Playing the races chords by
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker

N/A
Key: Bb minor
Verse 1
Am
Am
F
F
Am
Am
F
F
I don't want no woman
Am
Am
F
F
Playin' the races
Am
Am
F
F
F#m
F#m
F#
F#
F#m
F#m
all the time
F
F
I don't want no woman
F#dim
F#dim
F
F
F#m
F#m
Playin' the races all the time
You know she ain't good for nothin'
F
F
She's too
Verse 2
A
A
broke most all the time
F
F
Verse 3
F#m
F#m
F
F
Dreamed her number last night,
F#m
F#m
F
F
yes, yes, yes
A
A
F
F
And my baby, she did the same
F#m
F#m
F
F
F#m
F#m
F
F
A
A
Dreamed her number last night
F
F
Am
Am
A
A
And my baby did the same
F
F
Verse 4
F#
F#
A
A
F
F
My baby got up this mornin'
A
A
F
F
And she played it just the same
A
A
Yes, man
F
F
A
A
F#m
F#m
Verse 5
A
A
F
F
I come home every Friday
F#dim
F#dim
Throws my check down on the bed
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F
A
A
F
F
F#m
F#m
F
F
F#m
F#m
F#
F#
F
F
I come home every Friday
Verse 6
Throw my check down on the bed
F
F
F#m
F#m
F
F
My baby takes all a my money
A
A
F
F
Put it down on five,
A
A
six and two, yes, yes
Interlude 1
A
A
F
F
Ebm
Ebm
F
F
A
A
F
F
I don't want no woman
Verse 7
F
F
F
F
A
A
Play the races all the time
F
F
A
A

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