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Louis Jordan
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Key: D minor•
Verse 1
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Left Chicago in the
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summer, New York in the fall

Detroit in the winter
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didn't prove a thing at all
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I got those roamin' blues, yes,
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I got those roamin' blues
Em
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F#m
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C#dim
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Can't find no place to settle,
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G#dim
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Bm
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woo, I got those roamin' blues
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Joined a club in old Saint Louis,
Verse 2
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that G.I. free loot club
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Stood in line so long man,

wore my legs down to a nub
Dm
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I hit the road again, yes,
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I hit the road again
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Can't find no place to settle,
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G#dim
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so I hit the road again
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I thought I'd made it,
Verse 3
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Jack in good old Albuquerque
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I was on the wrong track,
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you know they tried to make me work
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Ain't that a killer? I hit the road
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F#m
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right quick
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Yes, that judge was much
Bm
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too slick
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Can't find no place to settle,
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woo, I hit the road right quick
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Then Las Vegas was the
Verse 4
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next
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stop, that fast town left me weak
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The dice man made twelve
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passes and I was up the well- known creek
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Those gamblers put me down,
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yes, I had to walk right out of town
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Um, um, that ain't no place to settle,
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um, I had to walk right out of town
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Ah, but I hit the greatest town of all, Frantic Frisco
Verse 5

Got
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me a gal with plenty gold, and
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she just won't let me go
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I think I've found a place,
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yes, I got my boots all laced
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Found me a home,
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don't have to roam

It's good news,
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I've lost those roamin' blues
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • C

  • Gm

    3

  • Bb

  • Fm

  • Em

  • A

  • D

  • G

  • Dm

  • F#m

    2

  • F

  • C#dim

    4

  • G#dim

    6

  • Asus4

  • Bm

    2

  • E

Capo: 5

Transpose: 0

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