Key: G major
Verse 1
to the deep, deep South
All over the Delta
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Then everywhere and all
points in between
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Permeating the scene
Leaving its mark on all walks of life
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They call it blues
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You say you want a soul massage
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You say you want a healthy dose
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of the musical truth
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Blue is a feeling, not a color
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Blues is about respect
Search and you search
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Come around and
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Yeah, you're right
Play the blues, baby
Play the blues, baby
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Play the blues
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Play the blues, baby
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Play the blues
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Abdim
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Daddy Muddy Wa ter was in 62
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Along with Little Walter
and others was the
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Clean -up crew
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Along with Jimmy Rogers,
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Stalking the streets
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The most terrifying mu sical
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Called the blues
Play the blues
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Play the blues
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Play the blues, baby
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Play the blues, baby
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Play the blues
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Abdim
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Big Willie Dix on was a backdoor man
and a hoochie -coochie man
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By the wisdom of the blues,
Willie was the one
Big Joe Turner was the boss of the blues
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Star in the 30s, in the 40s, in the 50s, in the 60s,
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Blues is tested, blues is tried
Play the blues, baby
Yeah, you're right
Play the blues
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Play the blues, baby
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Play the blues, baby
Yeah, you're right
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Play the blues
Play the blues, baby
Yeah, you're right
Play the blues
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Play the blues
God bless
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Lil' Walter, Big Walter,
Lightnin' Hopkins,
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Freddie King, Albert King, B .B. King, Earl King, Etta James, Ice -Pick James,
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Robert Cray, Stevie Ray, Johnny Hi -Fi, Johnny Shines,
Lonnie Johnson,
Buddy Guy, Junior Wells,
Magic Sam,
and George Harmonica Smith.
And many, many, many, many others
who play the blues
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