Key: C major
Verse 1
C
Fm
Back before the blues were blue
C
D
Fm
When the good old songs were new
C
Ebdim
Songs that may no longer please us
F
Am
Some said garbage, others cried art
Ab
C
G
C
You couldn't call it soul,
Dm
G
C
you had to call it art
C
G
C
while the workers ate the weeds
G
C
Dm
G
that you died standing up
C
E
Eaug
Fm
When I was a little thing
C
D
Ddim
Fm
Papa tried to make me sing
Am
C
D
C
These were the songs
that my daddy taught me
G
C
Camptown races and Susanna,
don't you cry
F
C
Channel Addie still brings a tear to my eye
F
Am
Label it garbage, label it art
Fm
G
C
You couldn't call it soul,
G
C
you had to call it art
C
G
C
while the workers ate the wheat
F
Dm
You worked so hard
G
C
G
C
that you died standing up
Fm
Eaug
Sing me songs of days gone by
Fm
C
D
Ddim
Make me laugh, make me cry
C
Ebdim
Break my female heart in two
C
F
C
Sing me the songs that say I love you
F
G
Sing me the one about the sunset
C
F
Am
Abaug
and in the west
C
F
C
Dsus4
G
C
G
C
C
G
C
while the workers ate the wheat
G
C
that you died standing up
Am
Ab
water's in the cup,
Fm
F
you worked so hard
G
F
C
C
that you died standing up.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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