Dr. John - Qualified
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Qualified - Dr. John
1973 - In The Right Place
NOTES: Dr. John plays this in the vicinity of Eb. I moved it to E to play with my band.
Feel free to tune down a half step to sync up with the recording, and these chords should
still work for you. The intro is my simplified interpretation of what Dr. John plays on the
piano, transferred to guitar. There are a lot of offbeat hits and syncopation. I'm not good
enough with tab to notate that. You'll just want to listen to it and familiaze yourself with
it. And lastly, on the recording, the song fades out over the last bridge. Rather than fading
out, I like to hit the intro lick one more time and end it there.
[INTRO 1]
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--|-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-1-2-3-4-1---------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------4-2-0---|
A|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E7Look'a here
E7Better hurry up and check it out
E7Look'a here, look'a here
E7
[VERSE 1]
E7Your steak
E7Ain't no hipper than my porkchop
E7Your Cadillac
E7Ain't no hipper than my bus stop
E7Your champagne
E7Ain't no hipper than my soda pop
B7Look'a here, I'm ready to take care of business
A7Have no fear, I'm aG7lreadF#7y hereF7
[CHORUS 1]
E7I'll tell you now
E7(I'm qualified)
E7You know that I'm qualified
E7(Don't ya know that I'm qualified)
C7 B7 E7 E7
[VERSE 2]
E7Your top hat
E7Ain't no badder than my stingy brim
E7And your sharkskin
E7Ain't no badder than my Levis, Jim
E7The money you got
E7It ain't no better than a'how your spending, Ben
B7All I've got is a little bit of common sense
I beA7lieve in my heart, the best teacher is expG7eriF#7enceF7
[CHORUS 2]
E7I'll tell you now
E7(I'm qualified)
E7You know that I'm qualified
E7(Don't ya know that I'm qualified)
C7 B7 E7 E7
[BRIDGE 1]
E D A E
E C A E
EYou may Dfind me
In a prAoject Eslum
EBe hanging Cout
With all the Askid row Ebums
EI may be Dsick
And I Amay seem Edumb
EThat don't mean Cyou know where
I'm Acoming Efrom
[INTRO 2]
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--|-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-1-2-3-4-1---------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------4-2-0---|
A|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E7Look out here
E7
E7Just make a little room
E7
[VERSE 3]
E7Your social life
E7Ain't no better than my hot dog stand
E7Your edu-ma-cation
E7Ain't no hipper than what you understand
E7Your woman that you got
E7She ain't no hipper than a hard loving band
B7I got the power to control
A7I can see clean through your blinG7dfoldF#7 F7
[CHORUS 3]
E7I'll tell you now
E7(I'm qualified)
E7You know that I'm qualified
E7(Don't ya know that I'm qualified)
C7 B7 E7 E7
[BRIDGE 2]
E D A E
E C A E
E D A E
E C A E
ELook at meD,
I'm filling upA in classE
And you Ebetter watch outC
I'm Afilling up fastE
ECan't hang a Djacket on me
I've been Ahanging out in the proEjects
EHangin' out with all these Crednecks
These Arubbernecks and Erejects
[INTRO 3]
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--|-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-1-2-3-4-1---------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------4-2-0---|
A|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
End with an E7 chord