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Beale Street Blues chords by
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
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Key: F major•
Verse 1
G
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C
C

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F
F

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Jenny Neale
Down in Beale
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C
C

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Gave her papa the air
F
F

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Left him cold
Got him told
G
G

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C
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F

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Said she didn't care
Verse 2
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Old Joe, her beau
Bb
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Looked just like he would die
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F

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C
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If you was near him
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F

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You would hear him
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F

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Sob his mournful cry
Verse 3
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F

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Beale Street Papa
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Bb

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Why don't you come back home?
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F

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C
C

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It isn't proper to leave your
mama all alone
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F

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Sometimes I was cruel, that was true
But Papa, you know Mama
never two- timed you
Boo- hoo, I'm blue
Verse 4
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F

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C

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F

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So how come you do me like you do?
I'm cryin'
Beale Street Papa,
Bb
Bb

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don't mess around with me
There's plenty pettin' that I can
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F

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F

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get in Tennessee
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F

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I'll still get my sweet cooking, constantly
But not the kind you served to me
C
C

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F

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So Beale Street Papa, come back home
Interlude 1
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F

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So how come you
Verse 5
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do me like you do?
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I'm cry in'
Beale Street Papa,
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Ab
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don't mess around with me
Bb
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There's plenty pettin' that I can
A
A

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get in Tennessee
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Dm
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I bought a rifle, razor and a knife
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A postal card can't save my life
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So Beale Street Papa, come back home

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