It Serves You Right To Suffer chords by John Lee Hooker

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA

Verse 1:
E minorEm           A augmentedA     E MajorE
It serve you right to suffer
A augmentedA           E MajorE
Serve you right to be alone
A augmentedA           E minorEm
Serve you right to suffer
E minorEm
Serve you right to be alone
A augmentedA           E MajorE
Because you're still livin'
E MajorE
In days done past and gone

Chorus:
E MajorE
Every time you see a woman
E MajorE           E minorEm
She make you think of yours
EM              A augmentedA
Yeah, every time you see a woman
A augmentedA           E minorEm
She make you think of yours
E minorEm
And that's why, that's why, that's why
E MajorE
You can't keep from cryin'

Verse 2:
E MajorE   E minorEm
Your doctor put you on
E minorEm  A augmentedA       E minorEm
Milk, cream and alcohol
E minorEm
Your doctor put you on
E minorEm  G+G      E MajorE
Milk, cream and alcohol
E MajorE
He told you that's why
E MajorE
You can't sleep at night
E MajorE
From nerves, so bad
E MajorE
Yeah

Instrumental:
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA BB A augmentedA E minorEm E MajorE E minorEm A augmentedA E MajorE
E E minorEm

Chorus:
E MajorE
Every time you see a woman
G+G            EM
She makes you think of yours
E minorEm
Every time you see a woman
E minorEm    A augmentedA         E minorEm
She make you think of your own
E minorEm
She treated you so bad
E minorEm
You just couldn't keep from cryin'

Outro:
E MajorE  E minorEm
Umm, mmm, mmm
A augmentedA           E minorEm  Bm7Bm7
Your life never be the same
E minorEm  A augmentedA  E minorEm
Umm, umm, mmm
E minorEm   A augmentedA          E minorEm
You're still livin' in the days
BB
Done gone past and gone
E minorEm
And memories
E minorEm
Yeah-yeah
E minorEm
You can't live on
E minorEm
In that way
EM
In the past
G+G
Them days
G+G  E minorEm G+G
Is gone Gone