Rocking Chair Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays507

Rocking Chair by Eric Clapton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C#7, C9, B7, D/F#, C#m, Am7, Eb7, Abm, F#, E7, A and A7/Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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16
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Intro: E  C#7  C9  B7 

E               D/F#    C#m        Am7 
Oh rockin chair got me, cane by my side. 
E           C#7      C9               B7 
Fetch me my gin son, fore I tan your hide. 
E               C#m       Eb7            Abm 
Cant get from this cabin, I aint goin nowhere. 
F#                            B7                     E  E7 
Sittin here grabbin at the bars round my rockin chair. 
A                A7/Bb    E            B7         E        
Remember ol Aunt Harriet, How long in heaven she be 
C#m      Eb7        Abm              F#                    B7 
        Send out my chariot, for the end of my troubles, I see. 
E               D/F#    C#m                    Am7 
Oh rockin chair got me, judgement days almost here. 
E                F#   B7      E 
Im chained to my old, rockin chair.      

 E    C#7     C9     B7 


E                   C#m  Eb7             Abm 
Cant get from this cabin, I aint goin nowhere. 
F#                           B7                     E   E7 
Sittin here grabbin, at the bars round my rockin chair. 
A                A7/Bb    E           B7         E        
Remember ol Aunt Harriet, How long in heaven she be 
C#m    Eb7          Abm              F#                    B7 
       Send out my chariot, for the end of my troubles, I see. 
E         D/F#              C#m                                Am7 
Oh rockin chair got me, judgement days almost here. 
E                F#  B7     E 
Im chained to my old rockin chair 
E                F#  B7     E 
Im chained to my old rockin chair 
 
    	

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