Jun12023

Colter Wall – Corralling The Blues Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsC Em Amadd9C/GF Gsus4 G Am A7 D7 G7

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These are Corralling The Blues chords by Colter Wall on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C   Em   Amadd9
 C/G   F   Gsus4
  C   G
C   Em   Amadd9
  C/G
F   G   C   G

[Verse 1]
C
   I might get to
         Em
 thinkin'
      Am
That I might could
      C/G
quit drinkin'
    F           G
But then what else
         C        G
 is there, to do
C
   And it's this
       Em
contemplation
Am
   That spurs
       C/G
conversation
         F
With the ceilin' that
      G            C   G
I've been talkin' to

[Verse 2]
C
    If I keep
         Em
my hands workin'
Am
   It holds off
     C/G
 the hurtin'
        F   G
For the work,
           C        G
is all but through
C
   But when the day's
     Em
 at a close
Am              C/G
   And I'm all alone
        F
You can guess where
   G            C    C/G
 my mind wanders to

[Chorus]
           F
And it's a feelin'
          G
 I have known
        C
Since before
       A7
I was grown
    D7         G
I'm howlin', corraling
     C       G
 the blues

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[Interlude]
C   Em   Amadd9
 C/G   F   G   C   G
C   Em   Amadd9
 C/G   F   G   C   C/G

[Outro]
           F
And it's a feelin'
         G
I have known
        C          A7
Since before I was grown
    D7         G
I'm howlin', corraling
     C       C/G
the blues
    D7         G7
I'm howlin', corraling
    C     Em   Amadd9
the blues
  C/G   F   G

How to play Corralling The Blues: key, chords and progression

Corralling The Blues by Colter Wall is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 11 chords: C, Em, Amadd9, C/G, F, Gsus4, G, Am, A7, D7 and G7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C/G – F – G – C (I – IV – V – I in C major), the I–IV–V–I, the backbone of gospel, blues and folk. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.