St. Louis Blues chords by Jim Jackson

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Verse 1
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Well,  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) I hate to see  (E minor) that
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 (G major) even (E minor) ing sun go  (G major) down.
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Well,  (C major) I  hate to see that evening
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sun  (E minor) go down.  (G major) 
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Cause  (D major) it makes me think
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about  (G major) my last go  (E minor) round.  (G major) 
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 (E minor) If  I'm feeling tomorrow  (G major) like I feel  (D major) today,
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If I'm feeling tomorrow like I feel today,  (G major) 
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I'm  (D major) go ing to pack my suitcase
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and make my long  (G major) getaway.  (E minor) 
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Of  (G major)  (E minor) the St. Louis woman,  (G major) 
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she wears  (C major) a  (D major) diamond ring
She leads the men around
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by her apron  (G major) string  (E minor)  (G major) 
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If  (E minor) it  wasn't for powder,
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 (G major) and it's so bald  (D major) hair
Oh, the girl I love wouldn't go,
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no,  (G major) wow, how,  (D major) how.
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I've  (E minor) got the St. Louis blues
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and Chesapeake blues as  (G major) I  (E minor) can  (G major) be.
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My girl's  (E minor) got a heart
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 (C major) like a rock cast  (E minor) in the sea.  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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That's the  (D major) reason why she
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goes  (G major) so far from  (E minor) me.  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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I love  (E minor) my girl
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like a schoolboy loves  (G major) his pie.  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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 (G major) Like a  (C major) Kentucky white man
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loves  (E minor) his rock  (G major) and rye.  (E minor)  (G major) 
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I ain't  (D major) love my girl till the day I die  (G major) 
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A red  (E minor) -headed woman
will make a freight train jump the track
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A  (G major) red  (C major) -headed woman
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will make a freight train jump  (G major) the track
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And  (E minor) a   black  (D major) -headed girl
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will make a  (G major) preacher like  (E minor) a   boulder jack
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I'm  (G major) got the St. Louis  (E minor) blue,
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 (G major) and  (E minor) just as  (G major) blue as  (E minor) I can be  (G major) 
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 (E minor) My   (G major) girl's  (C major) got a heart
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like a rock has in the sea  (G major)  (E minor) 
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 (G major) That's the  (D major) reason why she
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grows  (G major) so  (E minor) far from me,
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those St. Louis blues  (G major) 