Playing the races chords by
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
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Key: Bb minor
Verse 1
Em
Em

C
C

Em
Em

C
C

I don't want no woman
Em
Em

C
C

Playin' the races
Em
Em

C
C

C#m
C#m

C#
C#

C#m
C#m

all the time
C
C

I don't want no woman
C#dim
C#dim

C
C

C#m
C#m

Playin' the races all the time
You know she ain't good for nothin'
C
C

She's too
Verse 2
E
E

broke most all the time
C
C

Verse 3
C#m
C#m

C
C

Dreamed her number last night,
C#m
C#m

C
C

yes, yes, yes
E
E

C
C

And my baby, she did the same
C#m
C#m

C
C

C#m
C#m

C
C

E
E

Dreamed her number last night
C
C

Em
Em

E
E

And my baby did the same
C
C

Verse 4
C#
C#

E
E

C
C

My baby got up this mornin'
E
E

C
C

And she played it just the same
E
E

Yes, man
C
C

E
E

C#m
C#m

Verse 5
E
E

C
C

I come home every Friday
C#dim
C#dim

Throws my check down on the bed
C
C

E
E

C
C

C#m
C#m

C
C

C#m
C#m

C#
C#

C
C

I come home every Friday
Verse 6
Throw my check down on the bed
C
C

C#m
C#m

C
C

My baby takes all a my money
E
E

C
C

Put it down on five,
E
E

six and two, yes, yes
Interlude 1
E
E

C
C

Bbm
Bbm

C
C

E
E

C
C

I don't want no woman
Verse 7
C
C

C
C

E
E

Play the races all the time
C
C

E
E

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