Same Old Blues Chords

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Same Old Blues by Freddie King is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G#dim, D/A, D/C, B7, E7, A7, D, F#7, Bm, Am7 and D9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: 
  G     G#dim D/A D/C B7 
  E7    A7    D       F+ 




D      F#7       Bm 
  Morning rain, keeps on falling 
D           F#7          Bm              Am7 D9 
  Like the tears that fall from my eyes 
G                 G#dim       D/A  D/C         B7  
  As I sit in my room staring out    at the gloom 
E7                A7                 D        F+ 
  That's the rain in the same, same old blues 

D         F#7            Bm 
  I can't help, I can't help but thinking 
D             F#7           Bm                Am7 D9 
  When the sun, used to shine in my back door 
           G                 G#dim        D/A     D/C             B7 
  Now the sun, is turned to rain, all my laughter, is turned to pain 
E7                A7         D        F+ 
  it's the pain of the same old blues 

Solo: 
  D     F#7   Bm    / 
  D     F#7   Bm    Am7 D9 
  G     G#dim D D/C B7 
  E7    A7    D     F+ 

D      F#7        Bm 
  Sunshine, sunshine is all you see now 
D         F#7    Bm 
  But it all, looks like clouds to me 
       G              G#dim        D/A D/C    B7 
  But as I sit in my room staring out at the gloom 
E7                        A7         D    B7 
  It's the rain, it's the same old blues,    yeah 
E7                        A7         D    B7 
  It's the rain, it's the same old blues,    yeah 
E7                        A7         D 
  It's the rain, it's the same old blues, 
    	

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