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Muddy Waters – Corine Corina Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G7

[Verse 1]
          G7
Tell me Corina where
 you been so long?
          C7
Tell me Corina,
                  G7
where you been so long?
                 D7
I haven't had no loving,
  C7             G7
 since you been gone

[Verse 2]
G7
Tell me Corina where
you stayed last night?
           C7
Tell me Corina where
                 G7
 you stayed last night?
That ain't none of
    D7
 my business
C7
Since she treat me
 G7     D7
 right

[Verse 3]
            G7
Oh little Corina I tell
 the world I do
         C7
I love Corina I tell
 the world I do
            D7
I hope some day she will,
  C7              G7    D7
 come to love me too

[Harmonica]
G7    C7   G7
  D7  C7  G7

[Verse 4]
        G7
I met Corina,
way across the sea
        C7
I met Corina,
                G7
way across the sea
She wouldn't write
       D7
me no letter,
  C7
 she didn't care
      G7   D7
for me

[Verse 5]
          G7
Tell me Corina where
you been so long
          C7
Tell me Corina where
             G7
you been so long
                 D7
I haven't had no lovin'
 C7             G7    D7
 since you been gone

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[Verse 6]
          G7
Bye-bye Corina,
 I got to leave you now
          C7
Bye-bye Corina,
                    G7
I got to leave you now
                       D7
Well I know you didn't mean
     C7          G7
 it, no good, no how!

[Outro-Harmonica]
G7    C7   G7
  D7  C7  G7

How to play Corine Corina: key, chords and progression

These are Corine Corina chords by Muddy Waters on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Corine Corina by Muddy Waters is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 3 chords: G7, C7 and D7.

Most of the song cycles through G7 – C7 – G7 – D7 (I7 – IV7 – I7 – V7 in G major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.