{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1690203,"song":"St Louis Blues","artist":"Bessie Smith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11354672-st-louis-blues-chords-by-bessie-smith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1690203?type=chord","rating":4.72405,"votes":91,"content":"                             St Louis Blues\r\n                       Written by W.C. HANDY\r\n\r\n                   Recorded by BESSIE SMITH\r\n    \r\nThis is a much shorter and much simplified version of the original,\r\nbut I think you can still get the feel coming through.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]          \r\nI hate to see that evening sun go down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nI hate to see that evening sun go down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]   \r\n'Cause my lovin' baby done left this town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]  \r\nIf I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nIf I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]  \r\nI'm gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]                                        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]     \r\nOh, that St. Louis woman, with her diamond rings,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  \r\nShe pulls my man around by her apron strings,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]                                                  [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]   \r\nAnd if it wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]    \r\nOh, that man of mine wouldn't go nowhere.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]  \r\nI got those St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C7[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, my man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       \r\nOr else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]  \r\nI love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nLike a Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]  \r\nI'll love my man until the day I die, Lord, Lord.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nI got the St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be, Lord, Lord![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThat man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nOr else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n               \r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]                                                       \r\n   I got those St. Louis blues, I got the blues   [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n I got the blues,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C7[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMy man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr else he wouldn't have gone so far from me[/tab]","plain_text":"St Louis Blues\n                       Written by W.C. HANDY\n\n                   Recorded by BESSIE SMITH\n    \nThis is a much shorter and much simplified version of the original,\nbut I think you can still get the feel coming through.","chords":["C","G","C7","G7","D7","Gm","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}