Chords for Mean Old World
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I just can't get away from it.
[Ab] I'm sure the BBC wouldn't [Eb] scratch that.
We often [E] insert slow songs in here when we're about out.
So here's one, better known as the blues.
When we say blues, we don't mean blues.
[Ab] you gotta [N] have real big lips to say it, we mean blue.
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[Ab] I'm sure the BBC wouldn't [Eb] scratch that.
We often [E] insert slow songs in here when we're about out.
So here's one, better known as the blues.
When we say blues, we don't mean blues.
[Ab] you gotta [N] have real big lips to say it, we mean blue.
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_ _ _ I just can't get away from it.
We always have commercials over crossing [G] our program. _
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_ _ _ [Ab] I'm sure the BBC wouldn't [Eb] scratch that.
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_ We often [E] insert slow songs in here when we're _ about out.
So here's one, better known as the blues. _
When we say blues, we don't mean _ blues.
We mean, _ [Ab] you gotta [N] have real big lips to say it, we mean blue.
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Into each life a [A] little rain must fall. _ _
_ _ [B] _ [E] Quite a bit has fallen in mine.
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Makes one [A] heart melancholy. _
_ _ Turns their attention _
[D] to the blue.
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[A] Way over across the railroad track. _
[E] Some of you have never been, did I say [B] been?
Sketching, isn't it?
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[E] This is a mean old world. _
[A] _ Try to live it all [E] by yourself.
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[A] This is a mean old world. _
Try to live [B] it all [E] by yourself.
When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] you can't have the one you really love.
_ [Em] _ Mmm, [B] she's out balling [E] somebody else. _
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_ _ [E] I got the blues, people.
_ [A] _ _ I gotta pack my few [E] rags and go. _
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_ _ [A] _ I got the blues, baby.
_ _ Gotta pack my few [E] rags and go.
I _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [B] know you don't really love me, darling.
[A] You wouldn't be out with [E] Mr.
So-and-so.
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Oh, [A] baby, you don't have to go.
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Oh, baby, _ you don't have to go. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] I'll pack my few rags, [A] darling, down the [E] road I'll [E] go. _ _ _
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_ _ [E] Oh, baby. _
_ [A] Mmm, _ honey, honey, what's [E] wrong with you? _ _
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_ _ Oh, baby. _
_ [A] _ Honey, honey, what's wrong with [E] you? _ _ _
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_ _ [B] You don't love me, darling, _ [A] _ like you [E] used to do.
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_ _ Thank you very kind. _
Can't play too many of those blues because they get to you and make you think of those olden days in South America.
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We always have commercials over crossing [G] our program. _
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_ _ _ [Ab] I'm sure the BBC wouldn't [Eb] scratch that.
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_ We often [E] insert slow songs in here when we're _ about out.
So here's one, better known as the blues. _
When we say blues, we don't mean _ blues.
We mean, _ [Ab] you gotta [N] have real big lips to say it, we mean blue.
_ Blue. _ _
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Into each life a [A] little rain must fall. _ _
_ _ [B] _ [E] Quite a bit has fallen in mine.
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Makes one [A] heart melancholy. _
_ _ Turns their attention _
[D] to the blue.
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[A] Way over across the railroad track. _
[E] Some of you have never been, did I say [B] been?
Sketching, isn't it?
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[E] This is a mean old world. _
[A] _ Try to live it all [E] by yourself.
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[A] This is a mean old world. _
Try to live [B] it all [E] by yourself.
When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] you can't have the one you really love.
_ [Em] _ Mmm, [B] she's out balling [E] somebody else. _
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_ _ [E] I got the blues, people.
_ [A] _ _ I gotta pack my few [E] rags and go. _
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_ _ [A] _ I got the blues, baby.
_ _ Gotta pack my few [E] rags and go.
I _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [B] know you don't really love me, darling.
[A] You wouldn't be out with [E] Mr.
So-and-so.
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Oh, [A] baby, you don't have to go.
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Oh, baby, _ you don't have to go. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] I'll pack my few rags, [A] darling, down the [E] road I'll [E] go. _ _ _
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_ _ [E] Oh, baby. _
_ [A] Mmm, _ honey, honey, what's [E] wrong with you? _ _
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_ _ Oh, baby. _
_ [A] _ Honey, honey, what's wrong with [E] you? _ _ _
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_ _ [B] You don't love me, darling, _ [A] _ like you [E] used to do.
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_ _ Thank you very kind. _
Can't play too many of those blues because they get to you and make you think of those olden days in South America.
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