Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?)
- Music
- Fleecie Moore
- Lyrics
- Fleecie Moore
"Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?)" is a 1945 jump blues made famous by Louis Jordan. This page has the Caldonia chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.
Who wrote "Caldonia"
The song is credited to Fleecie Moore, Louis Jordan's wife, though Jordan is generally thought to have written it himself. His recording with the Tympany Five was one of the biggest rhythm and blues hits of 1945, and its shouted refrain made it a forerunner of rock and roll.
Recordings that made it a standard
- Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Decca, 1945).
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) chords:
A
G
C7
G
D7
G
B
G
C
G
D7
G
Outro A
G
Key: G major ยท Tempo: 150 bpm
Play the chord progression and change the key, style and tempo:
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