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Who's Got The Blues To Blame chords by Dana Gillespie

  • Em

  • G

  • C

  • F#

    2
  • C#dim

    4
  • Edim

  • Am

  • D

  • A

  • Gm

    3
  • F

Verse 1
Em
G
C
F#
C
C#dim
Edim
If you
Am
D
C
G
C
Em
ever get down to
C
Em
Alabama, stop off and see my friend
A
Fat
Sam.
Am
Gm
Em
C
He's a little butterball who aims to please,
C#dim
D
with him every night's like
New
Year's
G
Eve.
C
Em
C
Edim
You'll find him on the corner from the shortest bar,
C
Em
A
Am
D
with a box -back coat and a big cigar.
Em
C
He's always wearin' a big white grin
Em
D
Just tell him I sent you a manual in
G
Fat
Em
Sam from
Am
D
Gm
G
Em
D
Birmingham, always on the ball
G
Fat
C
Sam from
Am
D
Em
C
Birmingham, as white as he is tall
Edim
Em
C
C#dim
Edim
C
F#
C
G
C
G
Em
If you're on the loose
and you wanna play,
C
G
Em
A
Sam's the man to show you the way
D
Em
He's all a chick's father,
C
Em
C
D
he's groovy line and he's ready for a party any old time
G
Gm
Edim
If you get a little hungry an
C
Gm
d you wanna eat, tell
G
Em
C
Sam all about it and he'll give you a treat
D
C
Neck bones and beans and catfish, too
Edim
D
And what could be better
Gm
G
than a good beef stew?
Fat
Em
Sam from
Am
D
C
Em
Am
D
Birmingham, always on the ball
G
Fat
C
Sam from
Em
D
G
C
Edim
C
G
Birmingham, as wide as he is tall
Em
C
D
C
D
G
Em
G
Em
Am
D
Em
D
C
D
G
Em
He'll tell you about money
he's made and spent
F#
G
If you're down on your
Em
Am
luck he'll pay your rent
D
Gm
G
Em
He'll drink and fight
and laugh and sing
D
G
C
Cause the world don't owe
D
him a doggone thing
G
Gm
Em
C
He plays poker, coon, can and skin
Em
A
But listen all you gambling men
D
C
Em
If you're looking around for
C
Edim
C
a real soft touch
Edim
C
Don't mess with
D
C
D
Sam cause he's much too much
C
G
Em
Fat
Sam from
Am
D
Em
Am
Birmingham, always on the ball
D
Gm
Fat
C
F
Sam from
C
Em
Am
D
G
D
Birmingham, as white as he is tall
Em
C
F#
C
C#dim
Edim
C
F#
C
Em
C
Em
Now big sister
C
Bessie used to spend her days
G
Preaching to
Em
Am
Sam to change his ways
D
C
Em
She followed him round with
C
a book in her hand
Em
Tryin' to make
Sam a righteous man
The
Sunday congregation was all put out
When
C
Big
G
Sister
Em
Am
A
Bessie jumped up to shout
D
G
Em
She used to think preachin' was her line
F#
C
But since she met
D
Sam, she changed her mind
G
Fat
Em
Sam from
Am
D
Em
D
Birmingham, always on the ball
C
Fat
Em
C
Sam from
Birmingham,
Am
D
G
C
as wide as he is tall
That's
Sam from
Outro 1
BAM!
G
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