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| Song Name: |
Why I Sing the Blues |
By: |
B B King |
| Posted By: |
Scott_Christensen |
Difficulty: |
Intermediate |
| Key: |
C |
Genre: |
Blues |
| Harp Type: |
Diatonic |
Audio: |
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| Created: |
2008-03-22 21:03:50 |
Modified: |
0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Rating: |
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| | Fav Count: | 6 |
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| Song: |
Cross Harp
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Every bod-y wants to know why I sing the blues
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Yes, I say everybod-y wants to know
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why I sing the blues
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Well, I've been around a long time,
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I real -ly have paid my dues.
(first verse)
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When I first got the blues,
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they brought me o-ver on a ship,
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Men were standing over me
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and alot more with the whip,
(chorus)
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Everybody wanna know
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Why I sing the blues
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Well, I've been around a long time,
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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)
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