Chords for Honi Gordon - Strollin' (Charles Mingus)

_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [D] Strolling, _ _ [Cm] _ [F] while strolling [Cm] through the park,
[Gb] on _ [Fm]
a flea [G] but _ lonely [Eb]
afternoon, [Cm] _ _ without [Fm] a single thing.
[Bb] _ _ And [Eb] suddenly, _ _ there he was standing [E] right beside _ me.
[Cm] _ _ [Ab] I started dreaming, he started [D] [B] scheming, things I never [E] thought [Em] he'd do.
Now [Cm] he tells me that with the _
_ [Ab] residue, [G] I'm all [Cm] alone and oh so blue.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ I'm [G] strolling, _ [C] I'm [G] strolling, _ [C] I don't [G] know where I'm [Cm] going but I'm [Dbm] strolling.
_ [F] I'm [Ab] moaning, _ [F] I'm moaning, _ [G] he left [Dm] me for another [Em] and I'm [Ebm] moaning.
[A] He said, [Ab] honey, I'll [G] never let [Gb] you go, [F] because I love [C] you so.
[G] _
_ [Cm] He [G] promised that [C] he'd [G] care for me, [C] but [G] all I [C] saw was misery.
_ [F] I [Cm] stayed at [F] home each [Gb] night alone, [C] he [Dm] ran [Em] around, painted [Ebm] the town.
[Dm] I'm gonna [Ab] let the blues [G] get [Gb] me down, [A] that's why I'm [C] strolling round.
All he wanted was my money.
_ [Gm] It's funny [Cm] to think [B] I'd live to see the day he'd [Gb] shun me.
[F] He's away _ and [Gbm] I pray, [Em] Lord [Dm] please remove these [Em] clouds and make life [Ebm] sunny.
_ [Dm] Because [Gb] I've got the [D] blues, I can't [Dm] lose, I [D] just keep [C] strolling [G] round.
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_ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
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_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
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_ [Gm] _ Never took [C] to [G] a show, [C] that old routine.
[Gm] He had no dough, [Eb] [F] he'd stay home [Dm] long enough [E] to eat, dress up, then go out in [Eb] the street.
[A] You wondered [Ebm] why I [G] feel the way [Gb] I do, [F] well that's [G] why I'm so blue.
Yes, those blues [C] they got me [Gm] strolling [C] and _ sighing.
I'm talking to myself to keep from crying.
_ [F] All alone [Eb] he won't [C]
phone.
I'm so [D] darn miserable I feel like [Ebm] dying.
_ [Dm] Because [C] I've got the blues, [G] I'm so [Gb] confused, [A] I just keep [C] strolling round.
Now he [Ab] tells me that we're through, [F] _ _ _ _ [G]
I'm [G] all alone and oh so [C] blue.
_ [Gb]
Now he [F] tells me that we're _ _ _ through, I'm all [G] alone and oh so [C] blue.
[G] _
[C] I'm strolling, _ I'm strolling, I don't know where I'm going but I'm [G]
strolling, [C] I'm strolling. _ _ _ _
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