Beale Street Blues chords by Bessie Smith

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Verse 1
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Jenny Neale
Down in Beale
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Gave her papa the air
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Left him cold
Got him told
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Said she didn't care

Verse 2
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Old Joe, her beau
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Looked just like he would die
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If you was near him
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You would hear him
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Sob his mournful cry

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Verse 3

Beale Street Papa

Why don't you come back home?

It isn't proper to leave your

mama all alone

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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So how come you do me like you do?
I'm cryin'
Beale Street Papa,
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don't mess around with me
There's plenty pettin' that I can
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get in Tennessee
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I'll still get my sweet cooking, constantly
But not the kind you served to me
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So Beale Street Papa, come back home

Interlude 1

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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don't mess around with me
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There's plenty pettin' that I can
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get in Tennessee
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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