Key: Db major
Verse 1
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Down in Atlanta, GA
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Under the viaduct ev'ry day
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Drinking corn and hollerin'
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hooray
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But as I turned my head
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I loudly said,
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"Preach 'em blues, sing them blues"
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They certainly sound
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good to me
Verse 2
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I've been in love for the last six months
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Let me convert your soul
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'Cause just a little spirit of the blues
Verse 3
tonight
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Let me tell you, girls,
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that your man ain't treating you right
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Let me tell you I don't mean no wrong
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I will learn you something if you
Verse 4
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I ain't here to try to save your soul
Verse 5
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Going on down the line a
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There's many a poor woman down
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Read on down to chapter nine
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Woman must learn how to take their time
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Read on down to chapter ten
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Taking other women's men,
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you are doing a sin
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Sing'em, sing'em, sing
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them blues
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Let me convert your soul
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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sister by the name
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of Sister Green
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you ain't never seen
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Sing 'em, sing 'em, sing them blues
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