Beale Street Blues

Beale Street Blues easy guitar chords by Bessie Smith

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • E

  • A

  • D

  • G

  • F#

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • F

  • E

  • A

  • D

  • G

  • F#

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • F

  • Verse 1
    E
    A
    D

    Jenny Neale

    Down in Beale
    G
    D
    G
    A

    Gave her papa the air
    D

    Left him cold

    Got him told
    E
    D
    A
    D

    Said she didn't care
    Verse 2
    G
    D

    Old Joe, her beau
    G

    Looked just like he would die
    D
    A

    If you was near him
    D

    You would hear him
    G
    D

    Sob his mournful cry
    Verse 3
    D

    Beale Street Papa
    G

    Why don't you come back home?
    D
    A

    It isn't proper to leave your

    mama all alone
    D

    Sometimes I was cruel, that was true

    But Papa, you know Mama

    never two- timed you

    Boo- hoo, I'm blue
    Verse 4
    D
    A
    D

    So how come you do me like you do?

    I'm cryin'

    Beale Street Papa,
    G

    don't mess around with me

    There's plenty pettin' that I can
    D
    F#
    D
    F#

    get in Tennessee
    D

    I'll still get my sweet cooking, constantly

    But not the kind you served to me
    A
    D
    A
    D

    So Beale Street Papa, come back home
    Interlude 1
    D
    G
    D

    Bm
    D
    A
    D
    G
    A
    D
    F#
    D
    A
    D
    G


    A
    So how come you
    Verse 5
    D
    G
    D

    do me like you do?
    A
    Bm
    D

    I'm cry in'

    Beale Street Papa,
    G
    F
    D

    don't mess around with me
    G

    There's plenty pettin' that I can
    F#

    get in Tennessee
    D
    Bm
    D

    I bought a rifle, razor and a knife
    D
    Bm

    A postal card can't save my life
    D
    A
    D

    So Beale Street Papa, come back home

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