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Saint Louis Blues

Words and Music by W. C. Handy - 1914

Intro:
Fm	Bbm      Bdim	C7	-
-	-	Fm       G7	C7
Verse:
||: F7	Bb	F	F7
Bb	-	F	-
C7	-	F	-        (repeat)   :||
Interlude:
||: Fm	Bbm      Bdim	C7	-
-	-	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
-	C7	F	-          (repeat)   :||

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)

 

Verse:

I hate to see the evening' sun go down,
I hate to see the evening' sun go down,

Cause my baby, he done left this town.

 

Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today,
Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today,
I'll pack my grip and make my getaway.

 

Interlude:

Saint Louis woman with her diamond rings,
Pulls that man around by her apron strings.

 

Wasn't for powder and the store-bought hair,
The man I love wouldn't go nowhere, nowhere.

 

Chorus:

I got them Saint Louis Blues; just as blue as I can be,
He's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Eddie Peabody perform "Saint Louis Blues" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com