Sweet home Chicago

"Sweet Home Chicago" é un popular standar de blues en progresión de 12 bar blues. Foi escrita por Robert Johnson sobre unha variación de "Kokomo Blues" de Scrapper Blackwell.



Come on
Oh baby don't you wanna go
Come on
Oh baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago

Come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Hidehey
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Oh sweet home Chicago

Well, one and one is two
Six and two is eight
Come on baby don't ya make me late
Hidehey
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago

Come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago

Six and three is nine
Nine and nine is eighteen
Look there brother baby and see what I've seen
Hidehey
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago

Oh come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago



Come on, baby don't you want to go
Come on, baby don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago

Now, one and one is two, two and two is four
I'm heavy loaded baby, I'm booked, I gotta go
Cryin' baby, honey, don't you want to go
Back to the same old place, my sweet home Chicago

Come on, baby don't you want to go
Come on, baby don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago

Now two and two is four, six and two is eight
Come on baby, don't you make me late
I'm cryin' hey, baby, don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago

Come on, baby don't you want to go
Com on, baby don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago

Two and two is four, four and two is six,
keep stayin out late at night you gonna get your business fixed.

Six and two is eight, eight and two is ten
She double crossed you one time
and she gonna do it again.

I'm goin to Chicago, two thousand miles away,
Boy won't you tell me that you'll be my friend someday.
Sweet Home Chicago was composed by Robert Johnson. Considered THE classic Chicago blues song, every blues band in the world plays Sweet Home Chicago!


Sweet Home Chicago by Robert Johnson
Intro-A,Am,E7,B7


 E5  A5                    E5
Oh  baby don't you want to go
  A7                      E5
Oh baby don't you want to go
                 B7        
Back to the land of California
           A7
To my sweet home Chicago
 E5  A5                    E5
Oh  baby don't you want to go
  A5                      E5
Oh baby don't you want to go
             B7        
Back to the land of California
     A7
To my sweet home Chicago
    E5
Now one and one is two

Two and two is four

I'm heavy loaded baby
                               A5
I'm booked I gotta go, Cryin' baby
                       E5
Honey dont you want to go
                 B7
Back to the land of California
                  A7      
To my home sweet home Chicago
    E5
Now two and two is four

-No chords until...

 A5                           E5
baby, honey don't you want to go
                 B7
Back to the land of California
           A7
To my sweet home Chicago
    E5
Now six and two is eight...
                      A5
...But I'm crying, hey
                     E5
Hey dont you want to go
            B7
To the land of California
           A7
To my sweet home Chicago
     E5
I'm going to California

From there to Des Moines I'way

Somebody will tell that

You need my help someday
       A5
Cryin' Hey, hey,
                      E5
Baby dont you want to go
                 B7
Back to the land of California
           A7
To my sweet home Chicago