Hellhound On My Trail - Robert Johnson Chords
Chords: B, E, G, E)., E7, Am, E7/D, A/C#, Am/C, B7
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Genre: blues, delta blues, rock and roll
HELLHOUND ON MY TRAIL
As recorded by Robert Johnson
(1937 release)
Robert Johnson played this song in an Open Em-Tuning (E B E G B E).
Here it is arranged for Standard Tuning.
[Intro]
E7 Am E E7/D A/C# Am/C E7
[Verse 1]
E B7
I got to keep movin', I got to keep movin'
E E7 A/C# Am/C E7
Blues fallin' down like hail, blues fallin' down like hail
E7
Umm mmm mmm mmm
A/C# Am/C E E7 A/C# E7
Blues fallin' down like hail, blues fallin' down like hail
B7
And the day keeps on worryin' me
E7 E7/D A/C# Am/C E E7/D
There's a hellhound on my trail, hellhound on my trail
A/C# Am/C E7
Hellhound on my trail
[Verse 2]
E B7
If today was Christmas Eve, if today was Christmas Eve
E E7/D A/C# E7
And tomorrow was Christmas Day
E7
If today was Christmas Eve and tomorrow was Christmas Day
A/C# Am/C E7
Aw, wouldn't we have a time, baby?
B7
All I would need my little sweet rider
E7/D A/C# Am/C E E7/D A/C# Am/C E/B
Just to pass the time away, huh huh, to pass the time away
[Verse 3]
E
You sprinkled hot foot powder, mmm mmm, around my door
E7/D A/C# Am/C E/B E7
All around my door
E7/D A/C# Am/C
You sprinkled hot foot powder all around your daddy's door, hmm hmm hmm
E/B E7
B7
It keep me with ramblin' mind, rider every old place I go
E E7/D A/C# Am/C E E7 A/C# Am/C E7
Every old place I go
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