bm] yeah.
_ _ _ Tell me what [B] you did.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ You call it what you want.
[D] I [Bm] call it messing with the kid.
_ _ _ _ Now the kid [F#m] plays hot.
[B] That hot don't pay.
I [F#m] say what I mean.
[B] I mean what I say.
Yeah, yeah.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ Tell me [Bm] what you did.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
You can call it what you want.
[Bm] I call it messing with the kid.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] Tell [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] me you love me.
Tell me a lie.
You know I love you baby.
Yeah, [F#m]
yeah.
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm]
Tell [B] me what you did. _ _ _ _
[F#m] You can call it what you want.
[E] [Bm] I call it [B] messing with the kid. _ _ _
Hey, Elwood.
_ Elwood.
You want [F#] to mess with the kid?
[B] No, Jake, [F#m] I don't want to mess with the kid.
[B] Yeah, I know.
[F#m]
I know that.
[Em] _ How about you guys back here?
You want to mess with the kid?
[Bm]
And you guys back here.
How _ about [F#m] you people out there?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
Gonna take the kids car, drive around town.
Tell [F#m] everybody, [B] try to put [F#m] it on the [D] head.
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm]
Tell me what you did.
You _ can _ _
_ [F#] call it what you want.
[E] I [Bm] call it messing with the kid.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
[B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
[B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[C#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ Thank you. _ _ _ _
I'd like to introduce the horn section.
I'm the _ saxophone, _ Tom Scott from the LA Express.
_ _ _ Tom Scott. _ _
On sax, a good friend from New York City, also from Texas,
_ Mr.
Tom Bones Malone.
Tom Malone.
_ _ And also from New York City, _ Mr.
Fabulous himself,
Alan Rubin, come on. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And on sax, _ _ Lulu _ Lumerini.
Lulu.

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