How Blue Can You Get Chords by Esther Phillips

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_ _ [G] _ Baby, [F] I've been [Bbm] downhearted _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [F] ever since the day _
[Eb] we met. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Mm-hmm.
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_ _ Hey!
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I've been downhearted _ [Ab] _ _ _
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ever since the day we met. _
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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ Ain't nothing, ain't [D] nothing, ain't nothing but the _ [Bb] blues.
_ [Abm] Hey, baby, _ hey, baby, tell me, Lord, how blue [Eb] can you get?
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_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ You're evil when I'm [Gb] with you.
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_ Mm.
[Cm] _ _ _ Lord, and you're so jealous when we're [Eb] far _ apart. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Whoa!
_ I said, [Ab] you're evil, you're [Fm] evil when I'm with you.
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[Eb] _ _ _ [D] Lord, and you're so jealous when we're far _ _ apart. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Blue, _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] can you _ get?
_ [Ab] Oh.
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The [Db] answer's right [D] here in my [Ebm] heart.
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Hey, [Eb] you [Db] promised me good [C] loving, _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ but you just ain't got the [C] knack. _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ You promised [G] me a [Cm] penthouse, _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] but I wound [Db] up in a shack.
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[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [G] The brand-new dress you bought [C] me _ _ [Db] was [Eb] an old potato [G] sack.
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_ _ _ You [Ebm] gave me seven [Cm] children.
Hey, baby, I want you to come [Eb] on, come on, come on and take them back.
_ [Ab] Yes, _ _ I've been [Fm] so _ downhearted _
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[Gb] ever since [Eb] the day _ _ _ we met. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ Lord, I love you.
Ain't nothing, ain't nothing, ain't [Dm] nothing, it just ain't [Fm] nothing but the blues. _ _ _
[Eb] And I just want to know how blue, how blue can you get?
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_ _ _ _ Oh. _ _
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_ Are _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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[Ebm] _ you [Cm] sure that you'd [Eb] support me?
_ _ I ain't even [Gm] seen a single [Cm] dime. _ _ _
_ [Bbm] You know, [Eb] my sister [Cm] came to visit, _ _ [Bbm] _ and you [Eb] even tried [Db] to make [Cm] some time. _
_ _ [D] _ [Eb] I worked, I [Db] worked enslaved to [Cm] please you.
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[Ebm] My _ top's about to crack.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ I [Ab] fixed you a ten-course [A] dinner. _ _ _
[Ebm] You said, hey, baby, thank you for the snack.
_ Hey!
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Ain't no [Cm] more love [Fm] songs.
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We [Fm] got a blues duet.
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ Yes, I'm [Bbm]
through _ with all [Dm] your jiving.
_ [Db] Hey, [Ab] baby, hey, [Gb] baby, how [Fm] blue, how blue [Abm] can you get?
_ [Eb] _ _ Hey, [Ab] baby, how [D] blue can you [Ebm] get? _ _ _
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