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- Saint Louis Blues
- Words and Music
by W. C. Handy - 1914
Intro: |
Fm |
Bbm Bdim |
C7 |
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Fm G7 |
C7 |
Verse: |
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Bb |
F |
F7 |
Bb |
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F |
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C7 |
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F |
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Interlude: |
||: Fm |
Bbm Bdim |
C7 |
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Fm (G7) |
(C7) (repeat) :|| |
Chorus: |
||: F Dm F Bb |
F Dm F Bb |
F Bb F Bb |
F |
Gm Bb |
Gm Bb |
F Bb F Bb |
F Bb F |
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C7 |
F |
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- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- Repeat as indicated with ||:
:|| symbols. Chord names in ( ) are to be played prior
to repeats.
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- Intro:
- (Instrumental)
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- Verse:
- I hate to see de ev' nin'
sun go down,
- Hate to see de ev' nin'
sun go down,
- Cause my baby, he done lef'
dis town.
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- Feelin' tomorrow lak Ah
feel today,
- Feelin' tomorrow lak Ah
feel today,
- I'll pack my trunk, Make
ma get away.
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- Interlude:
- Saint Louis woman wid her
diamon' rings,
- Pulls dat man roun' by her
apron strings.
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- 'Twant for powder an' for
store bought hair,
- De man I love would not
gone nowhere.
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- Chorus:
- Got de Saint Louis Blues
jes as blue as Ah can be.
- Dat man got a heart lak
a rock cast in the sea.
- Or else he wouldn't have
gone so far from me.
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- I loves dat man lak a school
boy loves his pie.
- Lak a Kentucky Col'nnel
loves his mint an' rye.
- I'll love ma baby till the
day Ah die.
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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