Chords:
{t:Blues and Booze}
{key:D}
{artist:Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey}
Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs1Omb47ins&list=RDfs1Omb47ins#t=4
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[D] Went to bed last night, and [G7] boy I was in my [D] sleep, [D7] sleep
Went [G] to bed last night, and I was in my [D] sleep
Woke [A7] up this morn in', the [G] police was shakin' [D] me [G7] [D]
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I [D] went to thejailhouse, [G7] drunk and blue as I could [D] be.e[D7]ee
I [G] went to thejailhouse, drunk and blue as I could [D] be.
But that [A7] cruel old judge [G] sent my man away from [D] me. [G7] [D]
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They [D] carried me to the courthouse [G7] Lordy, how I was [D] cryin'. [D7]
They [G] carried me to the courthouse Lordy, how I was [D] cryin'.
They [A7] jailed me sixty days in jail,
and [G] money couldn't pay the fine. [G7] [D]
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[D] Sixty days ain't long when you can [G7] spend them as you [D] choose. [D7]
[D] Sixty days ain't long when you can spend them as you [D] choose.
But this [A7] seems like jail, in a [G7] cell where there ain't no [D] booze. [G7] [D]
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My [D] life is all a misery [G7] when I cannot get my [D] booze. [D7]
My [G] life is all a misery when I cannot get my [D] booze.
I spend [A7] every dime on liquor,
got to [G] have the booze to go with these [D] blues. [G7] [D]
