Chinch Bug Blues chords by Blind Lemon Jefferson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
I never did feel uneasy,  (C major) 
G 
C 
I know how you left your  (G major) tricks  (C major) 
I never did feel uneasy,
F 
C 
Ab 
C 
 (F major) I  (C major) know how you  (A flat major) left your  (C major) tricks
G 
C 
 (G major) You leave town today and  (C major) it's ten
A 
Ab 
 (A major) days, you've  (A flat major) got  your business
C 
 (C major) well fixed
Ab 
C 
 (A flat major)  (C major) 

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Verse 2
Ab 
I wonder if the  (A flat major) chinches bite in
Dbm 
C 
 (D flat minor) Beau   (C major) mont, oh,
Ab 
C 
Ab 
C 
 (A flat major) like they do in  (C major) Beale Street town  (A flat major)  (C major) 
I wonder if chinches bite in
Ab 
Beaumont,  (A flat major) like they do in
C 
Beale Street town  (C major) 
G 
C 
The first  (G major) night I stayed in  (C major) Memphis,
A 
C 
Ab 
C 
 (A major)  (C major) chinch bug (A flat major) s turned  (C major) my bed around
G 
C 
I  (G major) had to  (C major) get

Verse 3
Ab 
C 
 (A flat major) 'ceitful with the  (C major) bedbugs,
to keep the chinches from
Ab 
Dbm 
C 
takin' my life  (A flat major)  (D flat minor)  (C major) 
Dbm 
C 
 (D flat minor) I     had to  (C major) get 'ceitful with
F 
the bed (F major) bugs,
C 
Ab 
to  (C major) keep the  (A flat major) chinches
C 
Ab 
C 
from takin'  (C major) my life  (A flat major)  (C major) 
G 
C 
 (G major) Be cause the chinches got my number (C major) ,
Ab 
C 
Ab 
wrote three letters to my  (A flat major) wife  (C major)  (A flat major) 
C 
 (C major) My

Verse 4
Ab 
C 
 (A flat major) wife  (C major) caught me easin',
Ab 
C 
Ab 
C 
way  (A flat major) across  (C major) that rich gal's room  (A flat major)  (C major) 
I said my wife caught me easin',
Ab 
C 
Ab 
C 
way  (A flat major) across that rich gal's room  (C major)  (A flat major)  (C major) 
G 
C 
 (G major) The next time I go to  (C major) slip out,
Ab 
I ain't  (A flat major) gonna leave on the light
C 
Ab 
C 
Ab 
C 
anymore  (C major)  (A flat major)  (C major)  (A flat major)  (C major) 

Verse 5
C 
My  (C major) wife has quit me,
Ab 
C 
Ab 
C 
and my rich  (A flat major)  (C major) pigmeat gal is too  (A flat major)  (C major) 
Dbm 
Ab 
 (D flat minor) I      (A flat major) say my wife has quit me,
C 
Ab 
C 
 (C major)  (A flat major) and  my rich pigmeat gal is too  (C major) 
Gm 
Oh, Lord, I'm lyin' in  (G minor) this cold bed
alone, scared with the chinch bug blues
C 
 (C major) 