St. Louis Blues chords by Ella Fitzgerald, Mildred Bailey
Verse 1
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Oh,
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I hate to see
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that evening sun go down
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Way, way, way down
I hate to see
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Yes, I hate to see that evening
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sun go down
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Cause my baby, he has gone
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an d left me down
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If I'm feelin' tomorrow,
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just like I feel today,
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I hope tomorrow, yes,
if I'm feelin',
Mmm, if I'm feelin' tomorrow
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just like I feel today
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I'm gonna pack my truck
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and I'm gonna make my getaway
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Early in the morning,
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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St. Louis woman
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With all the diamond rings
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She pulls that man around
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Buy her apron strings
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and she's got lots of money
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Oh yeah, she's got lots
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of diamond rings
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And if it wasn't for powder
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and for store -bought air
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That man I love wouldn't have gone nowhere,
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nowhere
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Well, I got the St. Louis blues,
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just as blue as I can be.
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Yeah, yeah, hear me talking.
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I got the St. Louis blues.
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Blue, got blue like a song
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I can't sing
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My man got a heart like a rock
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cast in a deep blue sea
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I say he may be a man, but he comes up,
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he walks up those stairs
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to see me sometimes.
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Yeah, and I love it.
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He may be a man,
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but he comes up to see me sometimes.
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And I lift six flights up,
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oo h, that man, he sure loves to climb.
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I say, if you don't
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like my peaches,
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why do you shake my tree,
stay out of my orchard?
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I say if you don't like my peaches,
why, why do you shake my tree?
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Just stay out, stay out,
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stay out of my orchard,
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and let my peach tree be.
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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
I haven't finished
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No, I haven't finished with the blues
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I gotta go and pay the dues
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There's this St. Louis blues
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I got the blues
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Blue as I can be
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You hear me shoutin'
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and cryin'
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I'm lonesome as I can be
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Oh, I say Mississippi River,
oh, it's long, deep, and wide.
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I got to go and find my man.
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I got to find him on the other side.
Take me back to St. Louis.
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Take me back to St. Louis.
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You heard Ella sing the St. Louis blues,
it was a request
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and now I'm through,
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as I do as I can be.
Thank you.
Keep looking up.
Keep looking up.
St. Louis Blues
Ella Fitzgerald, Mildred Bailey
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