The Grain Belt Blues chords by Peggy Lee

SimplifiedG · C · F · Eb · D …

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G
C
F
Eb
D
Bb
Gm
Edim
A
Em
Ab
C#
F#
B
E
Ddim

Verse 1
G 
C 
F 
G 
C 
F 
G 
Way  (G major) out  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 
Eb 
D 
G 
F 
C 
Bb 
 (E flat major)  (D major)  (G major) on the plain (F major) s where  (C major) the air is sweet,  (B flat major) 
Gm 
F 
Eb 
and  (G minor) the earth  (F major) is rich for  (E flat major) the seedling wheat.
D 
F 
 (D major) A man can hurt  (F major) his back,
C 
but  (C major) never his soul.
Edim 
G 
 (Edim) The  (G major) good,
C 
G 
sweet earth can  (C major) keep a man whole.  (G major) 
Eb 
D 
F 
Oh,  (E flat major)  (D major) the sun  (F major) can blister
C 
Bb 
and  (C major) the hail  (B flat major) can pound
F 
And the bliz (F major) zard rage or
Eb 
 (E flat major) the rivers flood the ground
D 
F 
 (D major) That man may cry  (F major) bitter tears,
C 
A 
but  (C major) still he'll stay  (A major) 
Edim 
D 
 (Edim) He      (D major) knows
Mother
G 
Nature has some blues to play  (G major) 
C 
The grain belt blues, the  (C major) grain belt blues
G 
Em 
Come  (G major) on,  (E minor) you crops,
Edim 
Eb 
 (Edim) we  (E flat major) need new shoes
D 
G 
 (D major) We got to  (G major) get to the mill
C 
and  (C major) grind it just right
A 
D 
A 
G 
Or  (A major) there  (D major) won't be any bread for sup (A major) per  (G major) to
C 
G 
Ab 
C# 
Ab 
night  (C major)  (G major)  (A flat major)  (C sharp major)  (A flat major) 
C# 
Ab 
C# 
Ab 
C# 
Ab 
C# 
Ab 
 (C sharp major)  (A flat major)  (C sharp major)  (A flat major)  (C sharp major)  (A flat major)  (C sharp major)  (A flat major) 
Eb 
 (E flat major) 
F# 
Yes, the  (F sharp major) spring will come and
he'll plow once more
B 
F# 
Ab 
F# 
 (B major) He'll  (F sharp major)  (A flat major) work  (F sharp major) that ground
E 
Eb 
till  (E major) his body's sore  (E flat major) 
Ab 
F# 
Why  (A flat major) does he  (F sharp major) work?
C# 
Ddim 
 (C sharp major) What is it for?  (Ddim) 
Eb 
He knows he'll  (E flat major) win when they
Ab 
C# 
F# 
Ab 
add up the score  (A flat major)  (C sharp major)  (F sharp major)  (A flat major) 
F# 
Ab 
F# 
 (F sharp major) Then  (A flat major) one fine day,  (F sharp major) the grain will be ripe
C# 
F# 
He can  (C sharp major) smoke  (F sharp major) after supper,
E 
good tobacco  (E major) in his pipe
Eb 
Ab 
F# 
 (E flat major) He  (A flat major) knows it's a bumper,  (F sharp major) 
C# 
Ddim 
he'll have cash  (C sharp major) to  (Ddim) spend
Eb 
The  (E flat major) grand bad blues will come to an end