Ella Fitzgerald – How Long How Long Blues (Guitar)

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As recorded by Ella Fitzgerald (From the 1963 Album THESE ARE THE BLUES) [Intro] A7 D7 A7 Bm7 E7 A7 E7 [Verse 1]

         A7
Tell me, baby, how long?

A7
Baby, how long

D7                     G7
Has that evenin' train been gone?

G7
How long?

    B7
How long?

E7 A7     D7
Baby, how long?

[Verse 2]

A7
Heard the whistle blowin'

A7
Couldn't see no train

D7                     G7
Way down in my heart I had an achin' pain

A7
How long?

E7        A7     E7
Baby, how long?

[Verse 3]

A7
I'm sad and lonely all the whole day through

D7                         G7
Why don't you write me and give me the news?

         A7
You have left me, yes, you left me

B7          E7           A7             Cm7
Singin' the blues, those how long blues

[Trumpet Solo] F7 Bb7 Eb7 Ab7 Eb7 Bb7 G7 Cm7 F7 Bb7 G7 Cm7 F7 [Verse 4]

Bb7
If I could holler like the mountain jack

Eb7                                 Ab7
I'd go up on a mountain and call my baby back

Bb7         G7
Tell me how long?

    C7
How long?

F7   Bb7      F7
Oh, how long?

[Verse 5]

Bb7
I went up on a mountain

Bb7
Looked as far as I could see

     Eb7
That woman had my man

          Ab7           G7
And the blues had poor me

              C7
Yes, tell me, baby

         F7     Bb7    G7
Tell me, baby, how long?

         C7                F7
How long must I go on like this?

[Verse 6]

    Bb7   N.C.
The brook runs into the river

N.C. The river runs into the sea

   Bb7  N.C.
If I don't run into my baby a train is goin' to run into me

Bb7 G7        C7
How long? How long?

F7 Bb7   C7
How long?

[Outro]

C7  F7
I say

    Bb7
I'm sad and lonely all the whole day through

    Eb7
Why don't you write me?

Eb7
Tell me, baby, what's the news?

         G7
You have left me, left me

F7         Bb7    F7   Bb7
Singin' those how long blues