Emily Jane White – Bessie Smith chords

Chords:
Transpose:
Emily Jane White - Bessie Smith
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(Standard Tuning, No Capo)

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| Dm xx0231 | | G 320033 | | G6 650066 |
| G5 540055 |----------------
Intro picking pattern: Dm |---------1-||---3-------||-----0h2---| x7|-0---------||-----------||-----------|
Verse picking pattern: Dm G G6 G5|---------1---------1---------3-------3---------6-------6---------5-------5-||---3---------3-----------3-------3---------6-------6---------5-------5-----||-----0h2-------0h2---------0-------0---------0-------0---------0-------0---||-0---------0---------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------2-----------------5-----------------4-------||-----------------------3-----------------6-----------------5---------------|
Dm G G6 G5|---------1---------1---------3-------3---------6-------6---------5-------5-||---3---------3-----------3-------3---------6-------6---------5-------5-----||-----0h2-------0h2---------0-------0---------0-------0---------0-------0---||-0---------0---------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------2-----------------5-----------------4-------||-----------------------3-----------------6-----------------5---------------|
Dm |---------1---------1---------1---------1-||---3---------3---------3---------3-------| (You only play this when the |-----0h2-------0h2-------0h2-------0h2---| sentence ends in a Dm Chord)|-0---------0---------0---------0---------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
Best of luck! And here's the song: Intro: Dm hammer on x7 Verse:
Dm G G6 G5 I said oh oh, Bessie Smith why do you hang your head so low?
G6 G5 G6 G5 DmI would die in heaven, I would die in heaven just to meet your soul
Dm G G6 G5 I said oh oh, Bessie Smith why do you hang your head so low?
G6 G5 G6 G5 I would die in heaven, I would die in heaven just to meet you
Dm G G6 G5 Shot to the ego boy it's where this knife runs through
G6 G5 DmThree wise men call Bessie down for a dual
Dm G G6 G5 Shot to the ego boy it's where this knife runs through
G6 G5 DmThree wise men call Bessie down for a dual
Dm G G6 G5 I said oh oh, father lay me down
G6 G5 DmDown on this sunken ground
Dm G G6 G5 I said oh oh, father lay me down
G6 G5 DmDown on this sunken ground
(Starts escalating downward strumming) Dm G G6 G5 x2
Dm G G6 G5But she's got a crucifix hidin' way down in this pit, oh
Dm G G6 G5If you wish to call her out. Call her with your bravest shout
(Then calmer strumming)
Dm G G6 G5 I said oh oh, father lay me down
G6 G5 Dm (hammer ons while strumming) Down on this sunken ground
Dm G G6 G5 I said oh oh, father lay me down
G6 G5 DmDown on this sunken ground
(Back to picking)
Dm G G6 G5 I said oh oh, Bessie Smith why do you hang your head so low?
G6 G5 G6 G5 I would die in heaven, I would die in heaven,
G6 G5 I would die in heaven just to meet your soul
Outro: Dm |---------1---------1---3---1-||---3---------3---------3---3-||-----0h2-------0h2-----2---2-| |-0---------0-----------0---0-||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
Thanks to Emily Jane White!
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