Mojo Hannah by Esther Phillips
Key: DbDb | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Chords for this song are:
Db  (x.4.6.6.6.x)
G#1 (4.6.6.5.4.4)
Ab2 (x.11.13.13.13.x)
G#3 (x.6.6.5.x.x)
F#1 (x.9.11.11.11.x)
Gb2 (2.4.4.3.x.x)
B   (x.2.4.4.4.x)
All the chords are played in a sort of choppy rhythm, except where specified otherwise: listen to the track
and it'll give you some idea of the main rhythm.
Intro
             (Db)         (Db)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-----------6-6-6----------6-6-6---------|
G|-----------6-6-6----------6-6-6---------|
D|-----------6-6-6----------6-6-6---------|
A|-----2-3-4-4-4-4----2-3-4-4-4-4---2-3-4-|
E|---4--------------4-------------4-------|
Verse 1
Db
I'm taking four strands of your hair
Db
And a five dollar bill
G#3
I'm gonna put it in a letter, 
Db
And drop it in the mail
G#1
I'm gonna send it to a woman
Db
A friend of mine told me about
Db (heavy rhythm, down-up-down-up-down-up)
Oh she's a gumbo cooker and an alligator whooper
                               Db-B-G#1
Make a dead man jump and shout
Chorus
G#1
Talking 'bout a woman name-a Hannah (named Hannah!)
Db
Dooooown in Louisiana
G#1
They tell me she's a mojo worker (Mojo Worker!)
Db
She's gonna work that thing for me (Workin' for me!)
Db
And in my misery (Workin' for me)
G#1                                    Db
And I know you'll be back home a-real soon
               F#1
(Gonna be back home soon!)
      Db
Real soon
               Ab2
(Gonna be back home soon!)
Verse 2
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----2-3-4-|
E|--4-------|
Db
She don't wear no fancy stitches
Db
All she wears is a man's britches
G#3
And now and then she takes a little sip
Db
She's got a forty-five on her hip
Ab2                                Db
She's built up a strong reputation in the southern land
Db (heavy rhythm, down-up-down-up-down-up)
Ah then Saturday night about twelve o'clock
                               Db-B-G#1
When she voodoos the voodoo man
Chorus
G#1
Talking 'bout a woman name-a Hannah (named Hannah!)
Db
Dooooown in Louisiana
G#1
They tell me she's a mojo worker (Mojo Worker!)
Db
She's gonna work that thing for me (Workin' for me!)
Db
And in my misery (Workin' for me)
G#1                                    Db
And I know you'll be back home a-real soon
               F#1
(Gonna be back home soon!)
      Db
Real soon
               Ab2
(Gonna be back home soon!)
Bridge
Gb2                              Db
And I know! I know your mojo's a-workin' good
Gb2                           Db
I said its the best in all the world!
Gb2                           Db
And I'm a-waitin' by the rail-road track
G#1 (heavy rhythm, down-up down-up)
And I know you're gonna bring him baaaaaaack!
Db         F#1
(Work that thing for me Hannah!)
Db                       F#1
Woooork that thing for me Hannah!
        Db               F#1
I now'm waitin' a-by the railroad track
          Db                 F#1
Because I know, you're gonna bring him back!
(C# and F#1 with choppy rhythm to fade out)