The Blues chords by Louis Armstrong

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C
G
Am
A
Dsus4
Bm
Em
E
D
Ab
Eb
Cm
Fm
Bb
Bbdim
Edim
Abdim
Fsus4
F
C#dim
F#dim
Asus4
Bdim

Verse 1
C 
G 
 (C major) My mama done  (G major) tol' me,
C 
when I  (C major) was in knee- pants
My mama done tol' me,
G 
Am 
A 
C 
G 
 (G major) "Son  (A minor)  (A major) a  (C major) woman'll sweet talk"  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) And give you the big eye,
Dsus4 
G 
Am 
G 
Bm 
Em 
E 
 (Dsus4)  (G major) but when the  (A minor) sweet talkin's done  (G major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (E major) 
D 
Dsus4 
D 
 (D major) A woman's a  (Dsus4) two-     face,  (D major) 
C 
D 
G 
C 
 (C major) A worrisome thing who'll leave you  (D major) singing the  (G major) blues  (C major) in the night
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) 
G 
C 
A 
G 
C 
 (G major) Now  (C major) the  (A major) rain's a- fallin',  (G major)  (C major) hear the train's a- callin,
G 
Em 
 (G major)  (E minor) "Whooee!"
G 
C 
G 
C 
Ab 
C 
(My mama done tol' me) Hear  (G major)  (C major) that lonesome whistle  (G major)  (C major) blow (A flat major) in'  (C major) 'cross the trestle,
G 
Am 
Bm 
 (G major)  (A minor)  (B minor) "Whooee!"
G 
D 
A 
D 
C 
(My mama done  (G major) tol' me) A-  (D major)  (A major) whooee- ah-  (D major) whooee  (C major) ol' clickety-
G 
C 
G 
Em 
clack's a- echoin'  (G major) back the blues  (C major) in the night  (G major)  (E minor) 
G 
C 
Eb 
Cm 
C 
Fm 
 (G major) The evenin'  (C major) breeze'll start  (E flat major) the trees  (C minor) to  (C major) cryin' and the  (F minor) moon'll hide
Bb 
Bbdim 
Edim 
E 
Abdim 
E 
A 
G 
A 
D 
Am 
D 
Bm 
 (B flat major) its light  (B flatdim)  (Edim)  (E major) when  (A flatdim) you      get  (E major) the blues  (A major)  (G major) in  (A major) the night  (D major)  (A minor)  (D major)  (B minor) 
D 
G 
C 
Fm 
Fsus4 
F 
Fm 
Bb 
A 
 (D major) Boy,  (G major)  (C major) take my word,  (F minor) the  (Fsus4)  (F major)  (F minor) mockingbird'll sing the saddest  (B flat major) kind  (A major) o' song,
C#dim 
A 
E 
Bbdim 
A 
D 
F#dim 
 (C sharpdim)  (A major)  (E major) he knows things  (B flatdim) are      wrong,  (A major) and he's  (D major) right  (F sharpdim) 

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Interlude 1

Verse 3
G 
C 
 (G major) From Natchez to Mobile,  (C major) 
G 
From Memphis to St. Joe,  (G major) 
D 
Dsus4 
G 
E 
C 
Em 
G 
C 
A 
G 
Am 
A 
Bm 
E 
D 
Am 
D 
C 
A 
D 
G 
Wherever  (D major) the four wind (Dsus4) s         (G major)  (E major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (C major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A minor)  (A major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (A minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
C 
C#dim 
Dsus4 
G 
Am 
D 
C 
G 
C 
Fm 
Am 
Cm 
Fm 
 (C major)  (C sharpdim)  (Dsus4)  (G major)  (A minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F minor)  (A minor)  (C minor)  (F minor) 
Ab 
Bb 
A 
C#dim 
A 
E 
A 
D 
A 
Asus4 
Bm 
C 
Fsus4 
Fm 
Ab 
 (A flat major)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (C sharpdim)  (A major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (Asus4)  (B minor)  (C major)  (Fsus4)  (F minor)  (A flat major) 
Fm 
Bb 
A 
C#dim 
E 
Bdim 
Abdim 
A 
D 
Bm 
D 
G 
C 
Edim 
G 
 (F minor)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (C sharpdim)  (E major)  (Bdim)  (A flatdim)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major)  (Edim)  (G major) 
C 
G 
A 
G 
A 
 (C major)  (G major)  (A major) blow  (G major)  (A major) 
G 
C 
A 
 (G major) I  (C major) been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk,  (A major) 
D 
G 
 (D major)  (G major) 
Am 
A 
Bm 
But there  (A minor) is one thing  (A major) I know  (B minor) 
E 
D 
 (E major) A   (D major) woman's a two- face,
C 
G 
A  (C major) worrisome thing who'll leave you singing  (G major) 
C#dim 
C 
the blues  (C sharpdim)  (C major) in the night