Chords for The Stray Birds - "Blue Yodel #7" (Jimmie Rodgers Cover)
Tempo:
112.15 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Dm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
This is a song I learned off a Doc Watson CD.
He [D] called it I Was a Stranger.
It's Jimmy Rogers' Blue Yodel No.
7.
[G] [Fm]
[D] [Em] [A]
[D] [Am] [Dm] [Dm]
I was [E] [D] a stranger passing through your town.
[A]
[D] [G] Well I was a stranger passing through [D] your town.
When [G] [A] I asked you for a favor, [D] good [A] gal, you turned me [C] down.
[D]
Yodel-ay [A] -yi-yodel-ay-yodel-ay.
[D] [Dm]
[A] [Dm]
[Am] [G] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[C] [D] [A] [Dm] [D]
[A] [Am]
[A] [C] [G] [Dm]
Yodel-ay-yi [A]-yodel-ay [D]-yodel-ay.
Well I rode the seven and I rode on the Illinois.
[G] Well I rode on the seven train and I rode on the [D] Illinois.
[C] [G] If [A] that great [D] man don't [A] catch me I'll [D] ride him [G] again.
[D] Illinois, [A] Illinois, [D] Iowa.
Illinois, [G] Illinois,
[Am] [Dm] [F] [D]
[Am] [Dm] [Am] [D]
[G]
[Bb] [G] [G] [Dm]
[D] [F]
[C] [Am]
[Bb] [D] [Dm]
[Bb] [D] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [D] Iowa.
[Dm] [G] Well [D] I rode to the one at the fortune teller place.
[Am] [A] [G] Well I went on down to the one at the fortune teller [D] place.
[G] Well she [A] read my
[N] mind and then she slapped [D] my [Am] [A] face.
[Am] [D]
Illinois, [Am] [G] [A] Illinois, [D] Iowa.
Honey I've been so lonesome that I don't know what to do.
Honey [G] I've been so lonesome that I don't know [D] what to do.
The way [A] you treat me sweet mama well [B] I hope you're [D] lonesome too.
[Dm] [D] Illinois,
[A] Illinois, Iowa.
[D] Illinois,
[C] [D]
[A] Illinois, Iowa.
[B] [A] [Ebm]
[A] [Dm] You'll lay.
[F]
[E] [Eb] [D]
Good
[C] [F] [G] idea, [C] good idea you [Am] keep me waiting [F] around.
I'll [G] just wait [C] here until you [Am] decide to come back to [F] town.
You [G] don't call us all [Ab] night, you send [C] me a message.
[Cm] [C]
This is a song I learned off a Doc Watson CD.
He [D] called it I Was a Stranger.
It's Jimmy Rogers' Blue Yodel No.
7.
[G] [Fm]
[D] [Em] [A]
[D] [Am] [Dm] [Dm]
I was [E] [D] a stranger passing through your town.
[A]
[D] [G] Well I was a stranger passing through [D] your town.
When [G] [A] I asked you for a favor, [D] good [A] gal, you turned me [C] down.
[D]
Yodel-ay [A] -yi-yodel-ay-yodel-ay.
[D] [Dm]
[A] [Dm]
[Am] [G] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[C] [D] [A] [Dm] [D]
[A] [Am]
[A] [C] [G] [Dm]
Yodel-ay-yi [A]-yodel-ay [D]-yodel-ay.
Well I rode the seven and I rode on the Illinois.
[G] Well I rode on the seven train and I rode on the [D] Illinois.
[C] [G] If [A] that great [D] man don't [A] catch me I'll [D] ride him [G] again.
[D] Illinois, [A] Illinois, [D] Iowa.
Illinois, [G] Illinois,
[Am] [Dm] [F] [D]
[Am] [Dm] [Am] [D]
[G]
[Bb] [G] [G] [Dm]
[D] [F]
[C] [Am]
[Bb] [D] [Dm]
[Bb] [D] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [D] Iowa.
[Dm] [G] Well [D] I rode to the one at the fortune teller place.
[Am] [A] [G] Well I went on down to the one at the fortune teller [D] place.
[G] Well she [A] read my
[N] mind and then she slapped [D] my [Am] [A] face.
[Am] [D]
Illinois, [Am] [G] [A] Illinois, [D] Iowa.
Honey I've been so lonesome that I don't know what to do.
Honey [G] I've been so lonesome that I don't know [D] what to do.
The way [A] you treat me sweet mama well [B] I hope you're [D] lonesome too.
[Dm] [D] Illinois,
[A] Illinois, Iowa.
[D] Illinois,
[C] [D]
[A] Illinois, Iowa.
[B] [A] [Ebm]
[A] [Dm] You'll lay.
[F]
[E] [Eb] [D]
Good
[C] [F] [G] idea, [C] good idea you [Am] keep me waiting [F] around.
I'll [G] just wait [C] here until you [Am] decide to come back to [F] town.
You [G] don't call us all [Ab] night, you send [C] me a message.
[Cm] [C]
Key:
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a song I learned off a Doc Watson CD.
He [D] called it I Was a Stranger.
It's Jimmy Rogers' Blue Yodel No.
7. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Fm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Dm]
I was [E] _ _ [D] a stranger _ _ passing through your town.
[A] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] Well I was a stranger _ passing through [D] your town.
When _ _ _ [G] [A] I asked you for a favor, _ [D] _ good [A] gal, you turned me _ [C] down.
[D] _ _ _
Yodel-ay _ _ [A] _ -yi-yodel-ay-yodel-ay.
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ Yodel-ay-yi [A]-yodel-ay [D]-yodel-ay.
_ _ _ _ Well I rode _ the seven and I rode on the Illinois. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Well I rode on the seven train and I rode on the [D] Illinois. _ _ _ _ _
[C] [G] If [A] that great [D] man don't [A] catch me I'll _ _ [D] ride him [G] again.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ Illinois, _ _ [A] _ Illinois, [D] Iowa. _
_ _ Illinois, [G] Illinois, _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] Iowa.
[Dm] [G] Well [D] I rode to the one _ at the fortune _ teller place.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] [G] Well I went on down to the one at the fortune teller [D] place. _ _ _ _
_ [G] Well she [A] read my _
_ [N] _ mind and then she slapped [D] my [Am] _ _ [A] face.
[Am] _ [D] _ _
Illinois, [Am] _ [G] _ [A] Illinois, _ [D] Iowa.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Honey I've been so _ lonesome that I don't know what to do. _
_ Honey _ [G] _ I've been so lonesome that I don't know [D] what to do.
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
way [A] you treat me sweet mama well [B] I hope you're [D] lonesome too. _
_ _ [Dm] [D] Illinois, _ _ _ _
_ [A] Illinois, Iowa.
[D] Illinois, _
[C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] Illinois, _ Iowa. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] You'll lay.
_ [F] _
[E] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Good _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [G] idea, [C] good idea you [Am] keep me waiting [F] around.
I'll [G] just wait [C] here until you [Am] decide to come back to [F] town.
You [G] don't call us all [Ab] night, you send [C] me a message.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a song I learned off a Doc Watson CD.
He [D] called it I Was a Stranger.
It's Jimmy Rogers' Blue Yodel No.
7. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Fm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Dm]
I was [E] _ _ [D] a stranger _ _ passing through your town.
[A] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] Well I was a stranger _ passing through [D] your town.
When _ _ _ [G] [A] I asked you for a favor, _ [D] _ good [A] gal, you turned me _ [C] down.
[D] _ _ _
Yodel-ay _ _ [A] _ -yi-yodel-ay-yodel-ay.
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ Yodel-ay-yi [A]-yodel-ay [D]-yodel-ay.
_ _ _ _ Well I rode _ the seven and I rode on the Illinois. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Well I rode on the seven train and I rode on the [D] Illinois. _ _ _ _ _
[C] [G] If [A] that great [D] man don't [A] catch me I'll _ _ [D] ride him [G] again.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ Illinois, _ _ [A] _ Illinois, [D] Iowa. _
_ _ Illinois, [G] Illinois, _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] Iowa.
[Dm] [G] Well [D] I rode to the one _ at the fortune _ teller place.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] [G] Well I went on down to the one at the fortune teller [D] place. _ _ _ _
_ [G] Well she [A] read my _
_ [N] _ mind and then she slapped [D] my [Am] _ _ [A] face.
[Am] _ [D] _ _
Illinois, [Am] _ [G] _ [A] Illinois, _ [D] Iowa.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Honey I've been so _ lonesome that I don't know what to do. _
_ Honey _ [G] _ I've been so lonesome that I don't know [D] what to do.
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
way [A] you treat me sweet mama well [B] I hope you're [D] lonesome too. _
_ _ [Dm] [D] Illinois, _ _ _ _
_ [A] Illinois, Iowa.
[D] Illinois, _
[C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] Illinois, _ Iowa. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] You'll lay.
_ [F] _
[E] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Good _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [G] idea, [C] good idea you [Am] keep me waiting [F] around.
I'll [G] just wait [C] here until you [Am] decide to come back to [F] town.
You [G] don't call us all [Ab] night, you send [C] me a message.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _