Susi: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Why I sing the blues
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Yes, I say everybody wanna know
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Well, I've been around a long time
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I really have paid my dues
Verse 2
They brought me over on a ship
Men were standing over me
And a lot more with the whip
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Well, I've been around a long time
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I really have paid my dues
Verse 3
Cold and numb
I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
To give the roaches some
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Yes, I've been around a long time
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People, I've paid my dues
Verse 4
Down at the County Hall
I heard a man say, "We're gonna build
Some new apartments for y'all"
Yes, they wanna know
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Yes, I've been around a long, long time
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Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
Solo 1
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Verse 5
Gonna grow up to be a fool
'Cause they ain't got no more room
No more room for him in school
Everybody wanna know
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I say I've been around a long time
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Yes, I've really paid some dues
Verse 6
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Yeah, you know the company told me
Guess you're born to lose
Everybody around me, people
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It seems like everybody got the blues
But I had 'em a long time
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I've really, really paid my dues
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You know I ain't ashamed of it, people
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I just love to sing my blues
Solo 2
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Verse 7
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I walk through the cities, people
On my bare feet
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
Up and down Beal Street
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You know I'm singing the blues
Yes, I really
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I just have to sing my blues
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I've been around a long time
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People, I've really, really paid my dues
Verse 8
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Now Father time is catching up with me
Gone is my youth
I look in the mirror everyday
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And let it tell me the truth
I'm singing the blues
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Mm, I just have to sing the blues
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I've been around a long time
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Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues
Solo 3
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Verse 9
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Yeah, they told me everything
Would be better out in the country
Everything was fine
I caught me a bus uptown, baby
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And every people, all the people
Got the same trouble as mine
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I say I've been around a long time
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I've really paid some dues
Verse 10
One more time, fellows!
Begging for a dime
The rollers come and caught him
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And throw him in the jail for a crime
I got the blues
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I've been around a long time
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Mm, I've really paid some dues
Verse 11
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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
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"You haven't been around long enough"
That's why I got the blues
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I say, I've been around a long time
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I've really, really paid my dues
Solo 4
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[Repeat and fade]
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