Misc: Blues : Muddy Waters

E

A

E

B

A

E

B7

E

Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you

A

E

Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you

B7

A

E

B7

I wanna love you so bad I don't know what to do

E

I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand

A

E

I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand

B7

A

E

B7

I'm gonna have all you women fetchin' at my command

E

Got my mojo working, got my mojo working

A

E

Got my mojo working, got my mojo working

B7

A

E

B7

Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you

Instrumental verse

E

I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice

A

E

I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice

B

A

E

B7

I got a whole lot of tricks keeping here on ice

E

G

A

The gypsy woman told my mother Before I was born I got a boy child's comin' He's gonna be a son of a gun He gonna make pretty women's Jump and shout Then the world wanna know

A

A7

What this all about

A

But you know I'm him

A7

A

Everybody knows I'm him

E

D

Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man

E

E7

A

Everybody knows I'm him I got a black cat bone I got a mojo too I got the John the Conqueror Root I'm gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls Lead me by my hand Then the world will know The hoochie coochie man But you know I'm him Everybody knows I'm him Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him On the seventh hours On the seventh day On the seventh month The seven doctors say He was born for good luck And that you'll see I got seven hundred dollars Don't you mess with me But you know I'm him Everybody knows I'm him Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him

G

Well I'm going away to leave Won't be back no more Going back down south, child Don't you want to go?

C

G

Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind

D

Well baby I just can't be satisfied

C

G

And I just can't keep from crying Well I feel like snapping Pistol in your face I'm going to let some graveyard Lord be your resting place Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind Well baby I just can't be satisfied And I just can't keep from crying Well now all in my sleep Hear my doorbell ring Looking for my baby I didn't see not a doggone thing Woman I was troubled, I was all worried in mind Well honey I could never be satisfied And I just couldn't keep from crying Well I know my little old baby She going to jump and shout That old train be late man, Lord And I come walking out I be troubled, I be all worried in mind Well honey ain't no way in the world could we be satisfied And I just can't keep from crying

Ooh, yeah Ooh, yeah Everything, everything, everything's gonna be alright this morning Ooh yeah Whoo!

Riff played before each line:

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D5

C5

A5

Yeah Now when I was a young boy At the age of five My mother said I was gonna be The greatest man alive But now I'm a man Way past twenty-one I want you to believe me, baby I have lot's of fun I'm a man I spell "M" "A" child "N" That represent man No "B"! "O" child "Y" That means "mannish boy" I'm a man! I'm a full grown man I'm a man! I'm a natural-born lover's man I'm a man! I'm a rollin' stone I'm a man! I'm a hoochie coochie man Sittin' on the outside Just me and my mate You know I'm made the moon, honey Come up two hours late Wasn't that a man? I spell "M" "A" child "N" That represent man No "B"! "O" child "Y" That means "mannish boy" Man! I'm a full grown man Man! I'm a natural-born lover's man Man! I'm a rollin' stone Man, child I'm a hoochie coochie man The lion I shoot And will never miss When I make love to a woman She can't resist I think I go down To old Kalamazoo I'm gonna bring back my second cousin That's little John the Conquer Root All you little girls Settin' out that line I can make love to you, woman In five minutes time Ain't that a man? I spell "M" "A", child "N" That represents I'm grown No "B"! "O" child "Y" That means "mannish boy" Man! I'm a full grown man Man! I'm a natural-born lover's man Man! I'm a rollin' stone I'm a man, child I'm a hoochie coochie man Well, well, well, well Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Don't hurt me, don't hurt me, child Don't hurt me, don't hurt me, don't hurt me, child Well, well, well, well

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Bb9

A7

The song is composed of 5 licks. The first three are played in the intro of the song

and are used as fills to answer the 5th lick throughout the song.

1st Lick (after "Wooooaa Yeahh"):

e|---------------------|

B|---8/10v-------------|

G|------------7b9p5----|

D|------------------7--|

A|---------------------|

E|---------------------|

2nd Lick (after 2nd "Wooa Yeah"):

e|------------------|

B|------------------|

G|-7b9--7b9r7p5-----|

D|----------------7-|

A|------------------|

E|------------------|

3rd Lick (after "Everything gonna be alright this mornin'"):

e|-------------------------------------|

B|--------------8----------------------|

G|--7/9--7/6\7-----7b9r7p5-------------|

D|--------------------------7---5/7v---|

A|-------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------|

4th Lick ("Ohhhh Yeahh"):

e|----------------5------------|

B|-----------------------------|

G|---7b9r7p5-------------------|

D|------------7----------------|

A|-----------------------------|

E|-----------------------------|

[5th Lick (main riff)]:

e|-------------------------------|

B|--------7----5-----------------|

G|--------7----5h6--6------------|

D|---/7v----7-------7------------|

A|-------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------|

Tuning: DGDGBD (Open G)

G

Well, I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long

C

G

Well, I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long

D

C

G

Well, I woke up this mornin', didn't know right from wrong Well, I told my baby, before I left that town Well, I told my baby, before I left that town Well, don't you let nobody, tear my barrelhouse down

G

Well, ahh, mm-hmm, ow, ow oo, aw, ow, oh

G

Ah, mm-hmm, ow, oh oh oh ow

D

G

Ow oo, aw, ow, oh Well, if the river was whiskey, and I was a divin' duck Well, if the river was whiskey, and I was a divin' duck Well, I would dive to the bottom, never would I come up Well, I could a had a religion, this bad old thing instead Well, I could a had a religion, this bad old thing instead Well, all whiskey and women, would not let me pray

Closely related to Catfish Blues.

E7

Well, I wish I was a catfish Swimmin' in a oh, deep, blue sea I would have all you good lookin' women Fishin', fishin' after me Sure enough, a-after me Sure enough, a-after me Oh enough, oh enough, sure enough I went to my baby's house And I sit down oh, on her steps She said, "Now, come on in now, Muddy You know, my husband just now left Sure enough, he just now left Sure enough, he just now left Sure enough, oh well, oh well Well, my mother told my father Just before hmm, I was born "I got a boy child's comin' He's gonna be, he's gonna be a rollin' stone Sure enough, he's a rollin' stone Sure enough, he's a rollin' stone Oh well he's a, oh well he's a, oh well he's a

E7

A7/e

E7

Well, I feel, yes I feel Feel that I could lay down oh, time ain't long I'm gonna catch the first thing smokin' Back, back down the road I'm goin' Back down the road I'm goin' Back down the road I'm goin' Sure enough back, sure enough back

Misc: Blues : Muddy Waters

Got My Mojo Working
1956

(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
1954

I Can't Be Satisfied
1948

Mannish Boy
1955

Rollin' And Tumblin'
1950

Rollin' Stone
1950

Misc: Blues : Muddy Waters

Got My Mojo Working 1956

(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man 1954

I Can't Be Satisfied 1948

Mannish Boy 1955

Rollin' And Tumblin' 1950

Rollin' Stone 1950

Got My Mojo Working
1956

(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
1954

I Can't Be Satisfied
1948

Mannish Boy
1955

Rollin' And Tumblin'
1950

Rollin' Stone
1950