Nutbush City Limits chords by Tina Turner

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Nutbush City Limits | Chords + Lyrics

Intro

||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :|| x3
| C | C | G | G |
||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :||

Verse 1

||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :|| x4
A church house, gin house. A school house, outhouse.
On Highway Number Nineteen. The people keep the city clean.
| C | C | G | G |
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush.
||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :||
Call it Nutbush city limits.

Verse 2

||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :|| x4
Twenty-five was the speed limit. Motorcycle not allowed in it.
You go to store on Fridays. You go to church on Sundays.
| C | C | G | G |
They call it Nutbush, that little ol’ town, oh, Nutbush.
||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :||
They call it Nutbush city limits.

Verse 3

||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :|| x4
You go to field on weekdays. And have a picnic on Labor Day.
You go to town on Saturdays. But go to church ev’ry Sunday.
| C | C | G | G |
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush.
||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :||
They call it Nutbush city limits.

Solo

||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :|| x4
| C | C | G | G |
||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :||

Verse 4

||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :||
No whiskey for sale. You get caught, no bail.
Saltpork and molasses. Is all you get in jail.
| C | C | G | G |
They call it Nutbush, oh, Nutbush.
||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :||
Yeah, they call it Nutbush city. Nutbush city limits

Outro

||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :||
Little old town in Tennessee.
It’s called a quiet, little old community.
A one-horse town. You have to watch what you’re puttin’ down.
In old Nutbush. They call it Nutbush.

Nutbush City Limits Chords: Learn the progressions

Should you play along with the original recording, you might find it nicer to tune up a few Hz to around 444. My free online guitar tuner can help you with this.

The chords are the same throughout with only a few small tweaks. The main riff uses the extensions 6 and dom7, to find out exactly how you’ll need TAB.

Once you’ve got that down, just reading the chords like this will be enough:

||: A A6 A A6 A | A7 A6 A A6 A :|| x4

Apart from this riff, you go to C which is a bIIIx chord, and G which is a bVIIx. You could also see this as being chords I and V from the key of Am, which means we have a modal interchange.

Members get a full analysis with TAB showing a slightly new way to honky tonk using the 6 and b7.

Here’s a link to the complete lesson: Nutbush City Limits – Guitar Lesson with TAB.

Nutbush City Limit is a great encore for the working band!

Tina Turner mainly sang covers but in the case of Nutbush City Limits, she wrote it.

Released in 1973 as a single off the album of the same name by Ike and Tina Turner, it charted in the top 20 in over ten countries.

In 1990, she rereleased it as a solo artist on the album Simply the Best (1991) as well as a single with The Best as a B-side.

This album, by the way, is an incredible representation of Tina Turner’s impressive catalogue, you’ll also find What’s Love Got to Do with It, I Can’t Stand the Rain, Let’s Stay Together, Private Dancer, We Don’t Need Another Hero, River Deep – Mountain High, Steamy Windows, It Takes Two, and Addicted To Love. No wonder it sold 7 million copies!

I’ve found that Nutbush City Limits is an excellent alternative to Proud Mary as an Encore for a Motown/Soul band.

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Tina Turner was discovered by Ike, joined his band, and even married him. Together they achieved great success with many hits.

Off stage, Ike was an abusive husband, when they divorced Tina would embark on a remarkable solo career and Ike would end up the most hated man in America.

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Motown & Soul

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Motown & Soul is the best place to start if you want to get better at playing the electric guitar. The harmony is simple and there is room for improvisation.

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