Creepin’ In | Chords + Lyrics (capo 3)
Intro
| N.C (triplet lick) ||: G G6 G5 G6 G5 (triplet lick):|| x4
Verse 1
| G5 | Cadd9 | G5 | Dadd9 |
There’s a big ol’ hole, that gone right through the sole, of this old shoe.
| G G7 | C Cm |
And the water on the ground, ain’t got no place else it’s found,
| G Dadd9 | G |
so it’s only got one thing left to do.
Chorus 1
| Dadd9 Cadd9 | G |
Just creep on in,
| Dadd9 Cadd9 | G |
creep on in.
| Dadd9 Em7 | D Cadd9 | G | G |
And once it has begun, it won’t stop until it’s done, sneaking in.
Verse 2
There’s a silver moon, came a little soon, oh, for me to bare.
It shines brightly on my bed and the shadows overhead,
won’t let me sleep as long as it’s there.
Chorus 2
Creep on in,
creep on in.
And once it has begun, it won’t stop until it’s done, sneaking in.
Solo
| G | G |
| G7 | C7 | G7 | D7 |
| G G7 | C Cm |
| G Dadd9 | G |
Chorus 3
Creep on in.
Creep on in.
And once it has begun, it won’t stop until it’s done, sneaking in.
Verse 3
There’s a big ol’ hole, that goes right through my soul, oh, that ain’t nothing new.
So as long as you’re around, I got no place else you’ve found,
there’s only one thing left for you to do.
Chorus 4
You just creep on in.
Creep on in.
| Dadd9 Em7 | D Cadd9 | G |
And once you have begun, don’t stop until you’re done, sneakin’ in.
Outro
||: Dadd9 Em7 | Dadd9 C | G :||
||: And once it has begun, it won’t stop until it’s done, sneakin’ in :||
||: G (C) :|| G
||: Sneakin’ in, creepin in :||
Creepin’ In Chords: Learn the progressions
Norah Jones‘ duet with Dolly Parton on Creepin’ In is a great example of how to play a fast country tune on just one acoustic guitar.
Sandy Buglass recorded this for Spytunes back in 2009. After a banned YouTube account, I uploaded it again in 2011.
The intro is played using pull-offs and hammer-ons from a hybrid scale combining minor, major and honky-tonk comping.
This, as well as everything else in this tune, is best described using TAB here’s a link to that part of the lesson: Creepin’ In – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
The fast 16th-note triplet pull-off is m3rd/#9, 9th, to root. We then go to honky-tonk comping over an open position G chord, using chord names that’s G6 – G5.
Following this, we mainly use the I, IV, and V chords for the verse. The IV and V chords have the variation of sus2 added and taken away from it.
I decided to write it as an add9 instead of C – Csus2 – C, to avoid writing loads of chords. The only chord outside the key is the IVm (Cm). This comes last in a chromatic movement of G7 – C – Cm.
Creepin’ In is the only song I know that uses an open-positon Cm chord, effectively completing the CAGED guitar chord theory on its own!
Here’s the full verse with Roman Numerals.
| G5 (I) | Cadd9 (IV) |
| G5 (I) | Dadd9 (V) |
| G (I) G7 (I7) | C (IV) Cm (IVm) |
| G (I) Dadd9 (V) | G (I) |
There’s TAB available for two ways this verse could be played. Practise them individually before you let go and blend them in a natural way, just like Norah’s guitar player, Kevin Breit did on the original.
Here’s Creepin In’s chorus chords with Roman Numerals:
||: Dadd9 (V) Cadd9 (IV) | G (I) :||
| Dadd9 (V) Em7 (VI) | D (V) Cadd9 (IV) |
| G (I) | G (I) |
Again, you need TAB to see exactly how to execute this as well as that mental outro lick and let’s not forget the solo!
Having studied that in-depth, this chord chart is all you need to remember Creepin’ In’s chords.
Creepin’ In Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Creepin’ In Chord Chart PDF.
This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Creepin’ In iReal Pro. Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key.
Creepin’ In featured Dolly Parton
To follow up the immensely successful album Come Away With Me was a pretty daunting task for anyone, especially after getting eight Grammy Awards for a debut!
Norah Jones‘s second album Feels Like Home was, just like the first one, produced by Arif Mardin (Bette Midler, Chaka Khan, Bee Gees, Phil Collins, Aretha Franklin) who took the calm jazz/folk piano-led style more towards American country roots.
The success of Feels Like Home was instant with almost 2 million copies sold worldwide in its first week of release!
Following this, Norah set out for her second Grammy Award, this time she clinched the Best Female Pop Vocal.
Creepin’ In was written by Norah Jones bass player Lee Alexander who had credits on 6 out of 13 songs on Feels Like Home.
Apart from Norah, Lee, and Dolly Parton, another legendary musician contributed to the album. On the track What Am I To You, we hear Levon Helm on the Drums (Drummer and Vocalist of The Band).
Creepin’ In Chords | Related Pages
Creepin’ In | Guitar Lesson + TAB
In this guitar lesson, you get TAB for how to play all sections of Creepin’ In, there’s also a Spytunes video lesson to follow.
| G5 | Cadd9 | G5 | Dadd9 |
There’s a big ol’ hole, that gone right through the sole, of this old shoe…
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Norah Jones tunes
Norah Jones released her incredibly successful album Come Away With Me on the legendary label Blue Note at the age of 23.
The album won her 8 Grammy Awards and sold over 20 million copies. No wonder everyone in the business wanted to appear on the follow-up!
Norah Jones on the web
Dolly Parton tunes
With 44 top-ten country albums and 110 chartered singles, Dolly Parton is the most famous country singer in the world.
Hits include I Will Always Love You, Jolene, 9 To 5, and almost 4 decades after her first release, Creepin’ In with Norah Jones.
Dolly Parton on the web
About me | Dan Lundholm
This was a guitar lesson about Creepin’ In chords, by Dan Lundholm. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.
Most importantly, find out why you should learn guitar through playing tunes, not practising scales, and studying theory in isolation.
