Chords for Induction of Little Walter

_ To induct Little Walter into the Rock and [Am] Roll Hall of Fame, please [Gb] welcome Ben Harper.
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What flesh [Eb] is to bone?
_ _ What sorrow is to a tear? _
_ What touch is to someone alone?
_ What bravery is to fear?
_ Little Walter is to the [G] blues. _
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_ _ [Dm] Little Walter was the best blues harmonica [D] player in the world.
[Gm] He brought in something new for the world.
A new style.
A new sound.
_ Fate [G] has no enemies.
_ [Eb] And death [G] knows no jokes.
_ There is no other way around it.
To pass through life, you must pass through the blues.
[E] And to pass through the blues, you must pass through Little Walter.
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_ _ Little Walter was a very, very powerful influence on me.
There was [Gb] something in his attitude [E] to the whole thing which gave me access,
because he was very crude, but he had so much emotion.
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ When I first heard [G] him, man, that boy had a nice [G] tone.
Back in them days, I thought he was about the greatest.
I tell you, I [F] loved the way he [E] played. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He played an immeasurable role in helping define music history [Gb] and music's future.
It is my privileged honor to be part of the 2008 induction of
Marion Walter Jacobs, Little Walter, into the Rock and Roll Hall [E] of Fame.
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_ _ [Bb] Here to perform a Little Walter classic, Ben [Bbm] Harper and James Cotton.
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_ Well, my [Bb] baby don't stand no cheating, my baby.
_ [Fm] My baby [F] don't stand no cheating, [Cm] my baby.
Oh, well, my baby don't stand no cheating.
[Bbm] Don't stand none of that midnight creeping, my baby.
[Dm] True little [Fm] baby, my baby.
_ My [Bb] baby, I know [C] she loves me, my baby.
_ [F] Oh, yes, [A] I know she [Cm] loves me, [C] my baby.
[Fm] Well, my [D] baby, I know [F] she loves me.
All she ever does is kiss [Gbm] and hug me.
_ True little baby, [Bb] my [F] baby.
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_ [C] Oh, [F] yes, _ [C] _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] she _
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_ _ [B] does.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ [A] My [Fm]
baby don't allow no cheating, [Bb] my baby.
_ [F] My baby [Bb] don't allow no cheating, my [C] baby.
_ [Fm] [Bb] My baby don't allow no cheating.
Everything she do, she do so pleasing, my baby.
True [Fm] little baby, my baby.
_ My baby, I know she loves me, [Bb] my baby.
[D] _ Oh, [F] yes, I know she [C] loves me, my baby.
My baby, I know she loves me.
[Ab] All she ever does is kiss and [F] hug me, my baby.
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True little baby, my [C] baby.
[N] My [Bb] baby, [F]
I know she loves me, my [Bb] baby.
She ain't no fooling.
_ [D] I said, ain't no [Bb] fooling.
[F] Oh, my baby. _
My baby.
[G] My baby. _ _ _