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Live & Well

Why I Sing The Blues

B.B. King· Live & Well (1968)

หนึ่งในเพลงบลูส์ระดับตำนานอันโด่งดังของ B.B. King จากอัลบั้ม Live & Well ปี 1969 ที่บอกเล่าเรื่องราวความทุกข์ยากและการเดินทางของคนผิวสีผ่านดนตรีบลูส์

ความยากง่ายบลูส์โซล

คีย์C(Am)ความเร็ว118BPMความยาว8:37

พลัง50สดใส72เต้นได้79อะคูสติก24

Intro

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Verse 1

EverybodyC7 wants to know C7

Why I sing the C7bluesC7 Yes, I

F7say everybody wanna knowF7 Why

I C7sing the bluesC7 Well, I've

been G7around a long time F7 I

really have paid my C7duesC7

Verse 2

When IC7 first got the blues

They C7brought me over on a ship

C7Men were standing over me And a

C7lot more with a whip And

everybodyF7 wanna know F7 Why

I sing the C7bluesC7 Well, I've

been G7around a long time F7 Mm,

I've really paid C7my duesC7

Verse 3

I've C7laid in a ghetto flat C7Cold

and numb I C7heard the rats tell

the bedbugs C7 To give the

roaches some F7Everybody wanna

know F7 Why I'm C7singing the

bluesC7 Yes, I've G7been around a

long time F7 People, I've paid

my C7duesC7

Verse 4

I C7stood in line C7Down at the

County Hall I C7heard a man say,

"We're gonna C7build Some new

apartments for y'all" And

F7everybody wanna know F7 Yes,

they wanna know Why I'm C7singing

the bluesC7 Yes, I've been

G7around a long, long time F7

Yes, I've really, really paid

C7my duesC7

Instrumental 1

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Verse 5

My C7kid's gonna grow up GonnaC7

grow up to be a fool 'Cause C7they

ain't got no more room C7 No

more room for him in school

AndF7 everybody wanna know F7

Everybody wanna know Why I'm

C7singing the bluesC7 I say I've

G7been around a long time F7 Yes,

I've really paid C7some duesC7

Verse 6

Yeah, you know the C7company told

meC7 Guess you're born to lose

C7 Everybody around me, people

C7 It seems like everybody got

the blues F7 But I had 'em a

long time F7 I've C7really,

really paid my duesC7 You know

I ain't G7ashamed of it, people

F7 I just love to C7sing my bluesC7 G7

Instrumental 2

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Verse 7

I C7walk through the cities,

people C7On my bare feet I C7had a

fill of catfish and chitterlings

C7 Up and down Beale Street F7

You know I'm singing the blues

F7 Yes, I C7really I just have to

sing my C7blues G7 I've been

around a long time F7 People,

I've really, really C7paid my duesC7 G7

Verse 8

Now FatherC7 Time is catching

up with me C7 Gone is my youth

C7 I look in the mirror

everyday C7 And let it tell me

the truth F7 I'm singing the

blues F7 Mm,C7 I just have to

sing the bluesC7 G7 I've been

around a long time F7 Yes, yes,

I've really C7paid some duesC7 G7

Instrumental 3

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Verse 9

Yeah, theyC7 told me everything

Would be better out in the

C7country Everything C7was fine I

caught me aC7 bus uptown, baby

And F7every people, all the people

Got theF7 same trouble as mine

I got theC7 blues, huh C7huh I

say I've G7been around a long time

F7 I've really C7paid some dues C7 G7

Verse 10

C7 Blind man on the corner C7

Begging for a dime The C7rollers

come and caught him AndC7 throw

him in the jail for a crime F7

I got the blues F7 C7Mm, I'm

singing my bluesC7 I've been

G7around a long time F7 Mm, I've

really paid some duesC7 C7 G7

Verse 11

Oh I C7thought I'd go down to the

welfare ToC7 get myself some

grits and stuff C7But a lady stand

up and she said C7"You haven't

been around long enough" F7

That's why I got the blues F7

Mm,C7 the bluesC7 I say, I've

G7been around a long time F7 I've

really, really paid C7my duesC7 G7

Outro

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