Messin With The Kid chords by The Blues Brothers

Chords with lyrics

Messin' With The Kid
Mel London (Blues Brothers)
Key of F# minorF#m
Tempo 136
12 Bar Blues

Walk down riff (notes) 2 bars B minorBm
BB A augmentedA F#F# E MajorE D MajorD C#C# BB A augmentedA BB

Verse:
B minorBm            B minorBm
What's this I hear There's a whole lotta talk
B minorBm                 B minorBm
The people say you try to quit the kid
   E MajorE   E MajorE             B minorBm B minorBm
Hey yeah     Tell me what you did
F# minorF#m
You can call it what you want
E MajorE                 B minorBm Bm
But I call it messin' with the kid

Verse:
B minorBm               B minorBm
Now the kid plays hot, And hot don't pay
B minorBm               B minorBm
I say what I mean, I mean what I say
   E MajorE      E MajorE        B minorBm B minorBm
Hey yeah   Tell me what you did
F# minorF#m
You can call it what you want
E MajorE
But I call it messin' with the kid

Walk down riff (notes) 2 Bars B minorBm
BB A augmentedA F#F# E MajorE D MajorD C#C# BB A augmentedA BB

Guitar Solo:
B minorBm Bm B minorBm Bm E MajorE E B minorBm Bm F# minorF#m E MajorE B minorBm Bm
over 12 bar blues

Verse:
B minorBm                 B minorBm
Well tell me you love me, You tell me a lie
B minorBm                      B minorBm
But I know I love ya baby, 'til the day I die
   E MajorE   E MajorE            B minorBm B minorBm
Hey yeah    Tell me what you did
F# minorF#m
You can call it what you want
E MajorE                 B minorBm Bm
But I call it messin' with the kid

Interlude:
Spoken over 12 bar blues
B minorBm Bm B minorBm Bm E MajorE E B minorBm Bm F# minorF#m E MajorE B minorBm Bm
Elwood, Elwood!
Yeah?
You wanna mess with the kid?
Nah Jake, I don't wanna mess with the kid.
Yeah I know, I know that. How about you guys back here?
You wanna mess with the kid?
Any of you guys eh?
How about you people out there you wanna mess with the kid?

Harmonica Solo:
B minorBm Bm B minorBm Bm E MajorE E B minorBm Bm F# minorF#m E MajorE
over 12 bar blues then last two bars
Walk down riff (notes)
BB A augmentedA F#F# E MajorE D MajorD C#C# BB A augmentedA BB

Verse:
B minorBm                 B minorBm
Gonna take the kid's car, Drive around town
B minorBm                 B minorBm
Tell everybody trying to put him down
   E MajorE    E MajorE            B minorBm B minorBm
Hey yeah      Tell me what you did
F# minorF#m
You can call it what you want
E MajorE                 B minorBm
But I call it messin' with the kid

Outro:
Walk down riff (notes) 3 times