Chords
A Song For Robert Johnson

Key: A

Introduction:  Am   Em   D   C   Am   Em   D   C   Am  

difficulty
very easy |||||
 Em                             D 
South down Fifty-one to Memphis
     C                                   Am 
A pistol in his hand
                                                                             Em 
There's many a good man hidin' in the shadows
           D                                       C                                         Am 
Just waitin' to give that boy six feet of land
'Little Robert Dusty'
                     Em                                 D 
He's been stealin' hearts so easily
                       C                                           Am 
You should hear him when he sings
                                                                   Em 
Double dealing at the crossroads
                               D 
Him and his guitar, they say
 C                               D                         Em 
Something's been playin' them
                             A                       D         Em 
Feeling, down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woah, oh
                               A                   G 
Like you could die for it
                 D                 C 
And the bird that whistles
                 G                 D 
And the bird that sings
                 G                           C 
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
                 G                         D           Am 
And the stretched out wings
                                                                 Em 
"Passion be a memory", she says
                               D                                             C                         Am 
Lookin' at the sheets where he used to lie with her
                                                                   Em 
Holdin' a picture, she's livin' again
                       D                 C                                   Am 
Things she felt when he played for her
'Little Robert Dusty'
                     Em                                 D 
He's been stealin' hearts so easily
                       C                                             Am 
You should hear him when he sings
                                                                   Em 
Double dealing at the crossroads
                               D 
Him and his guitar, they say
 C                               D                         Em 
Something's been playin' them
                             A                       D         Em 
Feeling, down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woah, oh
                               A                   G 
Like you could die for it
                 D                 C 
And the bird that whistles
                 G                 D 
And the bird that sings
                 G                           C 
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
                 G                         D         Em           A 
And the stretched out wings that he made
                   Am                       D   C           Em 
Won't so easily, won't so easily fade
         Am                                             Em 
The talk is, he still comes around
 D                                                             C                                           Am 
Hey, from Mississippi when your road is dark as night
                                                                               Em 
When nothing else gets to your sadness
                                         D                             C                                 Am 
He's pickin' up his guitar and he's feeling it right
'Little Robert Dusty'
                   Em                                 D 
And they stole his heart so easily
                                   C                                         Am 
He was singin', "All my love in vain"
Killin' at the crossroads
         Em                         D 
But him and his guitar, they say
 C                                 D                         Em 
Something's still playin' them
Chorus:     (## fade to end ##)
                             A                       D         Em 
Feeling, down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woah, oh
                               A                   G 
Like you could die for it
                 D                 C 
And the bird that whistles
                 G                 D 
And the bird that sings
                 G                           C 
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
                 G                         D       Em 
And the stretched out wings   he made
 A                                 D         Em 
Down in the fingertips
Bold good, bold good feeling, woah, oh
                               A                   G 
Like you could die for it
                 D                 C 
And the bird that whistles
                 G                 D 
And the bird that sings

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