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Ma Rainey - Booze and Blues Chords

Chord reference D, G7, D7, A7, G
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[D]Went to bed last night, and [G7]boy I was in my [D]sleep, [D7]sleep Went [G]to bed last night, and I was in my [D]sleep Woke [A7]up this morn in’, the [G]police was shakin’ [D]me [G7] [D]

I [D]went to thejailhouse, [G7]drunk and blue as I could [D]be.e[D7]ee I [G]went to thejailhouse, drunk and blue as I could [D]be. But that [A7]cruel old judge [G]sent my man away from [D]me. [G7] [D]

They [D]carried me to the courthouse [G7]Lordy, how I was [D]cryin’. [D7] They [G]carried me to the courthouse Lordy, how I was [D]cryin’. They [A7]jailed me sixty days in jail, and [G]money couldn’t pay the fine. [G7] [D]

[D]Sixty days ain’t long when you can [G7]spend them as you [D]choose. [D7] [D]Sixty days ain’t long when you can spend them as you [D]choose. But this [A7]seems like jail, in a [G7]cell where there ain’t no [D]booze. [G7] [D]

My [D]life is all a misery [G7]when I cannot get my [D]booze. [D7] My [G]life is all a misery when I cannot get my [D]booze. I spend [A7]every dime on liquor, got to [G]have the booze to go with these [D]blues. [G7] [D]

Artist Ma Rainey
Album Single
Genres Blues
Year 1924
Key D

How to Play Booze and Blues on Guitar?

Ma Rainey - Booze and Blues can be played in the key of D using the D, G7, D7, A7, G chords.

  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.
  • For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.
  • For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Booze and Blues with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.