Been Smokin Too Long
View chords used in this chart
There are only really three different chords: Am, F, E, and some twiddly bits on top of those.
Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd fret.
INTRO:-
Am (Amsus2) Am Am7 Am (Amsus2)
trill bend up
E-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
B-|---------0h1p0---|-0---1---------3>|----1-----------|-0---1------------|
G-|-2------------2--|---------2-------|--------2-------|---------2--------|
D-|-----2-----------|-----------------|------------2---|------------------|
A-|-0-------0-------|-0-------------0-|----0-----------|-0----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------0----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
F F E (Em) E7
trill
E-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-0---------------|
B-|---------1--------|-1---1-----------|------------------|-----3-----------|
G-|-2----------------|---------2-------|-1-------0h1p0----|---------1-------|
D-|-----3-------3----|-------------3---|-----2--------2---|-----------------|
A-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
E-|-1-------1--------|-1---1-----------|-0-------0--------|-0---0-------0---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Am (Amsus2) Am Am7 Am Am
trill bend up
E-|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------|
B-|---------0h1p0----|-0---1-------3>--|----1------------|-1---------------|
G-|-2------------2---|---------2-------|--------2--------|---------2-------|
D-|-----2------------|-----------------|------------2----|-----------------|
A-|-0-------0--------|-0-----------0---|----0------------|-0---0-----------|
E-|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
F F E (Em) E7
trill bend up
E-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-0-----------------|
B-|---------1--------|-1---1-----------|------------------|-----3--------3>---|
G-|-2----------------|---------2-------|-1-------0h1p0----|---------1---------|
D-|-----3-------3----|-------------3---|-----2--------2---|-------------------|
A-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
E-|-1-------1--------|-1---1-----------|-0-------0--------|-0---0--------0----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E7
bend up
E-|--------0---------|--------0--------|
B-|--------------3>--|-----------------|
G-|----1-------------|----1------------|
D-|------------------|-----------------|
A-|------------------|-----------------|
E-|--------0-----0---|--------0--------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Am Am/G Am/F
Well I wake up in the morning
E Am
Look at my clock
Am/G Am/F
It's way past noon time
E
Now I'm late for work
[Chorus:-]
F
Tell me tell me
E Am
What have I done wrong?
Am/G
Ain't nothin' go right with me
F E Am Am/G Am/F
Must be I've been smokin' too long.
[little solo on E, E7 (bend up)]
Well I go to find me some breakfast
But I ain't got no food
Take me a shower
But the water don't feel no good
[Chorus]
I've got opium in my chimney
No other life to choose
Nightmare made of hash dreams
Got the devil in my shoes
[Chorus]
Well when I'm smokin'
Put my worries on a shelf
Don't think about nothin'
Try not to see myself
[Chorus]
Well in this blues I'm singin'
There's a lesson to be learnt
Don't go around smokin'
Unless you want to get burnt
Tell me tell me
What have I done wrong?
Ain't nothin' go right with me
Must be I've been smokin' too
Ain't nothin' go right with me
Must be I've been smokin' too
Ain't nothin' go right with me
Must be I've been smokin' too long.
Tab by Mike Healey (email: michael.healey@balliol.ox.ac.uk)
How to play Been Smokin Too Long
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.