Tb Blues Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays408

Tb Blues by Jimmie Rodgers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C7, F, C and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
C7 
My good gal’s trying to make a fool out of me. 
   F                                  C 
My gal’s trying to make a fool out of me, 
          G7                                     C 
Trying to make me believe I ain’t got that old T.B. 
               G7 C 
I’ve got the T.B. blues. 


verse 2 
C7 
When it rained down sorrow, it rained all over me. 
        F                                      C 
When it rained down sorrow, it rained all over me, 
         G7                                      C 
Cause my body rattles like a train on that old S.P. 
               G7 C 
I’ve got the T.B. blues. 


verse 3 
C7 
I’ve got that old T.B., I can’t eat a bite. 
         F                       C 
Got that old T.B., I can’t eat a bite. 
       G7                               C 
Got me worried so I can’t even sleep at night. 
               G7 C 
I’ve got the T.B. blues. 


verse 4 
C7 
I’ve been fightin’ like a lion, looks like I’m going to lose. 
          F                                             C 
I’ve been fightin’ like a lion, looks like I’m going to lose, 
            G7                                 C 
Cause there ain’t nobody ever whipped the T.B. blues. 
               G7 C 
I’ve got the T.B. blues. 


verse 5
C7 
Gee, but that graveyard is a lonesome place. 
F                                     C 
Gee, but that graveyard is a lonesome place. 
             G7                                        C 
They put you on your back, throw that mud down in your face. 
               G7 C 
I’ve got the T.B. blues. 
    	

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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