Lightning Bar Blues Chords

KeyE Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays545

Lightning Bar Blues by Arlo Guthrie is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			
 
 

Intro 
C Am C Am 
C Am G C 
G C C 
 
C               Am                    C                Am 
I don't need no diamond ring, I don't need no Cadillac car 
C                   Am               G                C 
Just wanna drink my ripple wine down in the Lightnin' Bar 
     G                C   C 
Down in the Lightnin' Bar 

verse 1 
C                 Am                C                      Am 
Some people value fortune and fame, I don't care about 'em none 
C                   Am                 G                 C 
Just wanna drink my ripple wine, wanna have my good time fun 
G                 C   C 
Have my good time fun 

C               Am                    C                Am 
I don't need no diamond ring, I don't need no Cadillac car 
C                   Am               G                C 
Just wanna drink my ripple wine down in the Lightnin' Bar 
     G                C   C 
Down in the Lightnin' Bar 

Instrumental 
C Am C Am 
C Am G C 
G C C 

verse 2 
C                 Am                C          Am 
When I die, don't cry for me, don't bury me at all 
C                          Am                G          C 
Place my livin', laughin', lovin' bones in a jar of alcohol 
G                 C   C 
Hundred-proof alcohol 

C               Am                    C                Am 
I don't need no diamond ring, I don't need no Cadillac car 
C                   Am               G                C 
Just wanna drink my ripple wine down in the Lightnin' Bar 
     G                C   C 
Down in the Lightnin' Bar 

C               Am                    C                Am 
I don't need no diamond ring, I don't need no Cadillac car 
C                   Am               G                C 
Just wanna drink my ripple wine down in the Lightnin' Bar 
     G                C   C 
Down in the Lightnin' Bar 

Outro 
C Am C Am 
C Am G C 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante