Oct202023

The Rolling Stones – Rolling Stone Blues Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsE A B

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[Intro]
E A E A
E A E A
E A E

[Verse 1]
A            E A        E
Well, I wish I was a catfish
A           E   A         E
Swimming in the deep blue sea
A        E
I'd have all you
                   A
good-looking women
E
 Fishin' after me,
 fishin' after me

Fishin' after me
E    A E    A
 Well,  well
E    A E A
 Well

[Verse 2]
E A           E  A
  When I went to my
        E
baby's house
A         E    A      E
And I sat down on her step

A              E
She said, "Now come on in now,
  A
 baby
   E
My husband, he just left
   E
My husband, he just left
   E
My husband, he just left"
E       A E A E
 Oh well

[Instrument]
A E
B A E
E A E A

[Verse 3]
A E         A     E
   Well, my mother told
            A
 my father
E            A E           A
 Just before I, I was born
E                     A
 She said, "Got a boy child
   E                  A
 comin', it's gon' be
E                        A
Gonna be a rolling stone
E                   A
 It's gonna be a rolling stone
     E
It's gonna be a rolling,
A E        A
  oh well"

[Outro]
E
A E A E
A E A E
A E

How to play Rolling Stone Blues: key, chords and progression

These are Rolling Stone Blues chords by The Rolling Stones on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Rolling Stone Blues by The Rolling Stones 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 E – A – E (I – IV – I in E major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh. Learn these 3 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.