St. Louis Blues chords by Paul Robeson

SimplifiedG · Cm · D · C · F

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I
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Hate
To
See
That
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Evening
Sun
Go
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Down
I hate
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C 
I hate to see that evening sun go down
G 
Cause my honey,
C 
she's done left this town
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C 
Feeling tomorrow like I feel today
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C 
Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today I'll
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C 
F 
pack my trunk and make my getaway
C 
St.
Cm 
G 
Louis creeper with his diamond ring
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Pulled a man around by her apron string
Now if it wasn't for powder
G 
and for store -bought hair
Then gal I love,
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she wouldn't go nowhere,
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G 
nowhere
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Got to see
Louis move just as blue as I can be
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C 
That gal got a heart like a ruckus in the
sea
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Thought else she wouldn't
come so far from
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me.
C 
Gypsy done told me,
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C 
said don't you wear no black.
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C 
Yeah, she done told me, says don't
G 
Just go to
St.
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D 
G 
Louis, says you can win her back.
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I love that gal like a ski -boy loves his pie.
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Like a
Kentucky
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Colonel loves his rocket ride,
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I'll love my honey till the day I die.
you