Why I Sing The Blues

Why I Sing The Blues easy guitar chords by B.b. King

1969Blues
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  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Everybody 
    wants 
    to 
    know 

    Why 
    sing 
    the 
    blues 

    Yes, 
    say 
    everybody 
    wanna 
    know 

    Why 
    sing 
    the 
    blues 

    Well, 
    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long 
    time 

    really 
    have 
    paid 
    my 
    dues 

    Verse 2
    When 
    first 
    got 
    the 
    blues 

    They 
    brought 
    me 
    over 
    on 
    ship 

    Men 
    were 
    standing 
    over 
    me 

    And 
    lot 
    more 
    with 
    the 
    whip 

    And 
    everybody 
    wanna 
    know 

    Why 
    sing 
    the 
    blues 

    Well, 
    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long 
    time 

    really 
    have 
    paid 
    my 
    dues 

    Verse 3
    I've 
    laid 
    in 
    ghetto 
    flat 

    Cold 
    and 
    numb 

    heard 
    the 
    rats 
    tell 
    the 
    bedbugs 

    To 
    give 
    the 
    roaches 
    some 

    Everybody 
    wanna 
    know 

    Why 
    I'm 
    singing 
    the 
    blues 

    Yes, 
    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long 
    time 

    People, 
    I've 
    paid 
    my 
    dues 

    Verse 4
    stood 
    in 
    line 

    Down 
    at 
    the 
    County 
    Hall 

    heard 
    man 
    say, 
    "We're 
    gonna 
    build 

    Some 
    new 
    apartments 
    for 
    y'all" 

    And 
    everybody 
    wanna 
    know 

    Yes, 
    they 
    wanna 
    know 

    Why 
    I'm 
    singing 
    the 
    blues 

    Yes, 
    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long, 
    long 
    time 

    Yes, 
    I've 
    really, 
    really 
    paid 
    my 
    dues 

    Solo 1



    Verse 5
    My 
    kid's 
    gonna 
    grow 
    up 

    Gonna 
    grow 
    up 
    to 
    be 
    fool 

    'Cause 
    they 
    ain't 
    got 
    no 
    more 
    room 

    No 
    more 
    room 
    for 
    him 
    in 
    school 

    And 
    everybody 
    wanna 
    know 

    Everybody 
    wanna 
    know 

    Why 
    I'm 
    singing 
    the 
    blues 

    say 
    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long 
    time 

    Yes, 
    I've 
    really 
    paid 
    some 
    dues 

    Verse 6
    Yeah, 
    you 
    know 
    the 
    company 
    told 
    me 

    Guess 
    you're 
    born 
    to 
    lose 

    Everybody 
    around 
    me, 
    people 

    It 
    seems 
    like 
    everybody 
    got 
    the 
    blues 

    But 
    had 
    'em 
    long 
    time 

    I've 
    really, 
    really 
    paid 
    my 
    dues 

    You 
    know 
    ain't 
    a
    shamed 
    of 
    it, 
    people 

    just 
    love 
    to 
    sing 
    my 
    blues 

    Solo 2



    Verse 7
    walk 
    through 
    the 
    cities, 
    people 

    On 
    my 
    bare 
    feet 

    had 
    fill 
    of 
    catfish 
    and 
    chitterlings 

    Up 
    and 
    down 
    Beal 
    Street 

    You 
    know 
    I'm 
    singing 
    the 
    blues 

    Yes, 
    really 

    just 
    have 
    to 
    sing 
    my 
    blues 

    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long 
    time 

    People, 
    I've 
    really, 
    really 
    paid 
    my 
    dues 

    Verse 8
    Now 
    Father 
    time 
    is 
    catching 
    up 
    with 
    me 

    Gone 
    is 
    my 
    youth 

    look 
    in 
    the 
    mirror 
    everyday 

    And 
    let 
    it 
    tell 
    me 
    the 
    truth 

    I'm 
    singing 
    the 
    blues 

    Mm, 
    just 
    have 
    to 
    sing 
    the 
    blues 

    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long 
    time 

    Yes, 
    yes, 
    I've 
    really 
    paid 
    some 
    dues 

    Solo 3



    Verse 9
    Yeah, 
    they 
    told 
    me 
    everything 

    Would 
    be 
    better 
    out 
    in 
    the 
    country 

    Everything 
    was 
    fine 

    caught 
    me 
    bus 
    uptown, 
    baby 

    And 
    every 
    people, 
    all 
    the 
    people 

    Got 
    the 
    same 
    trouble 
    as 
    mine 

    got 
    the 
    blues, 
    huh 
    huh 

    say 
    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long 
    time 

    I've 
    really 
    paid 
    some 
    dues 

    Verse 10
    One 
    more 
    time, 
    fellows! 

    Blind 
    man 
    on 
    the 
    corner 

    Begging 
    for 
    dime 

    The 
    rollers 
    come 
    and 
    caught 
    him 

    And 
    throw 
    him 
    in 
    the 
    jail 
    for 
    crime 

    got 
    the 
    blues 

    Mm, 
    I'm 
    singing 
    my 
    blues 

    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long 
    time 

    Mm, 
    I've 
    really 
    paid 
    some 
    dues 

    Verse 11
    Oh 
    thought 
    I'd 
    go 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    welfare 

    To 
    get 
    myself 
    some 
    grits 
    and 
    stuff 

    But 
    lady 
    stand 
    up 
    and 
    she 
    said 

    "You 
    haven't 
    been 
    around 
    long 
    e
    nough" 

    That's 
    why 
    got 
    the 
    blues 

    Mm, 
    the 
    blues 

    say, 
    I've 
    been 
    a
    round 
    long 
    time 

    I've 
    really, 
    really 
    paid 
    my 
    dues 

    Solo 4



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