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Slim Harpo – Blues Hangover Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
D7 G7 D7 A7 G7 D7 A7



[Verse 1]
Lord, I wonder
what
     D7
done happened
D7
Ain't nobody here
 but me
All these empty
bottles on the
            G7
table here
I know I didn't
drink all
               D7
this by myself
I must have a
blues
          A7
hangover
              G7
What's this?
             D7
My check!?!
And I don't have
 change
for a grasshopper
 and
that's two
         A7
crookies
      D7
Uh oh

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[Verse 2]
D7
Here come Pro
D7
Sent in for
this doggie
But he ain't got
         G7
no money
G7
Look like he
done lost
everything he
ever just had
Ain't that's a
         D7
come-off
D7
Dear me
A7
 I done gave my
baby
twenty dollars
for a Christmas
present
G7
 All I got was a
slice of jelly
cake
D7
 And Sam and
 Nedetta
Now that's a
A7
wolf-jenny

[Verse 3]
D7
 Well, I'll
believe
 I'll go
on back on the
stem now
D7
With James,
Rudolph and
Tom Cat
Get my head bad
       G7
again
Don't seem like
nothin' goin'
right for me
       D7
today
D7
All Right,
here I go
A7
 Same old thing
 again
G7
 Look out
     D7 A7 D7
now!

How to play Blues Hangover: key, chords and progression

To play Blues Hangover by Slim Harpo, think in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). It takes 3 chords: D7, G7 and A7.

Listen for D7 – G7 – D7 – A7 (I7 – IV7 – I7 – V7 in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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