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Saint Louis Blues
Words & Music by W.C. Handy, 1914
Recorded by Lena Horne, 1941
E A A7 A6 E
I hate to see that evenin' sun go down,
A A7alt Gdim Cdim E
I hate to see that evenin' sun go down,
B7 B7/F# E Edim B7
'Cause my baby, he has left this town.
E A A7 A6 E
If I'm feelin' tomorrow like I feel today,
A A7alt Gdim Cdim E
If I'm feelin' tomorrow like I feel to - day,
B7 B7/F# E Edim B7
I'll pack my trunk and make my get-away.
Em Am7 Em C B7 C B7
Saint Louis woman, with all her diamond rings,
B7 Cdim B7 Am7 Em F#7 B7
Stole that man of mine by her apron strings.
Em Am7 Em C B7 C B7
If it wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair,
B7 Cdim B7 Am7 Em F#7 B7
The man I love wouldn't'a gone nowhere, nowhere.
B7 E Em - E Em- E Em-E Edim E
Got the Saint Louie Blues, just as blue as I can be;
A A6 A7 Gdim Cdim E
That man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
Edim B7 B7/F# A Gdim Cdim E
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.
B7 E Em-E Em-E E- E Edim E
I love that man like a schoolboy loves his pie,
A A6 A7 Gdim Cdim E
Like a Kentucky Colonel loves his rocker and rye,
Edim B7 B7/F# A Gdim Cdim E
Gonna love that man til the day I die.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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