Sister Bessie chords by Air

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C majorC

🎸 Intro:

C majorC B minorBm A minorAm C majorC B minorBm


🎸 Verse 1:
E minorEm     D MajorD            A minorAm
Sister Bessie, don't you say no prayer for me
C majorC      B minorBm          A minorAm
A augmentedA slow boat's gonna lead me where I'm bound
E minorEm     D MajorD          A minorAm
I'm for to travel far across the distant seas
C majorC      B minorBm         E minorEm
My destiny will lead me where I'm bound

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm       D MajorD            A minorAm
Only a child, and with a sweet child's tender heart
C majorC       B minorBm            A minorAm
Waiting for someone to call you mine
E minorEm       D MajorD                          A minorAm
How do you keep your faith when you are always falling? Yes
I'm falling
C majorC            D MajorD        E minorEm
How do you find a way to keep from crying?

🎸 Verse 2:
A minorAm                   G+G
Bessie, don't you weep
Bessie, don't you moan
F# minorF#m                   E minorEm
You stole my heart in oh so many ways
A minorAm                           G+G
But the woman who stole my soul has taken all I have
F# minorF#m                       B minorBm
And left me here alone and in a daze
E minorEm
Bessie, don't you weep no more

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm       D MajorD            A minorAm
Only a child, and with a sweet child's tender heart
C majorC       B minorBm            A minorAm
Waiting for someone to call you mine
E minorEm       D MajorD                          A minorAm
How do you keep your faith when you are always falling? Yes
I'm falling
C majorC            D MajorD        E minorEm
How do you find a way to keep from crying?

🎸 Verse 3:
A minorAm                   G+G
Bessie, don't you weep
Bessie, don't you moan
F# minorF#m                   E minorEm
You stole my heart in oh so many ways
A minorAm                           G+G
But the woman who stole my soul has taken all I have
F# minorF#m                       B minorBm
And left me here alone and in a daze
E minorEm                       C majorC B minorBm A minorAm C majorC B minorBm E minorEm
Bessie, don't you weep no more