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Barrelhouse Music chords by Mildred Bailey

  • G

  • C

  • A

  • Em

  • D

  • F

  • Cm

    3
  • E

  • Am

  • C#dim

    4
  • Dm

  • B

    2
  • Cdim

    3
  • F#dim

    4
Verse 1
G
C
A
C
Em
G
C
A
D
A
Down in
D
Alabama, in the
G
Revenue
F
Mountain
C
Cm
Laughing water comes
G
A
E
out of strange fountains
Am
C
G
A
And when the evening sun goes down,
E
Am
C
C#dim
Come he's on down to
A
Bell
G
House
Em
C
Town
Em
G
E
G
There's a dim lighted tavern,
F
C
D
G
Em
D
Known as
Mammy's
G
Rest
Cm
Folks down in
Bama will tell you
That it's
G
A
D
G
Mammy's place that they love best
C
Am
C
G
Am
G
There's a sweet -toned pi ano
Em
C
G
Worn by many thumbs
Dm
G
Cm
An d there's a fellow that plays it
G
A
D
Em
That uses his pedal for drums
C
B
A
If you come down to
C
B
E
Birmingham with nary a place to go
A
F
Find a man called
A
Taxi
Dm
Sam
A
D
C
Tell him you want to go bell house,
G
D
that's all he needs to know
G
C#dim
G
C
Be there for supper,
G
Em
G
C
G
Cm
for a plate of barbecue
Dm
G
Cm
An d this, with the music,
G
C
D
will make a bell -house man of you
G
E
Am
D
What I mean is, you'll have that low -down
G
D
G
Em
Am
D
G
Em
feelin' too
F
C
F
If you find yourself in
Cm
F
Birmingham without a place to go
C
D
G
C
F
Come on down to my house,
Am
Cdim
F#dim
D
G
make a pal let on the floor
C
F
C
I'll have you meet some southern gal,
F
they're gentle, sweet and kind
C
G
C
F
C
They've words for your music
F
Cm
D
Dm
F
C
an d music for your mind
F
C
F
C
Let's go bell house, let's go bell house,
F
G
C#dim
Dm
F
G
C
F
C
let's go bell house all night long.
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