Brown's Ferry Blues chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

SimplifiedEm · C#dim · A · F#dim · Am …

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Em
C#dim
A
F#dim
Am
E
D
B
C
Cdim
F#
Bb
C#m
F#m

Verse 1
Em 
C#dim 
A 
F#dim 
Am 
 (E minor)  (C sharpdim)  (A major)  (F sharpdim)  (A minor) 
E 
A 
Em 
 (E major) I'd  (A major)  (E minor) luck
A 
Papa stand (A major) in' in the rain
Am 
D 
Am 
D 
 (A minor) If   the  (D major) world  (A minor) was  corn,  (D major) 
you couldn't buy a grain
A 
Lord,  (A major) Lord,
Em 
A 
E 
 (E minor) I got the Browns'  (A major) fairy  (E major) blues
B 
Em 
I'd  (B major)  (E minor) luck
A 
Papa done lost his style  (A major) 
Am 
 (A minor) If   you want to be lucky,
D 
 (D major) you've got to smile
A 
Em 
A 
Lord,  (A major) Lord,  (E minor) I got the browns,  (A major) 
fairy blue
D 
A 
Em 
C 
 (D major) Two  (A major) old maids done lost their  (E minor) charm  (C major) 
B 
Cdim 
The  (B major) dun got old,  (Cdim) can't   do no harm
D 
A 
F# 
B 
 (D major) Lord,  (A major) Lord, I  (F sharp major) got  the browns, fairy  (B major) blue
Em 
A 
C 
Two  (E minor)  (A major) old maids sittin' in the  (C major) sand
B 
Hop (B major) in' and prayin' they'd
Cdim 
B 
Cdim 
B 
 (Cdim) both     (B major) land the  (Cdim) man      (B major) 
A 
B 
E 
 (A major) Lord, Lord, I  (B major) got the browns,  (E major) 
Am 
A 
Bb 
 (A minor) fairy  (A major) blues  (B flat major) 
Am 
C 
A 
B 
Em 
Ashes  (A minor)  (C major) to  (A major) ashes,  (B major) dust  (E minor) to   dust
A 
Am 
C 
A 
 (A major) Show  (A minor)  (C major) me a  (A major) gal
that a man can trust
D 
A 
 (D major) Lord,  (A major) Lord, I got the browns,
Em 
B 
E 
 (E minor) fairy  (B major) blues  (E major) 
A 
Em 
A 
Our  (A major) luck papa  (E minor) don't look so sad  (A major) 
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) Was a good papa till  (A major) his luck run bad  (D major) 
A 
E 
A 
Am 
Lord,  (A major) Lord, I  (E major) got  (A major) the browns,  (A minor) 
A 
C#m 
F# 
fairy blues  (A major)  (C sharp minor)  (F sharp major) 
B 
F#m 
B 
Hard  (B major) luck,  (F sharp minor)  (B major) standing in the rain
E 
If the  (E major) world was corn,
you couldn't buy grain
B 
F#m 
B 
Lord,  (B major) Lord,  (F sharp minor) I  (B major) got the browns,
F# 
 (F sharp major) fairy blues
B 
F#m 
B 
Hard  (B major) luck,  (F sharp minor) Papa, done lost  (B major) his style
E 
If you  (E major) want to be lucky,
you've got to smile
B 
Lord,  (B major) Lord, I got the Browns Ferry Blues
F# 
Got  (F sharp major) the Browns Ferry Blues