St. Louis Blues chords by Hank Williams Jr.
Verse 1
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Fm
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C
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D
G
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The
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night was mighty dark
and you could hardly see
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E
Cause the moon refused to shine
Am
And there's a couple sittin'
near the willow tree
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G
Oh, for long, how they hanged.
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The little maid,
C
she was kind of afraid of the dark.
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So she said, I think I'll go.
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The boy began to sigh,
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Am
looked up at the sky,
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G
And told the moon his little tale of woe,
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woe
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Shine, shine on home sweet
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Up in the sky
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Baug
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I ain't had me no lovin' since January,
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C
February, June and July
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It's a slow time, ain't no time
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to stay outdoors and snooze
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C
So shine on, shine on all this moon
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C
G
for me and my gal
Am
But you know things didn't work out
for the boy and his sweetheart
She left him for somebody else
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Am
And the boy went to the big city
Started drowning his
troubles in the whiskey
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G
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Oh Lord, and the big city went mad St. Louis,
Cm
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mama
Cm
D
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Where's all your diamond rings?
Oh, you drags men around
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Cm
just like they was on the street
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Well, if it weren't for paint and powder
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G
D
G
and all that store -bought hell
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Good Lord, these St. Louis women,
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Cm
they would not be no wham,
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wham, wham,
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I got the St. Louie blues,
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Am
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Am
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I'm just as blue as I can be
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Yeah, that woman's got a heart
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G
C
like a rock cast into the sea
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Oh, why did my sweetheart go
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C
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C
so far away from me?
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Bm
Am
I can't see why a boy should sigh
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E
when by his side is the girl he loves so true.
Am
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Am
All he has to say is,
won't you be my bride?
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For now his sweetheart loves him too.
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C
Why should I be tellin' you the secret
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C
F
When I'm sure that you can guess?
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Am
The harvest moon will smile,
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shine on all the while
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D
The sweetheart yes,
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she answers yes, yes
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Shining on, shining on
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Am
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all those moons up in the sky.
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I ain't had me no lovin' since January,
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February, January.
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But it's no good time, ain't no time
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Am
D
to stay outdoors at this point
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So shine on, shine on,
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shine on harvest moon
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C
for me and my gal you
St. Louis Blues
Hank Williams Jr.
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