Biography:
Esther Phillips (December 23, 1935 – August 7, 1984) was an American singer. Phillips was known for her R&B vocals, but she was a versatile singer, also performing pop, country, jazz, blues and soul music.
Born Esther Mae Jones in Galveston, Texas, when she was an adolescent, her parents divorced, and she was forced to divide her time between her father in Houston and her mother in the Watts area of Los Angeles. Because she was brought up singing in church
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Hey, so this is a really awesome R&B song,
been done by loads of people but my favourite is this Little Esther
Phillips version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9dje2rVl4g.
It's not really a guitar song (there's a guitar
part in the original, but also trumpets), but I've done my best to work out a good sounding guitar part that
also mimics some of the other instruments from the original. I was getting frustrated never being able to find
any chords for this song, so I hope this helps someone in a similar situation. Let me know what you think.
Chords for this song are:
C# (x.4.6.6.6.x)
G#1 (4.6.6.5.4.4)
G#2 (x.11.13.13.13.x)
G#3 (x.6.6.5.x.x)
F#1 (x.9.11.11.11.x)
F#2 (2.4.4.3.x.x)
B (x.2.4.4.4.x)
All the chords are played in a sort of choppy rhythm, except where specified otherwise: listen to the track
and it'll give you some idea of the main rhythm.
[Intro]
(C#) (C#)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-----------6-6-6----------6-6-6---------|
G|-----------6-6-6----------6-6-6---------|
D|-----------6-6-6----------6-6-6---------|
A|-----2-3-4-4-4-4----2-3-4-4-4-4---2-3-4-|
E|---4--------------4-------------4-------|
[Verse 1]
C#
I'm taking four strands of your hair
C#
And a five dollar bill
G#3
I'm gonna put it in a letter,
C#
And drop it in the mail
G#1
I'm gonna send it to a woman
C#
A friend of mine told me about
C# (heavy rhythm, down-up-down-up-down-up)
Oh she's a gumbo cooker and an alligator whooper
C#-B-G#1
Make a dead man jump and shout
[Chorus]
G#1
Talking 'bout a woman name-a Hannah (named Hannah!)
C#
Dooooown in Louisiana
G#1
They tell me she's a mojo worker (Mojo Worker!)
C#
She's gonna work that thing for me (Workin' for me!)
C#
And in my misery (Workin' for me)
G#1 C#
And I know you'll be back home a-real soon
F#1
(Gonna be back home soon!)
C#
Real soon
G#2
(Gonna be back home soon!)
[Verse 2]
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----2-3-4-|
E|--4-------|
C#
She don't wear no fancy stitches
C#
All she wears is a man's britches
G#3
And now and then she takes a little sip
C#
She's got a forty-five on her hip
G#2 C#
She's built up a strong reputation in the southern land
C# (heavy rhythm, down-up-down-up-down-up)
Ah then Saturday night about twelve o'clock
C#-B-G#1
When she voodoos the voodoo man
[Chorus]
G#1
Talking 'bout a woman name-a Hannah (named Hannah!)
C#
Dooooown in Louisiana
G#1
They tell me she's a mojo worker (Mojo Worker!)
C#
She's gonna work that thing for me (Workin' for me!)
C#
And in my misery (Workin' for me)
G#1 C#
And I know you'll be back home a-real soon
F#1
(Gonna be back home soon!)
C#
Real soon
G#2
(Gonna be back home soon!)
[Bridge]
F#2 C#
And I know! I know your mojo's a-workin' good
F#2 C#
I said its the best in all the world!
F#2 C#
And I'm a-waitin' by the rail-road track
G#1 (heavy rhythm, down-up down-up)
And I know you're gonna bring him baaaaaaack!
C# F#1
(Work that thing for me Hannah!)
C# F#1
Woooork that thing for me Hannah!
C# F#1
I now'm waitin' a-by the railroad track
C# F#1
Because I know, you're gonna bring him back!
(C# and F#1 with choppy rhythm to fade out)
been done by loads of people but my favourite is this Little Esther
Phillips version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9dje2rVl4g.
It's not really a guitar song (there's a guitar
part in the original, but also trumpets), but I've done my best to work out a good sounding guitar part that
also mimics some of the other instruments from the original. I was getting frustrated never being able to find
any chords for this song, so I hope this helps someone in a similar situation. Let me know what you think.
Chords for this song are:
C# (x.4.6.6.6.x)
G#1 (4.6.6.5.4.4)
G#2 (x.11.13.13.13.x)
G#3 (x.6.6.5.x.x)
F#1 (x.9.11.11.11.x)
F#2 (2.4.4.3.x.x)
B (x.2.4.4.4.x)
All the chords are played in a sort of choppy rhythm, except where specified otherwise: listen to the track
and it'll give you some idea of the main rhythm.
[Intro]
(C#) (C#)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-----------6-6-6----------6-6-6---------|
G|-----------6-6-6----------6-6-6---------|
D|-----------6-6-6----------6-6-6---------|
A|-----2-3-4-4-4-4----2-3-4-4-4-4---2-3-4-|
E|---4--------------4-------------4-------|
[Verse 1]
C#
I'm taking four strands of your hair
C#
And a five dollar bill
G#3
I'm gonna put it in a letter,
C#
And drop it in the mail
G#1
I'm gonna send it to a woman
C#
A friend of mine told me about
C# (heavy rhythm, down-up-down-up-down-up)
Oh she's a gumbo cooker and an alligator whooper
C#-B-G#1
Make a dead man jump and shout
[Chorus]
G#1
Talking 'bout a woman name-a Hannah (named Hannah!)
C#
Dooooown in Louisiana
G#1
They tell me she's a mojo worker (Mojo Worker!)
C#
She's gonna work that thing for me (Workin' for me!)
C#
And in my misery (Workin' for me)
G#1 C#
And I know you'll be back home a-real soon
F#1
(Gonna be back home soon!)
C#
Real soon
G#2
(Gonna be back home soon!)
[Verse 2]
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----2-3-4-|
E|--4-------|
C#
She don't wear no fancy stitches
C#
All she wears is a man's britches
G#3
And now and then she takes a little sip
C#
She's got a forty-five on her hip
G#2 C#
She's built up a strong reputation in the southern land
C# (heavy rhythm, down-up-down-up-down-up)
Ah then Saturday night about twelve o'clock
C#-B-G#1
When she voodoos the voodoo man
[Chorus]
G#1
Talking 'bout a woman name-a Hannah (named Hannah!)
C#
Dooooown in Louisiana
G#1
They tell me she's a mojo worker (Mojo Worker!)
C#
She's gonna work that thing for me (Workin' for me!)
C#
And in my misery (Workin' for me)
G#1 C#
And I know you'll be back home a-real soon
F#1
(Gonna be back home soon!)
C#
Real soon
G#2
(Gonna be back home soon!)
[Bridge]
F#2 C#
And I know! I know your mojo's a-workin' good
F#2 C#
I said its the best in all the world!
F#2 C#
And I'm a-waitin' by the rail-road track
G#1 (heavy rhythm, down-up down-up)
And I know you're gonna bring him baaaaaaack!
C# F#1
(Work that thing for me Hannah!)
C# F#1
Woooork that thing for me Hannah!
C# F#1
I now'm waitin' a-by the railroad track
C# F#1
Because I know, you're gonna bring him back!
(C# and F#1 with choppy rhythm to fade out)
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