Forty Nine Nights Chords

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Forty Nine Nights by Boxcar Willie is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G 
Well forty nine nights and I ain’t had no sleep 

     C                                    G 
Yeah forty nine nights and I ain’t had no sleep 

D7                                  G 
Forty nine nights make a man mighty weak 



Forty nine nights since baby went away 

      C                           G 
Forty nine nights since baby went away 

D7                                    G 
Forty nine nights and I ain’t hit the hay 



One more day my baby’s coming home 

    C                         G 
One more day my baby’s coming home 

D7                               G 
Twenty-four hours and I won’t be alone 



Well in one more day my baby’s coming home 

    C                         G 
One more day my baby’s coming home 

D7                               G 
Twenty-four hours and I won’t be alone 


G 
Well forty nine nights and I ain’t had no sleep 

     C                                    G 
Yeah forty nine nights and I ain’t had no sleep 

D7                                  G 
Forty nine nights make a man mighty weak 



Forty nine nights since baby went away 

      C                           G 
Forty nine nights since baby went away 

D7                                    G 
Forty nine nights and I ain’t hit the hay 


G 
Well forty nine nights and I ain’t had no sleep 

     C                                    G 
Yeah forty nine nights and I ain’t had no sleep 

D7                                  G 
Forty nine nights make a man mighty weak 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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