Chords for Bessie Smith - Yellowdog Blues

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[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ Every since Miss Susie Johnson lost her jockey lead, there's been much excitement and motor beat.
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You can hear her [Bbm] [Db] moaning, [D] moaning [Bb] now, [Ab] _
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she's wondering where her [D] _ [Eb] easy [Ab] riders [Bbm] gone.
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[Ab] _ Ablegram goes off in inquiry, _ telegram goes off in _ sympathy.
[Db] _ _ Letters came from [Abm] down in [Fm] Banff, _ [Ab] _ everywhere that Uncle Sam [Eb] is the ruler _ _ of _ [Ab] delivery.
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All day the [Db] phone rings, it's not [Ab] for me. _ _ _
[Db] At last the tide is filled my heart [Ab] with glee.
_ This _ _ _
[Bb] _ message came _ [D] from _
[Eb] Tennessee, _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [G] this is [Ab] your _ easy [Db] _ [E] rider. _
[Ab] _ Dropped his bike today [C] on [Db] a southbound, _ _ beside the [Ab] Puma car. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I seen him there [E] and [Eb] he was on [Ab] the [Gb] [F] hard, _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] all you _ [Cm] _ [Eb] [Db] easy [Dbm] riders. _
[Ab] Got to see a way, _ _
[Db] they had to vamp it, but the high [Ab] came for. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] He's gone where the seven cross, the [Ab] yellow [Db] dot.
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