When I Got Troubles Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays509

When I Got Troubles by Bob Dylan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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  			E                          A 

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|-0-----0-----0-----0-----||-2-----2-----2-----2-----|| 
|-1-----1-----1-----1---0-||-2-----2-----2-----2---0-|| 
|-2-----2-----2-----2---0-||-2-----2-----2-----2---0-|| 
|-2-----2-----2-----2-----||-0-----0-----0-----0-----|| 
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E                     A               E 
  Well I got troubles, troubles on my mind 
          A                                    E 
Yes, when I got those troubles, troubles on my mind 
                B7                 A                    E 
Well, I'm gonna forget my troubles, leave my troubles behind, 
  B7 
behind 

         E               A 
I'm gonna swing it up 
E                A 
 Swing down, 
E 
 Grab my baby, and wind, wind, wind, 
      A                                         E 
well, swing your troubles, swing your troubles away 
       B7         A                      E 
Well, swing, baby, swing your troubles today 

                    A       E                 A       E 

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|-----------------0-2---0-|-----------------0-2---0-|----------------------| 
|-----------------0-2---0-|-1---------------0-2---0-|-1--------------------| 
|-----------------0-2---0-|-2---------------0-2---0-|-2--------------------| 
|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|-2--------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| 
 swing it up                     swing it down              grab the baby . . . 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante