Big Mouth Blues Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays446

Big Mouth Blues by BR-549 is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D   
Well, I was born in a little bitty tar hut   
              D                                                  G 
You know they called me a man 'cause I couldn't keep my big, big mouth shut   
   G                                                       D 
So tell me, what's the use of me sitting here leaving when any ole day I might be even    
G                                     D 
Lord knows that New York City's got a lot to do with it   
 
        G                                           D 
Yeah, I wish someday I could find the way to get it out of my brain    
     G                                          D  
This dirty old town's gonna sink right down and I don't want to go with it   
  A            
I wish there was a way that I knew to get even, a way to get my licks in, 'bobbin' and a-'weavin'   
A                                                         D 
Any ole thing besides goin' and a'leavin' you can do on a train   
   
 
Well, I once knew a man who sailed around the world twice   
He would have made it three but he took a lot of bad advice   
So tell me what's the use of me sittin' here leavin' when any ole day I might get even  
Lord knows New York City's got alot to do with it   
 
Chorus 
   
Solo 
 
Well, I once knew a man who sailed around the world two times   
But his motor cooled down and now he's deliverin' ice   
Tell me what's the use of me sittin' here leavin' when any ole day I might get even   
And Lord knows New York City's got a lot to do with it   
 
Chorus 
    	

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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Metronome

100 BPM Andante