How to Play Inner City Blues on Ukulele?

Rodriguez - Inner City Blues can be played in the key of D using the D, G, G7, A7 chords. For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open. For G7, To play G7, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave G open. For A7, To play A7, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave G, E, A open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Inner City Blues with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Rodriguez - Inner City Blues Ukulele Chords

Chord reference D, G, G7, A7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[D] [D] [D] [D] [G] [G7] [D]Going down dirty inner city side road I [G7]plotted [D]Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I [G7]nodded [D]Looked up as the sky [A7]began to cry, [D]she shot it

[D]Met a girl from Dearborn, [G7]early six o’clock this morn, [D]A cold fact [G]Asked about her bag, [A7]suburbia’s such a drag, [D]won’t go back

[F]’Cos Papa don’t allow [C]no new [G]ideas [D]here [F]And now he sees the news, but the [C]picture’s [G]not too [D]clear. [G]Mama, Papa, stop, treasure [G]what you got, Soon you may be caught [D]without it [G]The curfew’s set for eight, will it ever all be straight [D]I doubt it

[D]Seven jealous fools playing [D]by her rules, can’t [G7]believe her [D]He feels so in between, can’t [D]break the scene, it would [G7]grieve her [D]And that’s the reason why [A7]he must cry, [D]he’ll never leave her

[D]Crooked children, yellow chalk, [G7]writing on the concrete walk [D]Their king died [G7]Drinking from a Judas cup, looking down but seeing up, [D7]Sweet Red Wine

[F]’Cos Papa don’t allow no [C]new [G]ideas [D]here [D] And [F]now hear the music, but the [C]words don’t [G]sound too [D]clear [D] [G]Mama, Papa, stop, treasure [G]what you got, Soon you may be caught [D]without it [G]The curfew’s set for eight, will it [G]ever all be straight [D]I doubt it

[D]Going down a dusty, Georgian side road I [G7]wonder [D]The wind splashed in my face, [A7]can smell a trace Of thunder [D]

Artist Rodriguez

Album Cold Fact

Genres Rock

Year 1970

Key D

Rodriguez - Inner City Blues can be played in the key of D using the D, G, G7, A7 chords.

For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open.
For G7, To play G7, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave G open.
For A7, To play A7, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave G, E, A open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Inner City Blues with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.