Tonalidad: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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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
G7
I really have paid my dues
Verse 2
C7
When I first got the blues
They brought me over on a ship
Men were standing over me
And a lot more with the whip
F7
And everybody wanna know
C7
Why I sing the blues
G7
Well, I've been around a long time
F7
C7
G7
I really have paid my dues
Verse 3
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
G7
People, I've paid my dues
Verse 4
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
G7
Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
Solo 1
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Verse 5
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
G7
Yes, I've really paid some dues
Verse 6
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
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C7
G7
I just love to sing my blues
Solo 2
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Verse 7
C7
I walk through the cities, people
On my bare feet
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
Up and down Beal Street
F7
You know I'm singing the blues
Yes, I really
C7
I just have to sing my blues
G7
I've been around a long time
F7
C7
G7
People, I've really, really paid my dues
Verse 8
C7
Now Father time is catching up with me
Gone is my youth
I look in the mirror everyday
F7
And let it tell me the truth
I'm singing the blues
C7
Mm, I just have to sing the blues
G7
I've been around a long time
F7
C7
G7
Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues
Solo 3
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Verse 9
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
G7
I've really paid some dues
Verse 10
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
G7
Mm, I've really paid some dues
Verse 11
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
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I've really, really paid my dues
Solo 4
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[Repeat and fade]
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