Blues And Booze

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

BLUES AND BOOZE
By: Ma Rainey
Key: D

D
-3   -3 -3   -3  -5 -3
Went to bed last night, 

-3 -4-5 6 -5  -6 -5  -6*  -6*6-5
and boy I was in my sleep, sleep
   G
-5 -5  -5 -5   -5   6 -5
I went to bed last night, 
                  D7
-4-5 6 -5  -5 -4  -3
and  I was in my sleep
  A7
 5*  6   5*   -4  -3
Woke up this morn-in', 
     G                   D
-3 -4-5 6   -5  -6-5 -4  -5
the po-lice was shak-in' me

I went to the jailhouse, 
drunk and blues as I could be (2x)
But that cruel old judge 
sent my man away from me

They carried me to the courthouse, 
Lordy, how I was cryin' (2x)
They jailed me sixty days in jail, 
and money couldn't pay my fine

Sixty days ain't long if you can 
spend them as you choose (2x)
But this seems like jail than a cell 
where there ain't no booze

My life is all a misery 
when I cannot get my booze (2x)
I spend every dime on liquor, 
got to have the booze to go with these blues

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