Chords for BB King : Why I sing the blues, 1969

He, [A] he, he, he. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _
[A] _ [G] [Am] Everybody wanna know why I sing the blues.
_ [D] Everybody wanna [Am] know why I [A] sing the blues.
[E] You know I've been around [D] all time.
[G] [A] People are really big my dudes.
I first got the blues, they brought me a whole lot of shit.
And I was been standing over me.
Had a [D] lot of weed, I been _ [A] a_
Everybody wanna know why I'm singing the blues.
[E] I've been around all [D] time.
People [A] are really big my [Am] dudes.
I laid in the ghetto flats, [Em] all alone.
[A] I heard the rats of a bad club,
They keep a roach [D] in the farm.
And everybody wanna know.
[A]
Everybody wanna know why I'm singing the [E] blues.
I've been around [D] all time.
[A] People are really big [Em] my dudes.
[A] I stood in line, down county hall.
My man said we're gonna build a new [D] apartment for y'all.
And everybody wanna know.
[A]
Everybody wanna know why I'm singing [E] the blues.
You know I've been [D] around all time.
[A] People are really [E] big my dudes.
[A] You know the pop that he told me,
Son you're born to lose.
But it seems like everybody around me.
[D] Everybody's got the blues, and I've had them a long [A] time.
People are really big [E] my dudes.
Ain't [D] ashamed of it.
I just [A]
love to sing my blues.
[G] I've been around [A] all time.
_ [D] [A] People are really _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[A] _ big my _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [D] [Am] dudes.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] I stood in line, down [A] county _ hall.
[D] _
[C] _ [Eb] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] [Ab] My man [Am] said _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] we're gonna [A] build [Eb] a new [A] apartment _ _ _ _ [G]
for [A] _ [G] _ [D] y _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E]'all.
[D] _ _ [A]
And everybody wanna [G] know.
Everybody wanna know why [Am] _ _ _ _
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I'm singing the blues.
Give me a chance, give me, give me a chance. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] One more baby, one more.
One _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
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_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D]
more.
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