Chords for Lucille Bogan They Ain't Walking No More (1930)

_ [B] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ Sometimes [F#m] I'm up, _ [F#] sometimes _ I'm down.
I can't make my living _ around this town.
[B] Cause tricks _ ain't walking, _ tricks _ [F#]
ain't walking no more.
_ _ [C#] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ I [B] said tricks ain't walking, _ tricks _ [F#] ain't walking no more.
[C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [A]
And [C#] I've got to make my living, _ [D#]
don't [F#m] care where I [F#] go.
_ [D#m] _ _ [D] _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _
I need [F#m] shoes on [F#] my feet, _ [A] hoes on [F#] my back.
Get [A] tired of walking these [F#] streets [A] all dressed [F#] in black.
But [B] tricks ain't walking, tricks _ [D] ain't walking no [C#] more.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ I [B] said tricks _ ain't walking, _ [G#m] tricks _ [F#]
ain't walking no more.
_ [B] _ [D] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] And I [C#] see four or five good tricks [G#m] standing in [C#] front of [F#] my _ [F#m] door.
[D#m] _
[Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ Tease hell, macy, bad luck's on [F#m] my lead.
Four [E] or [D#] five good tricks, [F#m] all the money I [F#] need.
[B] But tricks ain't walking, _ [D]
tricks [F#m] ain't walking [F#] no more.
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_ [B] Tricks ain't [D#] walking, _ [B]
tricks _ [F#m] ain't [D#m] walking no [F#] more.
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[A] And [G#m] I [C#] can't get a break, [B] don't care [C#] _ [F#m] where I go.
_ [D#m] _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ [F#] I got a store on [C#] the [F#m]
corner, [F#] selling [E] stuff cheap.
I got a [F#] market across the street where I sell my [G#] meat.
But [B] tricks ain't walking, _ tricks [C#] ain't [F#m] walking no more.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ I [B] said tricks ain't walking, tricks _ [F#] ain't walking no more.
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [A#m] _ [A] And I [C#] _ can't get a break, _ [B] don't care [C#] [F#m] where I [E] go.
_ [D#m] _ _ [D] _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [E] This way [C#] of [F#] living, [C#m] _ sure is [A#m]
hard.
_ [C#m] Joking and [F#] dodging the Cadillac squad.
[B] But tricks ain't walking, tricks _ [D]
ain't walking [F#] no more. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] I said tricks ain't walking, tricks _ _ [D#]
ain't [F#] walking no more.
[C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [A#m] _ [A] And if [C#] you think I'm lying, [D#] follow me [F#m] to my door.
_ [D#] _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
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