Detroit Blues chords by Bill Pearson

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Am
D
Dm
A
F
B
E
C
Cm
F#m
Fdim

Verse 1
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 (A minor) Man,  (D major)  (D minor) I got the  (A minor) blues for Michigan,
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you should  (D major) tell me nothing.  (A major)  (F major)  (B major)  (E major)  (A major) 
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 (E major) I got  (A major) the blues for  (A minor) Michigan,
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so  (D major) it's always on  (C major) my  (A minor) mind, on my mind.
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 (A major) I got  (D major) the blues for Michigan,
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so it's always  (A major) on  (A minor) my mind,
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Cm 
 (E major) on  (A major) my mind.  (C minor) 
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 (B major) My  (E major) woman  in Detroit
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keeps  (B major) me worried  (E major) all the  (A major) time,
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 (A minor) I mean all  (D minor) the  (A major) time.
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 (E major) I got a  (A major) wo man in Jolieta,
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 (E major) I   (A major) got a woman  (A minor) in Cleveland,
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 (A major) I got  (A minor) a woman in Chicago  (A major) too.
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 (A minor) I   got a  (D major) woman in Jolieta,  (F major) 
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 (F sharp minor) I      (D major) got a woman in Chicago  (A major) too,
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 (A minor)  (E major) Chicago  (A major) too.
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 (D major) My  (E major) woman in Detroit,
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she  (D major) don't care  (E major) what I do.  (A major)  (A minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (E major) If you go  (A major) to Detroit,  (E major)  (A major) mister,
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don't  (D major) stop on St. Anna wine,  (A minor) 
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 (A major) St. Anna wine.
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If  (A minor) you go to  (D major) De troit,  (A minor) mister,  (F major) 
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 (D major) don't  (A minor) you stop  (D major) on St. Anna wine,  (A major) 
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 (E major) I  mean St. An (A major) na wine.
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F#m 
If  (E major) you do, them  (F sharp minor) Michigan mamas
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 (E major) will make you lose your  (A major) mind.  (D major)  (D minor)  (A major) 
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 (E major) My  (A major) wo man told me,
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like  (D major) Papa Adam told Mother  (A major) Eve,
told Mother Eve.
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 (A minor) My  woman  (D major) told me,
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 (A major) like Papa  (D major) Adam told Mother  (A major) Eve.  (E major) 
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 (A major) You  (C major)  (E major) don't like this good garden,
Fdim 
F#m 
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 (Fdim) just    (F sharp minor) pack   (D major) your  (E major) trunk and  (A major) leave.  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (E major) I done  (A major) packed my  (B major) trunk,  (C major) 
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 (A major) I got  (D major) my knapsack  (E major) on  (F major) my  (D major) back (A minor)  (A major) ,
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 (A minor) on  my back.
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I  (A major)  (A minor) don't  (D major) pack my trunk,
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I got my knapsack on my back (A major) ,
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I  (E major) mean on  (A major) my back,
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I'm  (B major) leavin'  (E major) Detroit,
F#m 
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Am 
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 (F sharp minor) but    (F major) I'm comin'  (E major) right back  (A minor)  (D major)  (E major) 
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I'm  (A major) so  (E major) baffled, I  (A major) can't  (D major) get no  (A major) shoes,
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 (A minor) can  (A major) 't get no shoes,
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I'm  (D major) so baffled, I can't get
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 (F major) Don't you,  (A major)  (E major) I  mean  (A major) you,
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 (E major) these Detroit women,
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 (F sharp minor) got me  (E major) with the Detroit blow.  (A minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 