Why I Sing The Blues chords by B.B. King (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(C7) (C7) (C7) (C7)
(F7) (F7) (C7) (C7)
(G7) (F7) (C7) (G7)
Verse 1
Everybody (C7) wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Yes, I say (F7) everybody wanna know
Why I (C7) sing the blues
Well, I've been a (G7) round a long time
(F7) I really have paid (C7) my dues (G7)
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Verse 2
When I (C7) first got the blues
They brought me over on a ship
Men were standing over me
And a lot more with the whip
And (F7) everybody wanna know
Why I (C7) sing the blues
Well, I've been a (G7) round a long time
(F7) I really have paid (C7) my dues (G7)
Verse 3
I've (C7) laid in a ghetto flat
Cold and numb
I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
To give the roaches some
(F7) Everybody wanna know
Why I'm (C7) singing the blues
Yes, I've been a (G7) round a long time
(F7) People, I've paid (C7) my dues (G7)
Verse 4
I (C7) stood in line
Down at the County Hall
I heard a man say, "We're gonna build
Some new apartments for y'all"
And (F7) everybody wanna know
Yes, they wanna know
Why I'm (C7) singing the blues
Yes, I've been a (G7) round a long, long time
(F7) Yes, I've really, really paid (C7) my dues (G7)
Solo 1
(C7) (C7) (C7) (C7)
(F7) (F7) (C7) (C7)
(G7) (F7) (C7) (G7)
Verse 5
My (C7) kid's gonna grow up
Gonna grow up to be a fool
'Cause they ain't got no more room
No more room for him in school
And (F7) everybody wanna know
Everybody wanna know
Why I'm (C7) singing the blues
I say I've been a (G7) round a long time
(F7) Yes, I've really paid (C7) some dues (G7)
Verse 6
Yeah, you know the (C7) company told me
Guess you're born to lose
Everybody around me, people
It seems like everybody got the blues (F7)
But I had 'em a long time
I've (C7) really, really paid my dues
You know I ain't a (G7) shamed of it, people
(F7) I just love to (C7) sing my blues (G7)
Solo 2
(C7) (C7) (C7) (C7)
(F7) (F7) (C7) (C7)
(G7) (F7) (C7) (G7)
Verse 7
I (C7) walk through the cities, people
On my bare feet
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
Up and down Beal Street
(F7) You know I'm singing the blues
Yes, I really
I (C7) just have to sing my blues
I've been a (G7) round a long time
(F7) People, I've really, really paid (C7) my dues (G7)
Verse 8
Now Father (C7) time is catching up with me
Gone is my youth
I look in the mirror everyday
And let it tell me the truth (F7)
I'm singing the blues
Mm, (C7) I just have to sing the blues
I've been a (G7) round a long time
(F7) Yes, yes, I've really paid (C7) some dues (G7)
Solo 3
(C7) (C7) (C7) (C7)
(F7) (F7) (C7) (C7)
(G7) (F7) (C7) (G7)
Verse 9
Yeah, they (C7) told me everything
Would be better out in the country
Everything was fine
I caught me a bus uptown, baby
And (F7) every people, all the people
Got the same trouble as mine
I got the (C7) blues, huh huh
I say I've been a (G7) round a long time
(F7) I've really paid (C7) some dues (G7)
Verse 10
One more time, fellows!
(C7) Blind man on the corner
Begging for a dime
The rollers come and caught him
And throw him in the jail for a crime (F7)
I got the blues
Mm, (C7) I'm singing my blues
I've been a (G7) round a long time
(F7) Mm, I've really paid (C7) some dues (G7)
Verse 11
Oh I (C7) thought I'd go down to the welfare
To get myself some grits and stuff
But a lady stand up and she said
"You haven't been around long e (F7) nough"
That's why I got the blues
Mm, (C7) the blues
I say, I've been a (G7) round a long time
(F7) I've really, really paid (C7) my dues (G7)
Solo 4
(C7) (C7) (C7) (C7)
(F7) (F7) (C7) (C7)
(G7) (F7) (C7) (G7)
[Repeat and fade]
Why I Sing The Blues
B.B. King
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