Playing the races chords by
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker

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

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