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Why I Sing The Blues - B.b. King Chords

Chords: C7, F7, G7

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Genre: blues, rock and roll, soul


[Verse]
C7
Everybody wants to know

Why I sing the blues
F7
Yes, I say everybody wanna know
C7
Why I sing the blues
G7
Well, I've been around a long time
F7 C7
I really have paid my dues
C7
When I first got the blues

They brought me over on a ship

Men were standing over me

And a lot more with a whip
F7
And everybody wanna know
C7
Why I sing the blues
G7
Well, I've been around a long time
F7 C7
Mm, I've really paid my dues

[Verse]
C7
I've laid in a ghetto flat

Cold and numb

I heard the rats tell the bedbugs

To give the roaches some
F7
Everybody wanna know
C7
Why I'm singing the blues
G7
Yes, I've been around a long time
F7 C7
People, I've paid my dues
C7
I stood in line

Down at the County Hall

I heard a man say, "We're gonna build

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