| Song Name: | Why I Sing the Blues | By: | B B King |
| Posted By: | Scott_Christensen | Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Key: | C | Genre: | Blues |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2008-03-22 21:03:50 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | Cross Harp
4 -4 -3' 2 -3'' 2 -3' 2 2 -3' -3' -2 -2 -2 5 -3' -3'-3' -3' -2 -2 -2 2 -2 -2 2 Every bod-y wants to know why I sing the blues 5 -4 4 -4 4-3' -2 -2 -2 -2 Yes, I say everybod-y wants to know -2 2 -2 -3' -2 why I sing the blues -3' -3' 4 4 -4 -3' -3' -2 Well, I've been around a long time, -3'' -3' -3' 2 -2 -2 2 I real -ly have paid my dues. (first verse) 2 -2 -3 -3'' -2 -2 When I first got the blues, 2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 2 -3 they brought me o-ver on a ship, -3' -2 -2 -2 -2-2 -2 -2 Men were standing over me -2 -2 5 4 -3 -2 -3 2 and alot more with the whip, (chorus) 2 -3 -3 -3 -2' -2 -2 Everybody wanna know -3' 2 -2 -3' -2 Why I sing the blues -3 -3 -3 -3 4 -4 -3' -2 -2 Well, I've been around a long time, -3' -2 2 -3' -3' -2 -2 -2 MMM, I real-ly paid my dues. (second verse) I've laid in the ghetto flat, cold and numb, I heard the rats tell the bedbugs to give the roaches some. (chorus) (third verse) I stood in line down in the county hall I heard a man say, " We are going to build some new apartments for y'all." (chorus) |
