My take on this then below a much more complex version that I probably got from some online guitar tab site.
E Em9
I was up the road on Easy Street
A7 Dsus2
Watching everybody stand around and cheat
E F#m G#m C#h
Man comes up and says, "Move along,
F#m7 B9
Back to the corner where you belong"
A B E D E D
But Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
E Em9
I hear the city singing like a siren choir
A7 Dsus2
Some fool tried to set this town on fire
E F#m G#m C#
T.V. preacher screams "Come on along"
F#m7 B9
I feel like Faye Wray face to face with King Kong.
A B E D E D
But Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
A B E D E D
Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
[Instrumental to verse 2]
E Em9
Sometimes I wonder what I am
A7 Dsus2
Feel like I'm living in a hologram
E F#m G#m C#m
Doesn't seem to matter what's right or wrong
F#m7 B9
Everybody's grabbing and coming on strong
A B E D E D
But Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
A B E D E D
Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
A B E D E D
Mama just wants to all night long.
A B
F7 E7 D#7 D7
AND AS MENTIONED A MORE COMPLEX VERSION FROM ONLINE
E / / / C#m7 / / /
F#m9 / / / B7#5 / / /
E Em9
I was up the road on Easy Street
A7 Dsus2
Watching everybody stand around and cheat
E F#m G#m* C#7#9
Man comes up and says, "Move along,
F#m7 B9
Back to the corner where you belong"
A B E D E D
But Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
E Em9
I hear the city singing like a siren choir
A7 Dsus2
Some fool tried to set this town on fire
E F#m G#m C#7
T.V. preacher screams "Come on along"
F#m7 B9
I feel like Faye Wray face to face with King Kong.
A B E D E D
But Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
A B E D E D
Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
[Instrumental to verse 2]
E Em9
Sometimes I wonder what I am
A7 Dsus2
Feel like I'm living in a hologram
E F#m G#m C#7
Doesn't seem to matter what's right or wrong
F#m7 B9
Everybody's grabbing and coming on strong
A B E D E D
But Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
A B E D E D
Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.
A B E D E D
Mama just wants to all night long.
A B
F7 E7 D#7 D7
G#m* I don't hear this in the recorded
version but does sound good in my siumplified version
if you're not playing with the recording.
Intro
E / / / C#m7 / / /
F#m9 / / / B7#5 / / /
Outro is basic walk down of D6 from f7 like Robert Johnson
A B E F7 E7 D#7 D7
In my simplified version I play mostly open chords.
Perahps the ones below are what Bruce plays but hey, he's Bruce
My simplified preferences ()
E x7645x (022100)
C#m7 446454 (I prfer C#m x46654)
F#m9 x9799x (I prefer F#m7 here)
B7#5 7x788x (I prefer B7 barre here)
Em9 x7577x (022001)
A7 xx2x2x (X02020)
Dsus2 x5455x (xx0230)
C#7#9 x4345x (C#m7)
F#m7 20222x (243322 F#m7)
B9 02122x
A 002220
B 024440
D x5423x (xx0323)