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- Saint Louis Blues
- Words and Music
by W. C. Handy - 1914
| Intro:------------- |
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| Fm |
Bbm Bdim |
C7 |
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| - |
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Fm G7 |
C7 |
| Verse:------------ |
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| ||: F7 |
Bb |
F |
F7 |
| Bb |
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F |
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| C7 |
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F |
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| Interlude:--------- |
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| ||: Fm |
Bbm Bdim |
C7 |
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| - |
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Fm (G7) |
(C7) (repeat) :|| |
| Chorus:----------- |
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| ||: F Dm F Bb |
F Dm F Bb |
F Bb F Bb |
F |
| Gm Bb |
Gm Bb |
F Bb F Bb |
F Bb F |
| - |
C7 |
F |
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- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- Note: Notice the "repeat"
symbols ||: :|| for the Verse, Interlude, and Chorus.
Repeat as indicated.
- Chord names in ( ) are to be
played during the repeat.
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- Intro:
- (no lyrics)
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- Verse:
- I hate to see de ev' nin'
sun go down,
- Hate to see de ev' nin'
sun go down,
- Cause my ba-by, he done
lef dis town.
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- Feel-in' to-morrow lak Ah
feel to-day,
- Feel-in' to-morrow lak Ah
feel to-day,
- I'll pack my trunk, Make
ma get a-way.
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- Interlude:
- Saint Lou -is wo-man wid
her dia -mon' rings,
- Pulls dat man roun' by her
a -pron strings.
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- 'Twant for pow-der an' for
store bought hair,
- De man I love would not
gone no-where.
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- Chorus:
- Got de Saint Lou-is Blues
jes as blue as Ah can be.
- Dat man got a heart lak
a rock cast in the sea.
- Or else he would-n't have
gone so far from me.
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- I loves dat man lak a school
boy loves his pie.
- Lak a Ken-tuck-y Col'n-nel
loves his mint an' rye.
- I'll love ma ba-by till
the day Ah die.
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
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- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
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