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

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[Gm] [C] So everybody want to know why I sing the blues.
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[F] Yes, I say everybody want to [Cm] know [Bb] why [Am] I [Eb] sing the blues.
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[Gm] Well, I've [G] been around a [Dm] long [F] time.
I [Bb] really have [C] paid my dues.
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[Gm] [G] When [Cm] I first [C] stopped the [F] blues, [C] they brought me over on a ship.
Men were standing over me and a lot more with the whip.
[F] And everybody want to know why I [Dm] sing [C] the blues.
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Well, I've [G] been around a long time.
[F] I've really [C] paid my dues.
[G] [C] I've [Gm] laid in the ghetto flats [C] cold enough.
I've heard the [Ebm] rats tell [C] the bed bugs to give the roaches some.
[F] Everybody want to know [C] why I sing the blues.
[Cm] [G] Yes, I've been around a long [F] time.
People, I've [Cm] paid my [C] dues.
[G] [C] I stood in line down at the county hall.
I heard a man say, we're going to build some new apartments [F] for y'all.
And everybody want to know.
Yes, they want to [Eb] know why [C] I'm singing the blues.
[G] Yes, I've been around a long, long [F] time.
Yes, I've really, really [C] paid my dues.
I'm going to play a little shift.
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[Gm] My kids going to grow up.
Going to [C] grow up to be a fool.
Because they ain't got no more room.
No more room for him in [F] school.
And everybody want to know.
Everybody want to know [E] why I'm singing the blues.
[C] I say, [G] I've been around a long [Dm] time.
[F] Yes, I've [C] really paid my dues.
Yeah, [G] [E] you know, the prophet, he told me, yes, you're going to lose.
Everybody around me, people, it seems like everybody [Ab] got the [A] blues.
But I had them a long time.
I've really, [C] really paid [Am] my dues.
[E] [Bb] You [G] know, I ain't ashamed of it, people.
[F] I just [Gm] love to sing my [F] blues.
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[G] [C] walk through the city, people, on my bare feet.
I don't feel like catfishing, kidding.
Walking down [F] Beale Street, you know I'm [Eb] singing the [F] blues.
Yes, [Cm] I really, I just have to sing my blues.
[F] [G] I've been around [D] a long [F] time, people, I've really, [Cm] really paid [C] my [Gm] dues.
[C] [G] Now [C] all the time [Bb] it's catching up with me.
[C] As long as my youth, I look in [Bb] the mirror every day.
[C] And let it tell me the [F] truth, I'm singing the blues.
[B] [C] Mmm, I just have to [Bb] sing the [Am] blues.
[G] I've been around, .
[F] yes, yes, I've [Cm] really paid some dues.
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[G] [Bb] they told me everything [C] would be set up to country.
Everything was fine.
I caught me a bus uptown, baby.
[F] And every people, all the people got the same trouble as [C] mine.
I got the blues.
Uh-huh.
[G] I've been around a long time.
[F] Mmm, [C] I really paid some dues.
One more time, fellas.
[G] [C] Blind man on the counter, begging for a dime.
The rollers come and caught him and throw him in the jail for a [F] crime.
I got the blues.
[C] Mmm, I'm singing my blues.
I've been [G] around a long [Dm] time.
Mmm, [Eb] I really paid [C] some dues.
Can we do just one more?.
[G] [Cm] Boy, [Bb] I thought I'd go down to the welfare to get myself [Cm] some printing stuff.
But [Bb] a lady stood up and she [F] said,.
You haven't [Eb] been around long enough.
That's why I got the blues.
[F] [Cm] Mmm, the blues.
[C] I said, [G] I've been around.
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[F] I've [Eb] really, really [C] paid my dues.
Well, one more [G] time.
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[Cm] [C] [G] [C] [E] I'm singing my blues.
I've been [C] [Cm] [C] [Am] .
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[C] [G] around [Em] .
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[C] [G] [C] a long time.
Mmm, I really paid some dues.
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[Bb] [C] [Cm] Can [F] .
[Eb] we [F] [Bb] do just one more?.
Boy, I thought I'd go down to the welfare to get myself some printing stuff.
Can we do just one more?.
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Boy, I thought I'd go down to the welfare to get myself some printing stuff.
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[E] [Gm] [C] Ha ha ha.
That's alright.
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Yeah!.
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