The Seventh Son Chords
The Seventh Son by Johnny Rivers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(E throughout all verses)
E
Everybody talkin' 'bout the seventh son
In the whole wide world there is only one
A E
I'm the one, I'm the one
B
I'm the one, I'm the one
A E
The one they call the seventh son
Verse 2:
I can tell your future, it will come to pass
I can do things to you make your heart feel glad
Look in the sky, predict the rain
Tell when a woman's got another man
(chorus)
Verse 3:
I can talk these words that will sound so sweet
They will even make your little heart skip a beat
Heal the sick, raise the dead
Make the little girls talk out of their heads
(chorus)
(instrumental: 4 measures of E, then pattern of chorus, then 4 more measures of E)
(repeat verse 3 then repeat chorus twice)