Chords for Short Biography of the Legendary Bobby Blue Bland

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[Em] The year was 1930, just farther up the road.
[G] A small town [E] outside of Memphis, [G] Tennessee.
The place, [Db] [G] Rosemarth, Tennessee.
Rosemarth claims fame to Robert Calvin Brooks Bland.
But the world claims fame [E] to Bobby Blue [Ab] Bland.
The reason why I learned [C] how to sing was my grandma.
[Db] Okay.
Did your grandmother sing to you?
[Ab] Yeah, she'd be singing in the kitchen.
Okay.
And [Bbm] I'd be in there trying to steal a piece [Abm] of chicken.
Ha ha.
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_ [C] _ Well, if _ _ you're gonna walk on my love [E] woman,
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[G] _ the least you [D] can do is take off your shoes.
[B] _ _
_ _ [C] If you're gonna walk [Gm] on my love woman,
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] the least you can do is [Gm] take off your shoes.
[A] Bobby Blue [G] Bland became the master of his [G] fate,
and that was the blues.
Known as the world's greatest blues singer,
[E] Bobby Blue Bland became synonymous with Bill Street
and the Chitlin Circuit.
In [Em] 1957, he charted the music scene
[G] with his first hit, [Em] Father Up the Road.
[G] Other hits followed, [G] like Turn on Your Love Life,
I'll Take Care of You, I Pity the Fool,
Stormy Monday, [E] That's the Way Love Is,
and St.
James Infirmary, all [G] recorded on the Duke label.
[F] _ _ _
_ _ I pity the fool. _ _ _
And I said I pity the fool. _ _
_ And [C] I pity [Bb] the fool. _ _
_ _ Said I, [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] that father [E] that I love you,
_ [D] seems to be true.
[A] Oh, my.
_ _ [Am] Bobby Blue Bland didn't [Bm] stop there.
[Am] He also recorded for Dunhill, ABC, MCA Records,
and the Southern Soul's giant, Malico Records,
in Jackson, Mississippi,
where he coined [Bm] the hit, [Am] Members Only.
Known for his famous squaw,
Bland was able to make hit after hit after hit.
Like, Soon as the Weather Breaks, The Soul of [Bm] a Man,
[Am] Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City,
Two Steps from the Blues, You'd Be a Millionaire,
and Yolanda, and even collaborating
with the king of the blues, [Bm] B.B. King, [Am] on a live album.
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] Treat me [C] the way you wanna do.
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_ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ Oh, [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] treat me the way [Gm] you wanna do.
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[Eb] Bobby Blue Bland was inducted [G] into the Blues Hall of Fame,
the Rock and Roll [Fm] Hall of Fame,
and he [Eb] received the Grammy's Lifetime [Cm] Achievement Award.
[N] Let me, first of all, thank God Almighty
for giving us Bobby Blue Bland.
_ _ God gave [Ab] us a genius,
a legendary great in Bobby Blue Bland.
I have been listening to Bobby for over 50 years.
Memphis is proud to call Bobby Blue Bland our own.
My name is Clarence George Carter. _
_ Some of y'all know me as Patches.
Some of y'all know me as the Stroking Man.
_ But every time I see Mr.
Bland,
he always want to know to tell me
that Grandpa can't fly his kite
because Grandma won't give no tail.
Ha ha ha!
[Am] Bobby Blue Bland always remained a gentleman.
He was a giant gentleman who never forgot where he came from.
Bobby Blue Bland continued to tour up until his death,
giving his fans the class act that he was.
We love [Fm] you, the legendary Bobby Blue Bland.
And [Db] I want to say, the world's [Em] greatest blues [Fm] singer. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Bobby _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Blue Bland
[A] Let's hear it for him, y'all.
The world's greatest blues singer.
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