Roy's Bluz Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays451

Roy's Bluz by Roy Buchanan is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, Cmaj7, E7, F#7, Bm7, A, E, G, G#7, A7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Roy's Bluz: Roy Buchanan 
 
INTRO: 
     Bm           Cmaj7        E7         F#7 
E---|-------------------------|-------------------| 
B---|--------3----------5-----|-----3--3-----3p2--| 
G---|--------2----------4-----|-----1--1-----3----|  x2 
D---|-----4----------5--------|-------------------| 
A---|--2--------2/3--------2--|-------------------| 
E---|-------------------------|--0--------2-------| 
 
                            Bm7  Cmaj7  E7  F#7 
Goin down to the graveyard 
                                                     Bm7 Cmaj7 E7 F#7 
Gotta see my baby gotta see my baby just one more time 
                           Bm7  Cmaj7  A E F#7 
Goin down to the graveyard 
                                                             Bm7  Cmaj7  
E7  F#7 
Gotta see my baby gotta see my baby gotta see my baby just one more time 
 
G                                           E7 
You know she done sold her soul to the devil 
                                             F#7  G  E7  F#7 
And I'm just about just about to lose my mind 
 
Bm7                       Cmaj7    E7          F#7     
The train is always going  Always leaves at 3.09 
RIFF 1: 
E---|-----------------------------------------| 
B---|-----------------------------------------| 
G---|-----------------------------------------| 
D---|--4--2--0--4--2--0-----------------------| 
A---|--------------------------2--4--2-----2--| 
E---|--------------------2--5-----------5-----| 
 
Bm7                       Cmaj7    E7          F#7     
The train is always going  Always leaves at 3.09 
RIFF 
2:                                                                         
E---|--------------------------------------------| 
B---|-----2--2-----2--2-----2--2-----------------| 
G---|-----3--3-----3--3-----3--3-----------------| 
D---|--4--------2--------------------------------| 
A---|--------------------5--------4--------4--2--| 
E---|--------------------------------2--5--------| 
 
Bm7                                  Cmaj7     E7 
Well I'm gonna tell a whole lot of people 
                                F#7  G  G#7  A7 
It's always left Buchanan behind 
 
                                    Band enters - Blues in A 
E---|----------12/14\12--14--15----|-15/17-------------- 
B---|--10~~------------------------|-----------ETC------ 
G---|------------------------------|-------------------- 
D---|------------------------------|-------------------- 
A---|------------------------------|-------------------- 
E---|------------------------------|-------------------- 
 
A 
You ought to be ashamed 
D 
How could you treat me so bad 
A 
You ought to be ashamed 
D 
How could you treat me so damn bad 
E7 
You been talking bout poor old me 
      D                                 A 
And I thought you were the only thing I ever had 

    	

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