Louie Louie Chords

by Kingsmen
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: A
Capo: no capo
Author Pencom [a] 30,903.
4 contributors total, last edit on Mar 18, 2025
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Chords

A
D
Em
G
C
Dm
E

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Louie Louie chords
The Kingsmen 1957 (Richard Berry 1955) **
 
[Intro]
 
A  D  Em* D  x2
 
[Chorus]
 
A        D   Em D   A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh no, we gotta go.
A        D   Em D     A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh baby, we gotta go.
 
[Verse 1]
 
  A    D         Em         D
A fine girl, who waited for me.
  A       D     Em        D
I catch a ship across the sea.
  A          D    Em   D
I sailed the ship all alone.
  A        D              Em      D
I wondered when I'm gonna make it home.
 
[Chorus]
 
A        D   Em D         A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh no no no, we gotta go.
A        D   Em D     A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh baby, we gotta go.
 
[Verse 2]
 
      A          D      Em         D
Three nights and days I sailed the sea.
  A            D    Em      D
I think of the girl constantly.
A      D       Em        D
On the ship, I dream she there.
  A         D           Em     D
I smell the rose that's in her hair.
 
[Chorus]
 
A        D   Em D   A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh no, we gotta go.
A        D   Em D     A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh baby, we gotta go.
 
[Solo]
 
A  D  Em  D  x8
 
[Verse 3]
 
  A   D  Em  D
I see
  A     D      Em    D
I see Jamaican moon above.
A       D        Em       D
See the girl I'm thinking of.
  A        D     Em       D
I take her in my arms and then
A        D     Em     D
Say I'll never leave again.
 
[Chorus]
 
A        D   Em D   A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh no, we gotta go.
A        D   Em D     A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh baby, we gotta go.
 
[Outro]
 
       A               D  Em  D
I said we gotta go now
                A            D  Em  D
Let's hustle on out of here
         A
Let's go!
 
*  Some folks perfer E instead of Em
 
** Alternate:
 
Capo II
 
A  = G
D  = C
Em = Dm
 
E  = D
 
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38 comments
anthony.bryant.
I'm not really sure that I would consider this to be an "intermediate" tab. I mean Louie Louie is about as basic a song as you can get.
+14
charlierenton
also it's E Major, not Em.
+8
WazzyD
Our concert band is playing this in a parade! Come to the Alien Day Parade in McMinnville if you can this summer.
+3