Suspicious chords by John Lee Hooker Jr.
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Verse 1
I (A minor) don't (D major) want nobody to get too close to the stage,
(G major) ladies and gentlemen.
I'm afraid that (D minor) (D major) you (G major) might get burnt by some (D minor) of the
hot grease that (G major) will be descending (D major) from the platform.
(G major) Unless you are wearing grease repellent
pantyhose an (D minor) d (G major) blue jeans,
(F major) I highly (A minor) recom (F major) mend that (C major) (A major) (D major) you
please stand (F sharpdim) back (C major) . (G major) (A minor) (D major)
You see, I (A minor) don't want you to get burnt by none of the (A major) hot grease,
(A minor) ladies (A major) and (A minor) gentlemen,
because you are about (G major) to cook (D minor) with
(G major) (A minor) the hook. (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor)
Have (A major) you (D major) ever been suspicious
That (G major) your little (F major) woman,
(D minor) she wasn't treat (G major) (D major) in'
right
Oh, (D minor) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) have
(G major) you ever been suspicious
That young little woman,
she wasn't treatin' (D major) you right (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major)
This restaurant (A minor) in (A major) the daytime
(A minor) (A major) (G major) Well, you couldn't even
sleep at (D major) night (G major) (D major) (A minor)
She won't (D major) come home straight from work
No she (A minor) won't,
(G major) she won't even answer her cell (D major) (G major) (D major)
She won't (G major) come home
straight from work
Why (D minor) (D major) (G major) you wanna do (D minor) that,
baby? (Esus4)
(D minor) She won't (G major) even (A minor) an swer (G major) her (D major) (G major)
cell (A minor) phone (D major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (D major)
(G major) You got (G sharpdim) a (A minor) bad, bad feel (A major) ing
Something (A minor) (G major) about your woman
is awful (D major) wrong (G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (C major)
(A minor) I (D major) went down (G major) to
Mc (A minor) Donald's
To (D major) get (D major) some fries (G major) and (B minor) a
Big
(A minor) Mac
(D major) I asked
Mr.
(G major) Williams to (A minor) watch my house
Cause (D major) (A minor) my neighbor (G major) was
smokin' (A minor) and cryin'
(D major) He called (G major) an d said some
(A minor) body was at my back door
(D major) And somebody (G major) had just let (A minor) him in (F major) (A minor)
I (D major) called my (G major) wife, she said,
(A minor) don't worry, honey
(D major) That was just (G major) my girl (A minor) friend
I (D major) (A minor) said, honey, well, (G major) why the back (A minor) door?
She said, because (D major) I just
mopped in the (G major) front room
And (A minor) it was still kinda wet,
It (D major) didn't (A minor) dawn (G major) on me until
(A minor) it was a little too late
that we've got a wall (D major) (C major) of wall
(A minor) (F major) of coffee
(F sharpdim) Have you (G major) ever been suspicious?
(F major) Your little (E minor) woman,
(F major) she wasn't (G major) treatin' (D major) you right (G major) (D major)
This stressed (A minor) you out during
(A major) the daytime (A minor) (G major)
And you couldn't even sleep at
(D major) night (G major) (D major) (A minor) (A major) (A minor)
(D major) There was a (G major) flu puff goin' (A minor) around my jaw
An (D major) d I developed (G major) a bad (A minor) bad cough
(D major) My boss heard (G major) how bad (A minor) I sound
(D major) He said,
Johnny, (G major) take the rest (A minor) of the night off
(D major) I didn't want (G major) to wake (A minor) nobody
So I tip (D major) toed to (G major) my home (A minor)
(D major) I can't (G major) hear very (A minor) well, people
But (D major) I could've swore (G major) I heard
(A minor) somebody moan (D major)
Concerned (G major) that she (A minor) might
need some medical attention
And I de (D major) cided to (G major) turn on the (A minor) light
(D major) There was a wo (G major) man in
the living room (A minor) for 25 years
Making love (D major) to (A minor) my neigh (F major) bor's wife
(D major) Have (F sharpdim) you (G major) ever been sus (F major) picious?
(E minor) (G major) (F major) (G major) Oh
Lord, your little woman
She (D minor) wasn't treat (D major) ing you right
(G major) No, she was (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (C major)
(B minor) It's (D major) (G major) stretch (A minor) in' out in the daytime
(A major) You (A minor) (G major) couldn't even sleep
(G major) at night (E flat major) (E flat major) (D major)
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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