4 20 Blues Chords

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4 20 Blues by Jeffrey Foucault is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G 
Four and twenty blackbirds sitting on a fence 
G 
Four and twenty years and I been trying to make some sense 
       C    
But it don't look too good mama 
                        G 
Don't look too good for me 
      D                          C                     G    
I was wading in the water but I only got washed out to sea 

g 
Four and twenty blackbirds flying through the sky 
G 
Four and twenty years and still I'm barely getting by 
       C  
But it don't look too good mama 
                        G  
Don't look too good for me 
       D                             C                    G 
I was toiling in the fields But the whirlwind is all I did see 

G 
Four and twenty blackbirds crowing up above 
G 
Four and twenty years and I been in and out of love 
       C 
But it don't look too good mama 
                        G  
Don't look too good for me 
        D                        C                     G 
Well my cup runneth over But it never seems to satisfy me 

G      
It's four and twenty thunder, Four and twenty rain 
G 
I just walking on the rails, I just keep grinning at the train 
        C 
But it don't look too good mama 
                        G 
Don't look too good for me 
       D                       C                     G 
Oh my cup runneth over But it never seems to satisfy me 

G 
Four and twenty blackbirds crowing on a wire 
G 
Four and twenty years that I been caught up in desire 
       C 
But it don't look too good mama 
                        G 
Don't look too good for me 
       D                           C                       G 
I got one taste of the apple and I wanted the whole damned tree  
       D                           C                       G 
I got one taste of the apple and I wanted the whole damned tree 
    	

Chord diagrams

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