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Thinking Blues - Bessie Smith Chords

Chords: E7, A, A7, D7, D

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Genre: blues, jazz, classical


Capo 1 (or +1 and Bb on 6th fret)

[Intro]
E7 A E7

[Verse 1]
A7 D7 E7 A7
Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind?
D D7 E7 A7
Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind?
E7 A7 E7
Thinking about someone who has treated you so nice and kind

[Verse 2]
A7 D7 E7 A7
Then you'll get an old letter and you begin to read
D D7 E7 A7
You'll get an old letter and you begin to read
E7 A7 E7
Got the blues so bad tell that man of mine I wanna be

[Verse 3]
A7 D7 A7
Don't you hear me baby, knocking on your door?
D D7 A7
Don't you hear me baby, knocking on your door?
E7 A7 E7
Have you got the nerve to drive me from your door?

[Verse 4]
A7 D7 A7 D7 A7
Have you got the nerve to say thay you don't want me no more?
D D7 A7
Have you got the nerve to say that you don't want me no more?
E7 A7 E7
The good book said you got to reap what you sow

[Verse 5]
A7 D7 A7
Take me back baby, try me one more time
D D7 A7
Take me back baby, try me one more time
E7 A7 D7 A7
That's the only way I can get these thinking blues off my mind

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