B.B. King – Why I Sing The Blues (Guitar)

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[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 Some new apartments for y'all"
F7
And everybody wanna know
Yes, they wanna know
        C7
Why I'm singing the blues

               G7
Yes, I've been around a long, long time

F7                               C7
Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
(Now I'm gonna play Lucille) [Solo] C7 F7 C7 G7 F7 C7 [Verse]
   C7
My kid's gonna grow up
Gonna grow up to be a fool Cause they ain't got no more room No more room for him in school
F7
And everybody wanna know
Everybody wanna know
        C7
Why I'm singing the blues

                G7
I say I've been around a long time

F7                         C7
Yes, I've really paid some dues

               C7
Yeah, you know the company told me
Guess you're born to lose Everybody around me, people
                                F7
It seems like everybody got the blues
But I had 'em a long time
     C7
I've really, really paid my dues

           G7
You know I ain't ashamed of it, people

F7                     C7
I just love to sing my blues
[Solo] C7 F7 C7 G7 F7 C7 [Verse]
  C7
I walk through the cities, people
On my bare feet I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings Up in Downbill Street
F7
You know I'm singing the blues

       C7
Yes, I really
I just have to sing my blues
G7
I've been around a long time

F7                   C7
People, I've really, really paid my dues

    C7
Now Father Time is catching up with me
Gone is my youth I look in the mirror everyday And let it tell me the truth
F7
I'm singing the blues

    C7
Mm, I just have to sing the blues

G7
I've been around a long time

F7                    C7
Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues
[Solo] C7 F7 C7 G7 F7 C7 [Verse]
      C7
Yeah, they told me everything
Would be better out in the country Everything was fine I caught me a bus uptown, baby
F7
And every people, all the people
Got the same trouble as mine
C7
I got the blues, huh huh

                G7
I say I've been around a long time

F7               C7
I've really paid some dues
One more time, fellows!
C7
Blind man on the corner
Begging for a dime The rollers come and caught him
                                      F7
And throw him in the jail for a crime
I got the blues
        C7
Mm, I'm singing my blues

          G7
I've been around a long time

F7                        C7
Mm, I've really paid some dues
Can we do just one more?
C7
Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare
To get myself some grits and stuff But a lady stand up and she said
                                       F7
"You haven't been around long enough"
That's why I got the blues
    C7
Mm, the blues

  G7
I say, I've been around a long time

F7                       C7
I've really, really paid my dues
Fellows, tell them one more time [Solo] (Ad lib) C7 F7 C7 G7 F7 C7 Ha, ha, ha. That's all right, fellows Yeah!