Wasted Life Blues chords by Bessie Smith
Verse 1
E
C#
F#
D#
G#
C#
F#
B
E
I've lived a
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D#
life but nothin' I've gained
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C#
F#
B
Each day I'm full of sorrow an d pain
E
C#m
F#
G#
No one seem s to care enough for poor me
C#
F#
B
To give me a word of sympathy
Verse 2
E
Em
F#
Oh, me, oh, my
G#
C#
F#
B
Wonder what will the end be
E
Em
C#
Oh, me, oh, my
G#
C#
F#
B
Wonder what will become of poor me
E
F#
No father to guide me,
Verse 3
B
G#
no mother to care
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F#
B
Must bear my troubles all alone
E
F#
G#
Not even a brother to help me share
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F#
B
This burden I must bear alone
Verse 4
E
B
Oh, me, oh, my
G#
C#
F#
B
Wonder what will my end be
E
C#m
E
B
Oh, me, oh, my
G#
C#
F#
B
Wonder what will become of poor me
Interlude 1
E
F#
B
F#
G#
C#
F#
C#m
B
E
Em
B
Em
G#
C#
F#
B
E
I'm settin' and think
Verse 5
C#m
in'
Em
B
G#
of the days gone by
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F#
B
C#
They filled my heart with pain
B
E
C#m
I'm too weak to stand
Em
D#
G#
and too strong to cry
C#
F#
B
E
But I'm forgettin' it all in vain
B
Oh,
Verse 6
E
C#m
E
Em
B
G#
me, oh, my
B
C#
F#
B
D#
Wonder what will my end be
B
E
C#m
F#
B
Oh, me, oh, my
G#
C#
F#
B
Wonder what will become of poor me
E
Em
I've traveled and wandered almost
Verse 7
F#
B
everywhere
G#
C#
F#
B
To get a little joy from life
E
Em
Still I've gained nothin' but
G#
wars and despairs
C#
F#
B
C#m
Still strugglin' in this world of strife
B
E
Oh, me,
Verse 8
Em
B
oh, my
G#
C#
C#m
F#
B
C#
Wonder what will my end be
B
E
Em
Oh, me, oh, my
G#
C#
F#
B
Wonder what will become of poor me
Wasted Life Blues
Bessie Smith
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