Smokey Joe's Cafe Chords
by Coasters
Smokey Joe's Cafe by Coasters is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb, C, Fm, Eb and Ab. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
F Bb F F Bb F
Whhhyyy..Smokey Joe's Cafe..Whhhyyy..Smokey Joe's Cafe..
#1.
F Bb F
One day while I was eating beans at Smokey Joe's Café.
F Bb F
Just sittin', diggin' on the scene at Smokey Joe's Café.
Bb
A chick came walkin' through the door, that I'd never
F Bb F
seen before..at least I'd never saw her down at Smokey Joe's
C F
Café..and I started shakin' when she sat right now next
Fm Eb F C
to me.
#2.
F Bb F
Her knees were almost touching mine at Smokey Joe's Café.
F Bb F
A chill was running down my spine at Smokey Joe's Café.
Bb
I could smell her sweet perfume..she smiled at me, my heart
went boom.
F Bb F
Then everybody in the room at Smokey Joe's Café..they said,
C Bb F Fm Ab
"Man be careful, that chick belongs to Smokey Joe."
#3.
F Bb F Bb
Then from behind the counter, I saw a man, a chef hat on his
F Bb
head and a knife in his hand.
Bb C Bb C
He grabbed me by my collar and began to shout, "You'd better
eat up all your beans, boy, and clear right on out!!"
F Bb F
I know I'll never eat again at Smokey Joe's Café and so we'll
Bb F
never meet again at Smokey Joe's Café.
#4.
Bb
I'd rather eat my chili beans at Jack's or John's or Jim's or
F Bb F
Jean's, than take my chances eating down at Smokey Joe's Café.
C Bb F
I risked my life when, that Smokey Joe, the crazy fool..
INTERLUDE:SAX: Bb C Bb..F Fm C..Bb F C..Bb F
OUTRO:
F Bb F F Bb F
Whhhyyy..Smokey Joe's Cafe..Whhhyyy..Smokey Joe's Cafe..
F Bb F F Bb F
Whhhyyy..Smokey Joe's Cafe..Whhhyyy..Smokey Joe's Cafe..
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.