Womans Blues chords by Laura Nyro

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Part:

My fingering suggestions are:

  Bb  F/G  Bb/G  Ab/F  Bb/G D/G   Bb/F   C  C/A  C/G
e|6--------6-----4--------------------------------------|
B|----6----------------------3--------------------------|
G|---------------------3----------3----------5----5-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------3----1--0----------|
E|----3----3-----1-----3-----3----1---------------3-----|

The song starts like this:

  Bb/C     Cm7  Csus4
  (horn)  (electric guitar lick)
e|-6------6----------------------|
B|--------------6-4-6-----4------|
G|----------------------------5--|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-3-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

  Bb               F/G       Bb/G Ab/F         F/G            Bb/G  Ab/F
(horn)  my lovers moooooooouuuuuuu-th   bin so gooooood to me
                  F/G       Bb/G Ab/F         Bb/G        D/G
       my lovers moooooooouuuuuuu-th   bin so gooooood to me
 Bb/F                 F/G   Bb/G        Ab/F             N.C.
     it promised jooo-oooy      fooor a jailhouse and a broken

    C   Bb   C/A    C/G
keee-eee-eee-eeey


Part: Note- use full chords now as normal

Cm      Gm                     Cm                Gm
Woah    God I gotta job on the chambers walls of heartache
Cm      Gm                  Bb
Woah    God its hard on the chamber's walls of heartache

Ab Gm Cm                Ab Gm          Fm         Cm    Gm
      Baby don't let me shuffle cause another one doooooo
Cm      Gm          Cm Gm Cm Gm
      A-nother one too

   Cm       Gm           Cm        Gm
my mans run off leave me motherless
   Cm       Gm          Cm      Gm      Cm     Gm              Cm         Gm
My mans run off left me motherless that man he ran just like a break in a dam

Cm      Gm                     Cm                Gm
Woah    God I gotta job on the chambers walls of heartache
Cm      Gm                  Bb
Woah    God its hard on the chamber's walls of heartache

Ab Gm Cm                Ab Gm          Fm         Cm   Gm
      Baby don't let me shuffle cause another one doooooo

Part: Note - Gsus4: 335553 G/F: xx0xx1

Cm   Gm         Cm   Gm     Cm    Gm           Cm           F
   A-nother one two, three  4! 5! 7! yaaa will never get to heaven
Ab
Don't talk wonder cause God broke thunder
Gm         Gm Gsus4 Gm   G/F
abooooove              (just 2 notes as in intro)
Ab                                Gm
You were lookin to hurt And I was hurtin to love ba ba ba ba ba
F                                  F
  My god well if it isnt everlovin you my my well if it isn't everlovin

Cm  Gm   Cm Gm   Cm Gm   Cm Gm
yooooooou

   Cm      Gm         Cm  Gm      Cm      Gm         Cm    Gm
Go live as long as an elephant go live as long as an elephant
    Cm         Gm            Cm         Gm
But there wont be more lovin woman than me

Cm    Gm                     Cm                    Gm
Woah  got to get gone better ride from the hill on heartache
Cm    Gm                     Bb
Woah  got to get gone better ride from the hill on heartache

Outro:

Ab Gm Cm                 Ab Gm       Fm
      Baby dont let me suffer cause another one
Ab Gm   Cm                Ab    Gm       Cm          Ab Gm  Cm
     My baby dont love me hitch hike and damn be done       damn be done
Ab Gm Cm          Ab Gm Cm          Ab Gm Cm          Ab Gm Cm
      Damn be done      damn be done      damn be done      damn be done
Ab Gm Cm          Ab Gm Cm          Ab Gm Cm          Ab Gm Cm
      Damn be done      damn be done      damn be done      damn be done