Louie Louie Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | A |
Capo: | no capo |
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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

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.
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also it's E Major, not Em.
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Our concert band is playing this in a parade! Come to the Alien Day Parade in McMinnville if you can this summer.
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