Hey Mister Thats Me Up On The Jukebox Chords

by James Taylor
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F
Capo: 3rd fret
Author DiddyD [a] 15,207. Last edit on Feb 15, 2025

Chords

D
Cadd9
Bm7
Bm
C
G
Gsus4
E7sus4
E7
A7sus4
A7
G/B
G/A
F#m
E

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Song: Hey, Mister, that's me up on the jukebox
Artist: James Taylor
Composer: James Taylor
Album: Mud Slide Slim & the Blue Horizon
 
Tabbed by DJ  19th Mar 2016
 
CAPO: 3rd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of F)
 
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options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers.
 
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
D     = xx0232    G      = 320003    A7  = x02020
Cadd9 = x32030    Gsus4  = 320013    G/B = x20033
Bm7   = x24232    E7sus4 = 020200    G/A = x0xxxx
Bm    = x24432    E7     = 020100    G * = 3xxxxx
C     = x32010    A7sus4 = x02030    F#m = 244222
                                     E   = 022100
 
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[Chorus]
D                      Cadd9        Bm7     Bm  C  D
   Hey, mister, that's me up on the jukebox,
                   Cadd9            G    Gsus4 G
I'm the one that's singing this sad song,
D                       Cadd9
   Well, I'll cry every time...
            Bm7              E7sus4  E7
...That you slip in one more dime,
     A7sus4              A7
And let the boy sing the sad one,
         Cadd9   G/B   D   A7
One more time!
 
[Verse 1]
Bm7                  E7
     Southern Cali - fornia,
          Bm7         E7
That's as blue as the boy can be,
Cadd9     G                        Bm7
Blue as a deep blue sea, won't you listen to me now?
E7              Bm7          E7
    I need your Golden Gated cities...
       Bm7               E7
Like a hole in the head...
            Cadd9       G
Just like a hole in the head, 
    D   Cadd9  G/B  G/A  G *  A7
I'm free!
 
[Chorus]
D                      Cadd9        Bm7     Bm  C  D
   Hey, mister, that's me up on the jukebox,
                   Cadd9            G     Gsus4 G
I'm the one that's singing this sad song,
D                       Cadd9
   Well, I'll cry every time...
            Bm7              E7sus4  E7
...That you slip in one more dime,
    A7sus4               A7
And let the boy sing the sad one,
         Cadd9  G/B  D  A7
One more time
 
[Verse 2]
Bm7            F#m               G    Gsus4 G
     I do be - lieve, I'm headed home,
     Cadd9             G
Hey, mister, can't you see...
            A7sus4 A7   D
That I'm as dry    as a bone?
Bm7              F#m                 G    Gsus4  G
    I think I'll spend some time a - lone,
          Cadd9               G
Yes, un - less you've found a way of squeezing...
   C     G/B    A7sus4
...Water from a stone
 
[Bridge]
        Bm7            E7           Bm7          E7
Let the doctor and the lawyer do as much as they can,
        Cadd9          G            Bm7          E7
Let the springtime be- gin, let the boy become a man,
        Bm7             E7
 I done wasted too much time...
        Bm7               E7
Just to sing you this sad song,
       Cadd9              G
I done been this lonesome picker...
                D   Cadd9  G/B  G/A  G *  A7
...A little too long!
 
[Chorus]
D                      Cadd9        Bm7     Bm  C  D
   Hey, mister, that's me up on the jukebox,
                   Cadd9            G    Gsus4 G
I'm the one that's singing this sad song,
D                       Cadd9
   Well, I'll cry every time...
                Bm7              E7sus4  E7
That you up and slip in one more dime,
    A7sus4                A7
And let the boy sing this sad one,
         Cadd9  G/B  D  A7
One more time!
 
[Coda]
  Bm7   E7     Bm7   E7    Bm7    E7     Bm7   E7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
Bm7                 E7               Bm7
    Well, I've been spreading myself thin these days,
E7               Bm7     E7
Don't you know------?    Woh!
       Bm7   E7   Bm7  E7    Bm7   E7   Bm7   E7
Good - bye---------------! 
 
[Live ending]
Bm7                            E7                E
    I've been spreading myself thin these days
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