Sep282024

Mama Shakers – Lovesick Blues Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsEm A7 D7 G F#dim7 B7 D A Ab G7 C E7

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[Intro]
Em A7        D7 G
Em A7        D7 G
Em F#dim7 B7 Em F#dim7 B7
    Em
I’m in love, I’m
in love, with
a beautiful man,
B7
  that’s what’s
                Em
the matter with me.
Oh, I’m in love,
I’m in love,
with a beautiful
 man,
A7
but he doesn’t
care
       D
 about me.
     D7
Lord, I tried,
how I tried,
G
I cried, and I
sighed,
B7
  but he just
 would
   Em
refuse.
   A7
And now that
 he is
 D    B7
gone away,
I have
 A  Ab
got the
 A   A
lovesick
  D
blues.

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[Verse 1]
I have got a feeling
             G
called the blues, oh,
Lord, since my baby
         D7
said goodbye.
 Lord, I don’t
 know
 what I’ll do,
 all I do is sit
     G        G7
and cry, oh, Lord.
           C
That long day he
 said
 goodbye; oh,
  G
 Lord, I wanted
    E7
to die.
       A7
 He’ll do me,
he’ll do you,
he’s got that
kind of
       D7
loving;  oh, how
I loved it when
 he
 called me.
You’ll see the
  G
 day gleam,
oh Lord, such a
           D7
beautiful dream,
 I hate to think
 it’s all
over; it’s getting
           B7
harder it seems.
              C
I’ve grown so used
 to that
man somehow,
that I’m
 G
nobody’s sugar
  E7
 mama now;
 it’s awful when
 you’re
 A7      D7
lonesome,  I have
 got the
           G
lovesick blues.

[Bridge]
G D7   G
solo guitar


[Verse 2]
G  D7         G G7
C  G E7  A7   D7
G  D7         B7
C  G E7 A7 D7 G
solo banjo



[Bridge]
B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em A7 D7



[Verse 3]
I have got a
 feeling called
      G
the blues, oh,
Lord, since my
baby said
    D7
goodbye (said
goodbye).
 Lord, I don’t
know
what I’ll do,
all I do is sit
 and
 G        G7
cry, oh, Lord.
That last long
 C
day he
 said goodbye;
 oh no,
 G
Lord, I wanted
    E7
to die.
       A7
 He’ll do me, he’ll
do you,
he’s got that kind
of loving;
D7
  how I loved it
 when
 he called me.
       G
Sweet baby, oh
 Lord,
such a beautiful
 D7
dream (such a
 dream),
 I hate to think
 it’s
all over; it’s
getting
           B7
harder it seems.
I’ve grown so
C
used
to that
 man somehow,
that I’m
 G
nobody’s sugar
 E7
mama now;
 and now that I’m
 A7      D7
lonesome,  I
have got the
           G
lovesick blues.

[Coda]
I’ve grown so
C
used to
 that man
 somehow
(that man
     G
somehow),
 that
I’m nobody’s
sugar
 E7
mama now;
 and now I’m
 A7      D7
lonesome,   I
have got the
           G
lovesick blues.
G D7  G
solo guitar

Watch: Lovesick Blues

From Mama Shakers - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Lovesick Blues: key, chords and progression

Lovesick Blues by Mama Shakers keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 12 chords: Em, A7, D7, G, F#dim7, B7, D, A, Ab, G7, C and E7.

Listen for C – G – E7 – A7 (IV – I – VI7 – II7 in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – lah – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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