New Blowtop Blues chords by Dinah Washington

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Verse 1
C 
Cm 
I've  (C major) got bad  (C minor) news baby,
G 
F 
Cm 
C 
 (G major)  (F major) and you're the  (C minor) first to  (C major) know
F 
B 
Yes I've  (F major) got bad news baby,  (B major) 
F 
G 
C 
Em 
C 
 (F major) an d you're the  (G major) first  (C major) to know  (E minor)  (C major) 
F 
Dm 
F 
 (F major) Well I dis (D minor) covered  (F major) this morning that my
C 
F 
C 
wig is about to  (C major) blow  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
 (F major) 

Verse 2
C 
G 
Well I've  (C major) been rocking  (G major) on my feet an
F 
Cm 
 (F major) d I've been talking all  (C minor) out of my head
F 
 (F major) Yes I've been rocking on my feet and I've
C 
G 
C 
Em 
been talking all out  (C major) of my head  (G major)  (C major)  (E minor) 
F 
Dm 
F 
An (F major) d when  (D minor) I get  (F major) through talking,
G 
C 
Em 
F 
C 
F 
G 
I  (G major) can't  (C major) remem (E minor) ber a  (F major) thing I've  (C major) said  (F major)  (G major) 
C 
F 
C 
Now I  (C major) used to be a  (F major)  (C major) sharpie

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Verse 3
F 
Eb 
All dressed in the latest  (F major) styles  (E flat major) 
F 
C 
F 
 (F major) But  (C major) now I'm  (F major) walking down Broadway
C 
 (C major) Wearing nothing but a smile
F 
 (F major) I  see all kinds of little men
Eb 
Although they're never there  (E flat major) 
F 
C 
 (F major) I tried  (C major) to push a subway train
G 
And poured whiskey in my hair  (G major) 
F 
 (F major) I'm a gal who blew a fuse,
C 
Em 
F 
G 
C 
I've got those  (C major) blowtop blues  (E minor)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
F 
Eb 
Last night I was five feet  (F major) tall,  (E flat major) 

Verse 4
F 
 (F major) 
C 
F 
Eb 
Today I'm  (C major) eight feet  (F major) ten  (E flat major) 
F 
C 
F 
 (F major) Every time I  (C major) fall down (F major) stairs,
G 
I float right up  (G major) again
Am 
F 
 (A minor) When  (F major) someone turned the lights
on me it like to drove me blind
C 
 (C major) I woke up this morning in Bellevue but
F 
I've left my  (F major) mind behind
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) I'm a gal  (F major) you can't excuse,
G 
C 
F 
G 
Eb 
Cm 
G 
F 
 (G major) cause I've  (C major) got  (F major) those blowtop blues  (G major)  (E flat major)  (C minor)  (G major)  (F major) 
Am 
 (A minor) Well

Verse 5
F 
C 
Cm 
 (F major) I   (C major) got  (C minor) high last night,
F 
C 
F 
C 
 (F major) an d I took my man to his wife's  (C major) front door  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
Yes  (F major) I  got juiced last night and I took
C 
G 
C 
my man to his wife's  (C major) front door  (G major)  (C major) 
F 
Oh  (F major) but she was a 45- packin' mama,
C 
 (C major) and  I ain't goin' to try that no more!
Em 
F 
C 
 (E minor)  (F major)  (C major) 