Call It Stormy Monday — T-Bone Walker
Chords and lyrics for Call It Stormy Monday by T-Bone Walker (key of D#).
Verse 1
Standard 12-bar blues, play it as bar chords around the 3rd fret.
Not exact, but hopefully captures the spirit of it.
Throw in a few C#9 when descending from D7 to C9 if you want to spice it up
a little.
Intro
[Eb7] [D7]
[Eb7] [D7]
Verse 1
[G7] They call it stormy Monday,
[C9] But Tuesday's just as [G7]bad.
[C#9] [C9] They call it stormy Monday,
But Tuesday's just as [G7]bad.
[D7] Wednesday's worse,
[C9] And Thursday is also [G7][G7]sad.[D7]
Verse 2
[G7] Yes the eagle flies on Friday,
[C9] And Saturday I go out to [G7]play.
[C#9] [C9] Eagle flies on Friday,
And Saturday I go out to play.[G7]
[D7] Sunday I go to church,
[C9] Then I kneel down and [G7][G7]pray.[D7]
Instr
[G7] [C9] [G7] [G7]
[C9] [C9] [G7] [G7]
[D7] [C9] [G7] [G7] [D7]
Verse 3
[G7] Lord have mercy,
[C9]Lord have mercy on [G7]me.
[C#9] [C9] Lord have mercy,
My heart's in [G7]misery.
[D7] Crazy about my baby,
[C9] Yes, send her back to [G7][Ab13]me.[G13]
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