Preachin Blues Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays371

Preachin Blues by Sidney Bechet is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro

verse 1 
    C                   C 
Now in the good book on page twenty-one 
     C                         C 
Says ev'ry married woman gonna have a little fun 
           F                           F 
'N' if you turn over further, boys, on page twenty-two 
        C                       C 
Says my wife is John's wife 'n' Henry's gal too 
    G                   F 
And in the good book on page twenty-three 
            C                          C 
Says she'll two-time you jus' like she double-crossed me 

verse 2 
    C                   C 
And in the good book on page twenty-four 
            C                                          C 
Says if yo' wife do the boogie firs' time look out she gon' do that some mo' 
   F                               F 
'N lemme tell ya sumpn' about that twenty-fifth page 
            C                    C 
It say that back bitin' women is all the rage 
    G                   F 
And in the good book on page twenty-six 
     C                                          C 
Says you keep your wife home, boy, if you gotta mess 'n' treat her wid a brick 

verse 3 
    C                     C 
Now page twenty-seven, it read like this 
            C                          C 
Say if your wife get hungry give 'er a mouthful of fist 
    F                   F 
Now in the good book on page twenty-eight 
             C                                     C 
Say when you go out to work a bunch of pinch backs comin' in to yo' back gate 
        G                          F 
And the closin' of my sermon is on page twenty-nine 
       C                          C 
Says a woman get tired of one man all the time 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
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