Lawdy Miss Clawdy Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays446

Lawdy Miss Clawdy by Johnny Rivers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, A, E, Gbm, D, Dbm, Bm, Abm7 and Gb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: B A E A B (x2) 

#1. 
      E 
Well, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy,  
A   E 
you sure look good to me. 
A            Gbm               A 
Yeah, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy Miss Clawdy,  
              E 
you know, you sure look good to me. 
           B 
Well, now, don't you do it, baby, you  
A       D        E  B 
know it can't be me. 

#2. 
A E 
I give you all my money, whoa, but you  
Dbm   E 
don't treat me right. 
        A    B          A      Gbm 
Yeah, I give you all my money, whoa, but  
Dbm                E 
you don't treat me right. 
            Bm          B        A 
You like to dance every morning, won't come  
B                E 
home til late at night. 

#3. 
B         E     A       E 
I'm gonna tell, tell my mama, oh, what you  

been doin' to me. 
              A                        E 
Oh, I'm gonna tell, tell my mama, what you  

been doin' to me. 
A         D         B    A      E      B 
I'm gonna tell everybody I'm in misery. 


INTERLUDE: E Abm7 E A E A Gbm E A E A B 

           A E A B..E Abm7 E A Gbm A E 

           A E A B Gb A Gbm E A B 


#4. 
B         E     A       E 
I'm gonna tell, tell my mama, oh, what you  

been doin' to me. 
              A                        E 
Oh, I'm gonna tell, tell my mama, what you  

been doin' to me. 
A         D         B    A      E      B 
I'm gonna tell everybody I'm in misery. 
            

OUTRO: 
      E 
Well, bye, bye-bye baby, I won't be comin'  

no more. 
      A 
Well, bye, bye-bye baby, I won't be comin'  
   E 
no more. 
     B                 A               E 
Yes, bye-bye, darlin', down the road I go. 
 
    	

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