Mar22018

Clara Smith – Its Tight Like That Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele

ChordsE A B

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This is the chord progression of Its Tight Like That by Clara Smith on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
E E E E

[Verse 1]
E E
Listen here, folks. I’m gonna sing a little song,
E E
But you mustn’t get mad. I don’t mean no wrong.
A A
There’s an old maid name is Liza Beck
E E
Always singin’ the blues when she tumbles in bed.
B A E E
Oh, it’s tight like that. Oh, it’s tight like that.
B A E E
Hear me talkin’ to you. I mean it’s tight like that.

[Verse 2]
E E
I know a hotel that’s called the Cumberland Patch,
E E
Got a million bedbugs just to make you scratch.
A A
Monkey woke up a quarter to three,
E E
And he said to the flea, “Quit your pickin’ on me.”
B A E E
Oh, it’s tight like that. Oh, it’s tight like that.
B A E E
Ah, hear me talkin’ to you. I mean, it’s tight like that.

[Break 1]
E E E E
A A E E
B A E E

[Verse 3]
E E
Mandy Lee Jones got to rappin’ at night,
E E
And she never gets home till it’s comin’ daylight.
A A
Old Uncle Bill came ’bout half-past ten,
E E
Put the key in the hole, but he couldn’t get in.
B A
He says: “It’s tight like that. What’s the matter with it,
E E
gettin’ tight like that?
B A E E
Oh, hear me talkin’ to you, I mean it’s tight like that.”

[Verse 4]
E E
If you see my man, tell him to hurry home.
E E
I ain’t had no bread since he’s been gone.
A A
I love a man slender and slim.
E E
When he struts his stuff, why, it’s too bad, Jim.
B A E E
Oh, it’s tight like that. Oh, it’s tight like that.
B A E E
Ah, hear me talkin’ to you. I mean it’s tight like that.

[Break 2]
E E E E
A A E E
B A E E

[Verse 5]
E E
Oh, the little red rooster said to the hen:
E E
You ain’t laid a egg in I can’t tell when.”
A A
The little red hen said to the roosta:
E E
You don’t come around as often as you used ta.
B A
Now it’s tight like that. A long delay
E E
Makes it tight like that. Hear what I say.
B A E E
Hear me talkin’ to you. I mean it’s tight like that.

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How to play Its Tight Like That: key, chords and progression

Its Tight Like That by Clara Smith is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 3 chords: E, A and B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – E – B – A (IV – I – V – IV in E major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, G, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.