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Saint Louis Blues

Words and Music by W. C. Handy - 1914

Intro:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Fm	Bbm      Bdim	C7	-
-	-	Fm       G7	C7
Verse:----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	Bb	F	F7
Bb	-	F	-
C7	-	F	F7
Interlude:-------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Fm	Bbm      Bdim	C7	-
-	-	Fm	-
Fm	Bbm      Bdim	C7	-
-	-	Fm       G7	C7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
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	-   (C7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Intro:

(instrumental)

 

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

 

Interlude:

Saint Lou -is wo -man Wid her dia -mon' rings

Pulls dat man roun' by her a -pron strings

'Twant for pow -der an' for store bought hair

De man I love would not gone no -where

 

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

(repeat chorus)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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