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Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
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Verse 1
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C

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G

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Me and my
C
C

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wife run all over town

Everywhere we'd go,

people would turn up now
Cdim
Cdim
3

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F
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It's a bourgeois town
C
C

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It's a bourgeois town
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G

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I've got the bourgeois blues

I'm gonna spread the
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C

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news all around

Come along people, listen to me

Don't try to find no home in

Washington,

D .C.
F
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It's a bourgeois town
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C

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It's a bourgeois town
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F

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G

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I've got the bourgeois blues

I'm gonna spread the
C
C

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F

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news all around

Me and

Martha was standing upstairs

I heard a white man say

We don't want no niggas up there
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F

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Oh, it's a bourgeois town
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Here's the bourgeois town, I've got the bourgeois blues I'm gonna spread
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the news all around
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Home of the brave and land of the free I don't
D
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want to be mistreated by no bourgeoisie
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It's a bourgeois town,
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it's a bourgeois town
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I got the bourgeois blues,
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spread the news all around
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White folks in

Washington, they know how

Throw a colored man a nickel

just to see him bow
Dm
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Oh, it's a bourgeois town
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It's a bourgeois town
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I got the bourgeois blues

I'm gonna spread the news
C
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Am
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all around
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Tell all the colored folks

Listen to me

Don't try to find no home in

Washington,

D .C.
F
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Cause it's a bourgeois town
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C

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The bourgeois town, I've got the bourgeois blues,
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F#dim
F#dim
4

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Eb
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I'm gonna spread the news all around.
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Now, la la la, la la la, la la
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Wah!

Me and my wife run all over town

Everywhere we go,

colored people turn us down
F
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It's the bourgeois town
Dm
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C
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It's the bourgeois town
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Dm
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I got the bourgeois blues,
C
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I'm gonna spread the news all around
F#dim
F#dim
4

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Cdim
Cdim
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Ebdim
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C
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Yeah, there's
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C
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a bourgeois jam
C
C

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It's a bourgeois jam
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G

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I got the bourgeois blues,
C
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I'm gonna spread the news all around

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Chords

  • C

  • F

  • G

  • Cdim

    3

  • Dm

  • D

  • Am

  • F#dim

    4

  • Eb

    6

  • Ebdim

Capo: No capo

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Bourgeois Blues by Odetta is C major.

The primary chords used in Bourgeois Blues are C, F, G, Cdim, Dm, D.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, F, G, Cdim, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Bourgeois Blues is approximately 115 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Bourgeois Blues using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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