Why I Sing The Blues Chords by B.B. King

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_ Everybody want to _ know _ why I sing the blues.
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everybody want to know _ _ why I [Cm] sing the blues.
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[Bb] Well, I've been around a [F] long time.
_ I really have [C] paid my dues.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ When I first [C] got the blues, they brought me over on a ship.
_ Men were standing over me, and a lot [Cm] more with the whip.
[F] Everybody want to know _ _ why I sing [C] the blues.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, I've been [G] around a long time.
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I've really [C] paid my dues. _ _
_ _ _ _ I've laid in the ghetto flats cold enough.
[Cm] I've heard the rats tell the [C] bedbugs to give the roaches some.
[F] Everybody want to know _ _ _ why [C] I sing the blues. _
_ _ _ _ Yes, [G] I've been around a long time.
[F] People, I've [C] paid my dues.
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_ I stood [C] in line down at the county hall.
I heard a man [Bb] say, we're going to build [C] some new apartments for y'all.
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Everybody want to know.
_ _ Yes, they want to know [C] why I'm singing the blues. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Yes, I've been around a long, long [F] time.
_ Yes, I've really, really paid [C] my dues.
I'm going to play no serious. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ I guess [C] I'm going to grow up.
I'm going to grow up to be a fool, [Bb] because we ain't [C] got no more room.
No more [Cm] room for him in school.
[F] And everybody want to know why _ _ _ I'm singing the [Bb] blues. _ _
_ _ I say, I've [G] been around a long [F] time.
_ Yes, I've really [C] paid some dues.
_ _ _ Yeah, you [Bb] know, the [C] property told me, _ [Bb] yes, you're going to [C] lose.
Everybody around me, people, it seemed like everybody [Ab] got the blues.
[F] But I had them a long time.
_ _ I've really, really [C] paid my dues.
_ _ [F] You know, I ain't ashamed of it, people.
_ [Bb] I just [C] love to sing my blues. _
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I walked through the city, [Bb] people, on [C] my bare feet.
I had a fill of [Bb] catfish and [C] kittens up and down Beale [F] Street.
You know, I'm singing the [Eb] blues.
_ [F] _ _ Yes, I [Cm] really, I just have to sing my blues. _
_ _ [G] I've been around a long [F] time, _ people.
I've really, really paid [C] my dues.
_ _ [G] _ Now, all the [C] time, it's catching up [Bb] with me.
_ [C] Gone is my youth.
I look in the mirror every day, and [Cm] let it tell me the [F] truth.
I'm singing the blues. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] I just have to [Bb] sing the blues.
[Am] _ _ I've [G] been around a long time.
[Bb] Yes, yes, I've really [C] paid some dues. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Yeah, they told me everything [C] would be better for the country. _
[Bb] Everything was fine.
I caught me a [C] bus uptown, baby.
And every [Fm] people, _ all the people got the same [F] trouble as mine.
I got the blues.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ I've been [G] around a long time.
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[Bb] I really paid some [C] dues.
One more time, fellas.
_ _ [Bb] _ Blind man on [C] the counter, _ begging for a [Cm] dime.
The rollers come and caught him and throw him in the jail for a crime.
[F] I got the blues. _
_ _ _ [C] I'm singing my blues. _
_ _ I've been [G] around a long time.
_ [Dm] _ _ I really [Bb] paid some dues.
[C] Can we do just one more? _ _ _
[Bb] I thought [Cm] I'd go down to the [Bb] welfare to get [C] myself some grip and stuff.
But [Cm] a lady stood up [Bb] and she said, you [Cm] haven't been around long enough.
[F] That's why I got the blues.
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The blues.
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[G] I said, I've been around _ _ [F] _ a long time.
I've really, [Cm] really paid my [C] dues. _
Give me one more time. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] I'm singing my blues. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I've been _ _ around a long time.
I've really paid my _ _ _
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_ dues. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ That's all right, fellas.
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