St. Louis Blues chords by Ethel waters
Verse 1
Am
C
G
C
Ten and fifty, and fifty is eleven,
B
Em
Ten is for to send this man to heaven.
B
Sing, brother, sing,
C
B
And send this man to heaven.
Em
Sing, sister, sing,
B
Oh,
G
Em
Lordy.
Am
C
G
Loosen up your vo cal cords,
C
And sing with all your might.
G
B
We must have twenty -five,
Em
B
Em
or else we'll sit up all night.
B
Sing, brothers, sing.
C
And send this man to heaven.
B
Em
G
Sing, sisters, sing.
Oh,
Lordy.
C
Excuse me, brothers.
Excuse me, sisters.
G
I need some conversin'
with you.
B
C
You all know that I'm the mortician.
Am
G
and my mission to take
C
a gang of dollars from you.
E
C
Now about 25 bucks is the sum all told.
B
He's got to go at sundown, hot or cold.
Em
E
Ready or not,
C
we're going to low him in the ground
Am
to morrow evening till and
G
C
when the sun goes down.
Am
What can 't you say?
G
Huh?
B
What can't you say?
G
I say tomorrow evening till
and when the sun goes down.
C
I hate to see that evening sun go down.
G
C
I hate to see that evening sun go down, why,
G
Ab
C
they're taking my man to plant him underground.
Ab
C
Cm
C
If he'd done me right,
he would be still alive.
F
If he'd done me right,
Fm
F
C
he would be still alive,
Ab
Instead of making me pay my
C
G
last twenty -five.
Cm
C
Ab
Bagbiter, why did you lose your head?
G
Bagbiter, why were you so misled?
C
You didn't heed my warning
Cm
C
Ab
and live the life I planned
G
Now the
Lord only knows where you're gonna land,
land, land
C
But when you see me leavin',
G
pin -crepe on your door
C
Won't be dead, just ain't
comin' back no more
F
Fm
Got my railroad blues, my railroad fare
G
C
I feel like ridin' into just nowhere
G
Ab
Catchin' me a train 15 coaches long
G
G
When you look for waters, I'll be gone
C
Train I ride is marked
Santa
Fe
G
Count me back down yonder in
Tennessee
C
F
G
To my dear old mama and dad
C
G
That's best pals I've ever had
Ab
G
C
Ab
So long, cause I'm on my way
C
Ab
C
Ab
C
Why, why, why?
St. Louis Blues
Ethel Waters
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