Sad Mood

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...SAD MOOD... by Sam Cooke
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*Released 1960*
Intro:
G Em
Chorus 1:
G Em
I'm in a sad mood tonight, oh, I'm in a sad mood.
G C
I'm in a sad mood tonight,
G Em
Oh my baby, done gone away and left me, my baby done gone, yeah.
G C G C G C G
My baby, done gone away and left me, my baby done gone.
Verse 1:
Em Bm Em Bm
I don't know why she left me,
Em Bm Em Bm
I don't know where she's gone.
G C Em C
(n.) (n.)
But all I know is I'll never be happy,
A7 C D7
(n.)
Un-til my baby comes back home, yeah, because...
Chorus 2:
G C G C
I'm in a sad mood to-night,
G C G C G C G
Oh, my baby, done gone away and left me, my baby done gone.
Verse 2:
Em Bm Em Bm
I don't know why she left me,
Em Bm Em Bm
But this one thing I know;
G C Em C
(n.) (n.)
I know that if my baby tells me that she'll come back home;
A7 C D7
(n.)
I'll never never do it no more, yeah, because...
Chorus 3:
G Em
I'm in a sad mood tonight, oh, I'm in a sad mood.
G C
I'm in a sad mood tonight,
G Em
Oh my baby, done gone away and left me, my baby done gone, yeah.
G C G C G C G
My baby, done gone away and left me, my baby done gone.
Coda:
G C G C
I'm in a sad mood to-night.
G C G C
Oh, I'm in a sad mood to-night.
G C G C
She got me in a sad mood to-night.
G C G C
And with her gone, I'm in a sad mood to-night.
G C G C
Oh, I'm in a sad mood to-night...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G Em C Bm A7 D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 022000 x32010 x24432 x02223 xx0212
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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...SAD MOOD... by Sam Cooke
--------------.............
*Released 1960*
Intro:
G  Em
Chorus 1:
Verse 1:
Chorus 2:
Verse 2:
Chorus 3:
Coda:
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
   G       Em      C       Bm      A7      D7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  022000  x32010  x24432  x02223  xx0212
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Sad Mood Chords by Sam Cooke

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