Rockin' Chair Chords
Rockin' Chair by Louis Amstrong is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D9, D9sus4, D7/9, G, G6, Gm7, Edim, F#m, B7, E7, A7, Bm, F#7, Bm7, C#7, Bm5-/7, A7/13-, D7, Fdim and Gdim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D D9 D9sus4 D9 D7/9 G G6 Gm7 Edim
Ol' rockin' chair's got me, my cane by my side
D F#m B7 E7 A7 Edim
Fetch me that gin, son, 'fore I tan your hide
Bm F#7 Bm7 F#7 Bm7 C#7 F#7
Can't get from this cabin, go no where
E7 Bm5-/7 E7
Just sit me here grabbin'
A7 A7/13- D
At the flies 'round my rockin' chair
Bridge
D7 Fdim D9 D7 D7 Fdim D9 D7
My dear old Aunt Harriet in Heaven she be
C#7 F#m B7 E7 Bm5-/7 A7 E7 A7
Send me sweet chariot, for the end of that trouble I see
D D9 D9sus4 D9 D7/9 G G6 Gm7 Edim
Ol' rockin' chair gets it judgment day is here
D F#m Bm7 G Gdim Edim D
Chained to my old rockin' chair