| Song Name: | Beale Street Blues | By: | Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong |
| Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | Bb | Genre: | Jazz |
| Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
| Created: | 2011-05-13 11:05:02 | Modified: | 2011-05-13 11:05:12 |
| Song: | BEALE STREET BLUES
By: W. C. Handy Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong Key: Bb -7* -6 -6* 7 -6* 77* 7 -5 -6 I've seen the lights of gay Broad-way, -7* -6* 7 -7* -6* 7 -7* 7 -5* -7* Old Mar-ket Street down by the Fris-co Bay, -5 -5* -6 -6 -6 I've strolled the Pra-do, -6 7 -7 7 -6 -7* I've gam-bled on the Bourse; -7* -6 -6* 7 -6* 7 7* 7 -5 -6 The sev-en won-ders of the world I've seen, -7* -6* 7 -7* -6* 7 -7* 7 -5* -7* And man-y are the pla-ces I have been, -5 -5* 6 -6 -6 Take my ad-vice, folks, -6 7-7 7 -6 -7* and see Beale Street first! -9 -9 -7* 7 -7* -10 -9 -7* -7* -7* You'll see pret-ty browns in beau-ti-ful gowns, -7* -7* -7* -7* -7 7 8 8 8 You'll see tail-or-mades and hand-me-downs, 8* -9 -7* 7 -7* You'll meet hon-est men, -10 -10 -9* 7 -7* and pick-pock-ets skilled, -7* 8 8* -9 -7* 8 8* -9 -7* You'll find that bus-�ness nev-er clos-es 8 8* -9 -7* 7 -7* 'til some-bod-y gets killed! -9 -9 -7* 7 -7* If Beale Street could talk, -10 -9 -7* 7 -7* if Beale Street could talk, -7* -7* -7* -7* -7 -7 Mar-ried men would have to 7 -7 8 8 8 take their beds and walk, 8* -9 -7* 7 -7* -10 -10 -9* 7 -7* Ex-cept one or two who nev-er drank booze, 8 8* -9 -7* 8 8* -9 -7* And the blind man on the cor-ner -10 -9 -7* 7 -6 -7* Who sings the Beale Street Blues! Key: Eb -7* -7* -7* -7* -7* -6*-6*-6* -6* -6 -5* I'd rath-er be here than an-y place I know, -7* -7* -7* -7* 7* -5* -6-5* -6* -6 -5* I'd rath-er be here than an-y place I know, -3* 5 5* -5 -7* 7* 7* It's goin� to take the ser-geant -6* -6* -6* -6 -5* for to make me go! -7* -7* -7* -7* -7* -6*-6* -6* -6 -5* Goin' to the riv-er, may-be by and bye, -7* -7* -7* -7* 7* Goin� to the riv-er, -5* -6 -5*-6* -6 -5* And there�s a rea-son why -3* 5 5* -7* -7* 7* Be-cause the riv-er's wet, -6* -6* 7 7 -6 -5* and Beale Street's done gone dry! |
