Chinatown chords by Louis Armstrong

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D
A
F#
Bm
E
B
G
Em
Bbdim

Intro 1
D 
 (D major) 
A 
 (A major) 
F# 
Bm 
 (F sharp major)  (B minor) 
E 
A 
 (E major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 1
D 
Old rockin' chair's got me,  (D major) 
E 
my  (E major) cane by my side
Fetch me that gin, son, 'fore I
tan your hide
F# 
B 
E 
A 
Can't  (F sharp major) get from this  (B major)  (E major)  (A major) cabin,
goin' nowhere
D 
Just set me here grabbin' at  (D major) the flies
'round this rockin' chair

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Verse 2

My dear old aunt Harriet- - in

Heaven she be

Send me, sweet chariot,

for the end of the trouble I see

Old rockin' chair gets it- - Judgement

Day is here

Chained to my rockin' chair

Old

Verse 3
F# 
rockin' chair's got me, son, (rocking chair  (F sharp major) got you,
D 
father (D major) )
G 
My cane by my  (G major) side,
(Yes, your cane by your side)
Em 
Now fetch me a  (E minor) little gin,
G 
D 
E 
 (G major)  (D major)  (E major) son (ain't got
A 
D 
no  (A major)  (D major) gin, father)
What? 'Fore I tan your hide,
now, (you're gonna tan my hide)
E 
You know  (E major) 

Verse 4
A 
D 
Bm 
 (A major) I  (D major) can't get  (B minor) from this old
E 
 (E major) cabin (What cabin? Joking)
A 
D 
I ain't goin' nowhere  (A major)  (D major) 
(Why ain't you goin' nowhere?)
Just sittin' me here grabbin'
(grabbin')
At the flies round this old rockin'
chair (rockin' chair)

Verse 5
G 
Now you remem (G major) ber dear old
aunt Harriet (aunt Harriet)
How long in Heaven she be? (She's up
in Heaven)
D 
Send me  (D major) down, send me down,
sweet (sweet chariot) chariot
E 
End of this  (E major) trouble
I see (I see, daddy)
D 
Old rockin'  (D major) chair gets it,

Verse 6
A 
D 
A 
 (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
Bbdim 
F# 
Bm 
 (B flatdim)  (F sharp major)  (B minor) 
E 
A 
 (E major)  (A major) 
D 
son  (D major) (rockingchair get it, father)
Judgement Day is here too
(your Judgement Day is here)
G 
D 
G 
D 
B 
E 
Chained to my rockin', old  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) rock (D major) in' chair  (B major)  (E major) 

Outro 1
A 
D 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
Bbdim 
 (A major)  (B flatdim) 
F# 
Bm 
E 
 (F sharp major)  (B minor)  (E major) 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 
Bm 
D 
 (B minor)  (D major) 
G 
 (G major) 
Bm 
D 
Bm 
E 
 (B minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major) 
A 
D 
A 
 (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) 
A 
 (A major) 
Bm 
 (B minor) 
E 
A 
 (E major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) 
G 
 (G major) 
D 
 (D major) 
Bm 
E 
A 
D 
 (B minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
 (A major) 
Bbdim 
Bm 
 (B flatdim)  (B minor) 
E 
A 
 (E major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) 
G 
 (G major) 
D 
 (D major) 
Bm 
E 
A 
D 
 (B minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
 (A major) 
Bbdim 
F# 
Bm 
 (B flatdim)  (F sharp major)  (B minor) 
E 
A 
 (E major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) 
G 
 (G major) 
D 
Bm 
 (D major)  (B minor) 
E 
A 
D 
 (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 