Cool Blues Song He Made Up Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays375

Cool Blues Song He Made Up by John Lee Hooker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A7 and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			just 1 of ol' Johns master piecies 
(Play this in E major) 
E -0-----0---0----0----  
A -----------------------  
D -----------------------   X 2 
G -0h1-----------------  
B -----0-2-0-3-0-2-0-  
E -----------------------  
 
( Play this in A7) 
 
E ------------------------------------  
A -0----0----0----0---0----0-------  
D ------------------------------------  
G ------------------------------------  X 2 
B 1/2--------------------------------  
E -----0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-0-2-------  
 
Riff 2 ( fill) 
 
E ------------------3bd-0---  
A -------------2p0----------  
D -----------2---------------  
G --4---2p0-----------------  
B -3--3----------------------  
E ----------------------------  
 
Intro                                        B7 
E -------------------------------------------2  
A ---------------------------------0-1-2-----0  
D -------------------------------------------1  
G -4---4--3---3---2---2--h1------------------2  
B -------------------------------------------0  
E ---4-------3-------2--------0--------------2  
Outro 
E -0--4--4-4-------------------------------  
A ------------0------ -1-------------------  
D -----------------------------------------  
G ---------------0-------0-----0h1---------  
B ----4--4----2----2---1--1------0-2/3p0---  
E --0---0---------------------------------0  
 

    	

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