Hollowpoint Blues Chords

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Hollowpoint Blues by Shovels And Rope is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, C and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D 

D 
Drink me a bottle of nighttrain 
                                       G 
I'mma drink me a bottle of nightrain 
                                       D 
I'mma drink me a bottle of nightrain 
      G                                         D 
Drink so much on the bottle I forget his name 

       D 
He got hollow point teeth and a rhythm when he walk 

Hollow point teeth and a rhythm when he walk 
G                                              D 
Hollow point teeth and a rhythm when he walk 
     G                                                              D 
Lord knows I love to make em but I can't understand him when he talk 

          C                     Am                     D 
You gotta find somebody that?ll take a little mercy on you 

D 
Told my secret to a junky whore 

Told my secret to a junky whore 
G                                 D 
Told my secret to a junky whore 
    G                                                  D 
She looked at me pitiful, said I been down that road before 

       D 
Well I won't let nobody tell me what I do 

Won't let nobody tell me what I do 
G                                    D 
Won't let nobody tell me what I do 
      G                                           D 
And I believe in my pistol more than I believe in you 

    C                            Am                     D 
You better find somebody that'll take a little mercy on you 

       D 
When I find that man I'mma shake him to the ground 
Find that man I'mma shake him to the ground 
G                                                D 
Find that man I'mma shake em, shake em, shake em down 
    G                                        D 
All around for round for round and pound for pound 

           C                     Am                     D 
You better find somebody that'll take a little mercy on you 
           C                     Am                     D 
You better find somebody that'll take a little mercy on you 
           C                     Am                     D 
You better find somebody that'll take a little mercy on you 

Won't be me, won't be me, won?t be me 
    	

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