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Verse 1
And with (A minor) (C major) Max Roach,
(A minor) (F major) Paul (A minor) (Adim) West,
(F sharpdim) and (C major) Wynton Kelly,
I'd like to do one (A minor) of Bessie's
most soulful (D major) tunes. (G major)
(C major) It's called The Back (E minor) water Blues. (C major)
(F major) (Adim) (D major) (F sharpdim) (C major) (A minor) (D major)
(G major) When (C major) it rains five (D major) days
(F major) and the (A minor) skies turn black (C major) as night (F major) (C major)
Well, (F major) when it rains (Adim) five (D major) days (C major)
(F major) an (A minor) d the (D major) skies turn black
(C major) as night (E minor) (F major) (G major)
(C major) You (A minor) know there's (D major) trouble in
(E minor) the lowland (F sharpdim) s,
(D major) an (Gsus4) d everything (G major) ain't
(C major) right. (F major) (E flatdim) (G major) (F major)
(D minor) Oh (Gsus4) well, I (G major) woke (E minor) up this (C major) morning,
(F major) could (G major) n't (A minor) even get (D major) out of (F sharpdim) my door. (E minor)
(G major) Yeah, (D major) yeah, yeah,
(C minor) I woke (F sharpdim) (Adim) up this morn (D major) ing,
(Adim) couldn't (D major) even get (G major) out of my (C major) door,
(E minor) there (F sharpdim) (C major) (A minor) was enough trouble
(D major) to make a poor (G major) girl won (Gsus4) der where
(G major) she ought (D minor) to go. (C major)
(A minor) Then (D major) they (C minor) rowed (C major) a little (G major) boat
(C major) About (G major) five (A minor) miles (F major) across (C major) the pond (C minor)
(C major) Yes, they (E minor) rowed (F major) a little (Adim) boat
(D major) About (C major) (Adim) five (D major) miles across (C major) the pond
I (A minor) packed all (D major) my clothes
and throwed them (A minor) in,
(D major) then (G major) (Gsus4) they (G major) rode me right
(C major) along. (F major) (Adim) (D major)
(F sharpdim) Well, (B major) (G major) (C major) when it thunders
and light (G major) ens,
(D minor) an (Adim) d the wind begins to (C major) blow,
(D minor)
(G major) Can't you hear (C major) the thunder (C sharpdim) ,
(F major) see (Adim) the lightning,
(F major) and feel the (F sharpdim) wind beginnin'
to (G major) blow? (F major)
(E minor) Lord, it (A minor) makes you think
about all (D major) those people
that (Gsus4) (A minor) ain't got (G major) no place
to (C major) go. (F major) (F sharpdim) (G major)
Then I (C major) went and stood
on (F major) (Adim) a (F sharpdim) high old lone (G major) some hill
(C major) Yeah, (Adim) (F major) (C minor) (D major) yeah, yeah, yeah
(Adim) I (F major) went and (F sharpdim) stood,
stood (Adim) (E flatdim) on a (F sharpdim) high (Adim) old lonesome (A minor) hill (C major)
(D major) I (A minor) look down with tears in my (D major) eyes,
(Gsus4) on the house (D minor) where I used (C major) to live.
(Edim) Ah, (D major) that's (F sharpdim) why the (G major) blues
(Bdim) done called (C major) me,
called (Adim) me to pack (E flatdim) my clothes
(G major) an (C major) d go. (Edim)
(G major) Yeah, (G minor) (C minor) yeah, the blues
(C major) done (F major) called (Adim) me, (A minor)
(C major) called (F major) (F sharpdim) me to pack my
clothes (G major) an d go. (C major) (F major)
(C major) Cause my (A minor) house done fell (D major) down, (D minor)
(F major) and (Gsus4) I can't live there
(C minor) no more. (C major) (D major)
(Gsus4) Some body, (G major) somebody,
(C major) (G major) please tell (C major) me,
where's it (F major) for a poor girl
like me to go? (C minor) (C major) (C minor)
(C major) Can't you see I'm tired, (F major)
and I don't (F sharpdim) feel like moving no (G major) more.
But if (F major) (C major) (A minor) I ever get my
(D major) nerve (A minor) settled (F major) down,
(G major) I'll be a mean so -and (C major) -so.
(Edim) (F major) (D major) (G major) (C minor) (C major)
(G major) Dinah (A minor) (C major) (G major) Dinah Washington will return for
One Number with an all -star group
Wynton Kelly,
Max Roche, and Paul West remain on stage.
As we bring up first,
a superb trombonist.
One of his best -known solos
is on the Woody Herman second
recording of Blue Flame.
And recently he was given the job of
leading the Benny Goodman Orchestra
in the absence of Benny
for about three months.
Urbie Green.
Then a man whose talents
encompass the mellophone,
the vibes, the trumpet,
the vocal and compositorial
talents.
He's an all -around entertainer
as well. Don Elliott.
And one of the fast and furious men of jazz,
Terry Gibbs.
Black Water Blues (Live)
Dinah Washington
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