Emily Jane White – Bessie Smith chords

Emily Jane White - Bessie Smith
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(Standard Tuning, No Capo)

----------------| Chords       ||--------------|
| Dm    xx0231 |
| G     320033 |
| G6    650066 |
| G5    540055 |----------------


Intro picking pattern:  Dm         |---------1-||---3-------||-----0h2---| x7|-0---------||-----------||-----------|

Verse picking pattern:  Dm                    G                 G6                G5|---------1---------1---------3-------3---------6-------6---------5-------5-||---3---------3-----------3-------3---------6-------6---------5-------5-----||-----0h2-------0h2---------0-------0---------0-------0---------0-------0---||-0---------0---------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------2-----------------5-----------------4-------||-----------------------3-----------------6-----------------5---------------|

  Dm                    G                 G6                G5|---------1---------1---------3-------3---------6-------6---------5-------5-||---3---------3-----------3-------3---------6-------6---------5-------5-----||-----0h2-------0h2---------0-------0---------0-------0---------0-------0---||-0---------0---------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------2-----------------5-----------------4-------||-----------------------3-----------------6-----------------5---------------|

  Dm         |---------1---------1---------1---------1-||---3---------3---------3---------3-------| (You only play this when the |-----0h2-------0h2-------0h2-------0h2---| sentence ends in a Dm Chord)|-0---------0---------0---------0---------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|

Best of luck! And here's the song:


Intro: 
Dm hammer on x7

Verse:
Dm            G                G6               G5     I said oh oh, Bessie Smith why do you hang your head so low?
G6             G5      G6             G5                           DmI would die in heaven, I would die in heaven just to meet your soul
Dm            G                G6               G5  I said oh oh, Bessie Smith why do you hang your head so low?
G6             G5      G6             G5                      I would die in heaven, I would die in heaven just to meet you

Dm              G                         G6             G5           Shot to the ego boy it's where this knife runs through
G6         G5                             DmThree wise men call Bessie down for a dual
Dm              G                         G6             G5 Shot to the ego boy it's where this knife runs through
G6         G5                             DmThree wise men call Bessie down for a dual

Dm            G             G6               G5  I said oh oh, father lay me down
G6 G5                     DmDown on this sunken ground
Dm            G             G6               G5  I said oh oh, father lay me down
G6 G5                     DmDown on this sunken ground

(Starts escalating downward strumming)
Dm G G6 G5 x2

Dm            G          G6              G5But she's got a crucifix hidin' way down in this pit, oh
Dm          G                G6                 G5If you wish to call her out. Call her with your bravest shout

(Then calmer strumming)
Dm            G             G6               G5  I said oh oh, father lay me down
G6 G5                     Dm (hammer ons while strumming)
Down on this sunken ground
Dm            G             G6               G5  I said oh oh, father lay me down
G6 G5                     DmDown on this sunken ground

(Back to picking)
Dm            G                G6               G5  I said oh oh, Bessie Smith why do you hang your head so low?
G6             G5      G6             G5                             I would die in heaven, I would die in heaven, 
G6             G5   I would die in heaven just to meet your soul

Outro:  Dm                    |---------1---------1---3---1-||---3---------3---------3---3-||-----0h2-------0h2-----2---2-| |-0---------0-----------0---0-||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|


Thanks to Emily Jane White!