Why I Sing The Blues Chords by B.B. King

[Start]

[Intro]
C7 F7 C7 G7 F7 C7
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[Verse]
C7                                          
Everybody wants to know why I sing the blues
F7                                   C7            
Yes I say everybody wanna know why I sing the blues
               G7            F7  
Well I've been around a long time
              C7          
I really have paid my dues
       C7                                                
When I first got the blues they brought me over on a ship
C7                                                  
Men were standing over me and a lot more with a whip
    F7                  
And everybody wanna know
               C7   
Why I sing the blues
               G7                 F7
Well I've been around a long time ■ 
                C7           C
Mmm I've really paid my dues ■
C7                         C        C7  
I've laid in a ghetto flat cold and numb
  C7                                                      
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


[Chorus]
  C7                                   
I stood in line down at the County Hall
  C7                                                             
I heard a man say We're gonna build some new apartments for y'all
    F7                  
And everybody wanna know
                            C7               
Yes they wanna know why I'm singing the blues
              G7                 F7  
Yes I've been around a long long time
                            C7     
Yes I've really really paid my dues
    C7                    
Now I'm gonna play Lucille


[Inst]
F7 C7 F7 C7 F7
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[Verse]
                       C7                        
My kid's gonna grow up gonna grow up to be a fool
            C7                                                   
'cause they ain't got no more room no more room for him in school
F7                      
And everybody wanna know
                         C7                   
Everybody wanna know why I'm singing the blues
           G7                 F7  
I say I've been around a long time
                     C7       
Yes I've really paid some dues
              C7                                           
Yeah you know the company told me Guess you're born to lose
                                                           F7   
Everybody around me people it seems like everybody got the blues
                     F7  
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


[Inst]
G7 C7 Cm7 F7 G7 F7 C7
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[Verse]
  C7                                            
I walk through the cities people on my bare feet
                            Bb          C7             F7    
I had a fill of catfish and chitterling up in Downbill Street
    F7                        
You know I'm singing the blues
                    C7                   
Yes I really I just have to sing my blues
G                       F7  
I've been around a long time
                   C7                 
People I've really really paid my dues
G7  C7                                 Bb C7              
Now Father Time is catching up with me ■  gone is my youth
                                                     F7   
I look in the mirror everyday and let it tell me the truth
F7                   
I'm singing the blues
              C7               C    
Mmmmmm I just have to sing the blues
C7 G7                          
■  I've been around a long time
F                             C   
Yes yes I've really paid some dues


[Inst]
C7 Cm7 F7 C7 G7 F7 C7
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[Verse]
          C7                                                   
Yeah they told me everything would be better out in the country
           C7                                    
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
           C7                     
I say I've been around a long time
F7                        C7  
Hmm I've really paid some dues
                      G7
One more time fellows ■ 
                 C7                       
Blind man on the corner begging for a dime
                                                                F7   
The rollers come and caught him and throw him in the jail for a crime
          F7   
I got the blues
F C7                      
■ Mmm I'm singing my blues
                 G7         
I've been around a long time
         F7                   
Mmm I've really paid some dues
C7                     
Can we do just one more
     Bb                                                                   
Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare to get myself some grits and stuff
                            Cm7      F7                             
But a lady stand up and she said You haven't been around long enough
                     F7   
That's why I got the blues
C7           
Mmm the blues
           G7                     
I say I've been around a long time
F7                         C7     
■  I've really really paid my dues
        C7           
Fellows just one more


[Solo]
F7 C7 G7 F7 C7 F7 C7 F7
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C7 F7 G7 C7 F7 C7 G7 F7
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C7 F7 C7 F7 C7 F7 C7 F7
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Cm7 Bb C F G F F7 C7
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[Outro]
F7 C G F7
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[End]