Miseryn Chords

KeyC#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays522

Miseryn by Janis Joplin is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, Abm, B, A, E, Ab7, F# and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#m
Text
16
Speed
  			C#m 
I've been misery 'n, 
             Abm 
Ever since my daddy gone, yeah. 
B                 C#m 
I've been, honey, I've been misery 'n, yes I have, now. 
                       Abm 
Ever since my, since my daddy gone, gone, gone. 

                      A 
But I believe that it won't, 

Baby, it won't be too long, 
     E          Ab7  C#m 
If I just could hang on, 
      F# 
Yeah, until my, till my misery 
            B  B7 
Will all be gone. 

B 
Whoa, I said my rooms, you know, 
C#m 
 They're so empty, empty, empty, empty, empty. 
                      Abm 
Filled up with sadness, sometimes, yeah. 
B                      C#m 
 My rooms are so empty, empty, empty, empty. 
                            Abm 
Child, filled up with sadness, honey, sometimes, sometimes. 
           A 
Oh well it just, it just moves in, 
         E   Ab7   C#m 
Like the fog rolls in. 
      F# 
And I find I, well I can't see you, baby, 
       B    B7 
For my tears. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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