How Long Blues Chords by Jimmy & Mama Yancey

_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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[Db] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Am] I've been [F] down, _ _ [C] down in [F] the delta, _ [Ab] _ down in the [Bb]
delta, [Dm] and I've done been [Bb] _ trying.
[D] _ I [F] can't stand more, more [C] trouble than any [G] little woman [F] on my side.
_ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ I _ tried [A] to teach [F] my baby, _ _ _ I [Bb] talked to [Dm] him the whole [G] night [Bb] long.
_ _ [Dm] I was just only trying to [C] teach that [Gm] man right [F] from wrong.
[Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ He did not love, _ he did not love me, _ [Cm] _ [Bb] and I knew that from the start.
But [F] I was just trying to [C] break [Dm] _ that man into [Am] my _ heart.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ I would [F] wake up [A] _
[C] in the [Fm] morning, _ [A] _ I was [Bb] trying to tell him right from _ _ wrong.
[F] When I'd look for my baby, _ [C] _ my [G] baby he'd [F] be gone.
_ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ That's why I cry, how [Am] long, _ how [F] long, _
[C] _ _ how [Bb] _ _ _
long, how long, how long,
will it be [F] before you'll ever learn _ [E] _
to quit mistreating [F] me? _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
Why [Fm] don't you listen [C] to me, [Fm] listen to [Am] me baby, listen [Bb] to my, my four day plea? _ _
I'm [F] trying to do everything [D] _
_ [C] just to set your poor heart [G] [F] at ease.
_ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ I do, I do, [A] I, _
[D] I [F] do.
_ [A] _ _ Yes [Bb] darling, you know I, I swear I do love you.
_ [F] If it was not no love thing, [C] _ I would [E] have gone away [D] from [F] you.
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ I've tried, _ [A] _ _ [C] I've tried so hard _
[Am] _ to [Bb] make [Dm] everything all right [Bb] with you.
[D] _ _ [F] But don't seem like I can [C] please you with [Em] nothing that [F] I do. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
That's why I sing, how long, _ [Fm] how long, [Am] _ _ how [Bbm] long, how long, how long, _ [Bb] how long,
will it [D] be _ [F] before you'll [Am] ever [Dm] learn _ [E] to quit _ mistreating me?
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _