Chords for Billie Holiday - St. Louis Blues (1940)
Tempo:
114.85 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
A
Dm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
[A] [C]
I hate to [Am] see [G] that evening [C] sun go down.
[Gm] [F] I hate to see [A] that evening [Am] sun go down.
[A] [Dm] [G] Cause my baby, [Em]
he's [Am] done left [Dm] this [Am] town.
[C] Feeling [F] tomorrow [G]
like [C] I feel today.
[Gm]
If [F] I'm feeling tomorrow [G]
like [Am] I feel today,
[D] I'll [G] pack my trunks, make my [Am] getaway.
St.
[Cm] [Dm] Louis [A] woman [Cm]
with [G] her diamond ring, pulls that [C] man [G] around by [A] her apron string.
[Cm] If it [Gm] wasn't for [A] powder and [G] her store-bought hair, that man I [Dm] love [G] wouldn't have gone nowhere.
Now go where
[A] I go, St.
[F] Louis is [Am]
blue as I can be.
That man's got a heart like a [G] rock [Am] cast in the sea.
[A]
[Dm] Oh, [G] else he wouldn't have gone [Am] so far.
[C]
[E]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am]
I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie.
Like a Kentucky Colonel loves his minn-n -rye.
[A] [Dm] [G] I'll be red till the [Am] day I die.
[C]
[A] [C]
I hate to [Am] see [G] that evening [C] sun go down.
[Gm] [F] I hate to see [A] that evening [Am] sun go down.
[A] [Dm] [G] Cause my baby, [Em]
he's [Am] done left [Dm] this [Am] town.
[C] Feeling [F] tomorrow [G]
like [C] I feel today.
[Gm]
If [F] I'm feeling tomorrow [G]
like [Am] I feel today,
[D] I'll [G] pack my trunks, make my [Am] getaway.
St.
[Cm] [Dm] Louis [A] woman [Cm]
with [G] her diamond ring, pulls that [C] man [G] around by [A] her apron string.
[Cm] If it [Gm] wasn't for [A] powder and [G] her store-bought hair, that man I [Dm] love [G] wouldn't have gone nowhere.
Now go where
[A] I go, St.
[F] Louis is [Am]
blue as I can be.
That man's got a heart like a [G] rock [Am] cast in the sea.
[A]
[Dm] Oh, [G] else he wouldn't have gone [Am] so far.
[C]
[E]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am]
I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie.
Like a Kentucky Colonel loves his minn-n -rye.
[A] [Dm] [G] I'll be red till the [Am] day I die.
[C]
Key:
Am
G
A
Dm
C
Am
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ I hate to [Am] see [G] that evening [C] sun go down. _ _
[Gm] _ [F] I hate to see [A] that evening [Am] sun go down. _ _
[A] _ [Dm] _ [G] Cause my baby, _ [Em]
he's [Am] done left [Dm] this [Am] town. _ _
_ [C] _ Feeling [F] tomorrow _ [G]
like [C] I feel today.
_ [Gm] _ _
If [F] I'm feeling tomorrow _ [G]
like [Am] I feel today, _ _ _ _
_ [D] I'll [G] pack my trunks, make my [Am] getaway.
_ _ _ St.
_ [Cm] _ [Dm] Louis [A] woman _ [Cm]
with [G] her diamond ring, _ _ _ pulls that [C] man [G] around _ by [A] her apron string. _ _ _
[Cm] If it [Gm] wasn't for [A] powder _ and [G] her store-bought _ hair, _ _ that man I [Dm] love [G] wouldn't have gone nowhere.
Now go where _
[A] I go, _ St.
[F] Louis is [Am] _
_ blue as I can be.
That _ man's got a heart like a [G] rock [Am] cast in the sea.
_ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] Oh, [G] else he wouldn't have gone [Am] so far.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie. _ _ _
Like a Kentucky Colonel _ loves his minn-n _ -rye. _ _
[A] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] I'll be red till the [Am] day I die.
_ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ I hate to [Am] see [G] that evening [C] sun go down. _ _
[Gm] _ [F] I hate to see [A] that evening [Am] sun go down. _ _
[A] _ [Dm] _ [G] Cause my baby, _ [Em]
he's [Am] done left [Dm] this [Am] town. _ _
_ [C] _ Feeling [F] tomorrow _ [G]
like [C] I feel today.
_ [Gm] _ _
If [F] I'm feeling tomorrow _ [G]
like [Am] I feel today, _ _ _ _
_ [D] I'll [G] pack my trunks, make my [Am] getaway.
_ _ _ St.
_ [Cm] _ [Dm] Louis [A] woman _ [Cm]
with [G] her diamond ring, _ _ _ pulls that [C] man [G] around _ by [A] her apron string. _ _ _
[Cm] If it [Gm] wasn't for [A] powder _ and [G] her store-bought _ hair, _ _ that man I [Dm] love [G] wouldn't have gone nowhere.
Now go where _
[A] I go, _ St.
[F] Louis is [Am] _
_ blue as I can be.
That _ man's got a heart like a [G] rock [Am] cast in the sea.
_ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] Oh, [G] else he wouldn't have gone [Am] so far.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie. _ _ _
Like a Kentucky Colonel _ loves his minn-n _ -rye. _ _
[A] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] I'll be red till the [Am] day I die.
_ [C] _ _ _