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Born To Sing The Blues:Conway Twitty.
On MERCURY Records in 1957.
(Not his first, but one of the first of
 his recordings.)
INTRO:  F   BbC..F  Bb  C  
#1.
FBorn Bbto Csing the Fblues..Bbso Ctired an' Fworn, 
Bbjust Csingin' the FbluesBb.F  C  
FAlone Bbright Cfrom the Fstart, BbI   Cwalked Falone 
Bbwith Cblues in my FheartGm.F  
BRIDGE:
CTrue Bblove, (true love) I've Gmnever Fknown 
(I've never known)
EveryBbthing (everything) I do is Cwrong (all wrongGm)
#2.
But Fwrong, BbI've Calways Fbeen..it's Bbhard to Cgo 
Fon, Bbwhen CI never Fwin.Bb  F  C  
INTERLUDE:  F   BbC..F  BbC..F  BbC..F  Eb   F  C  
            F   BbC..F  BbC..F  BbC..F  Bb   F  C  
#3.
CMy Bblife, (my life) my destinFy, (my destiny)
is CloneliBbness (loneliness) and miserCy (misery)
My Flife, BbI  Cdidn't Fchoose..BbI  Cguess, I was Fborn 
Bbto Csing the Fblues.Bb  
OUTRO:
The Clonesome Fblues.Bb....the Cweary Fblues.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Born To Sing The Blues

by Conway Twitty

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Born To Sing The Blues:Conway Twitty.

On MERCURY Records in 1957.

(Not his first, but one of the first of

his recordings.)

F Bb Bb C

INTRO: C..F

#1.

F Bb C F Bb C F

Born to sing the blues..so tired an' worn,

Bb C F Bb F C

just singin' the blues.

F Bb C F Bb C F

Alone right from the start, I walked alone

Bb C F Gm F

with blues in my heart.

BRIDGE:

C Bb Gm F

True love, (true love) I've never known

(I've never known)

Bb C Gm

Everything (everything) I do is wrong (all wrong)

#2.

F Bb C F Bb C

But wrong, I've always been..it's hard to go

F Bb C F Bb F C

on, when I never win.

F Bb Bb Bb Eb F C

INTERLUDE: C..F C..F C..F

F Bb Bb Bb Bb F C

C..F C..F C..F

#3.

C Bb F

My life, (my life) my destiny, (my destiny)

C Bb C

is loneliness (loneliness) and misery (misery)

F Bb C F Bb C F

My life, I didn't choose..I guess, I was born

Bb C F Bb

to sing the blues.

OUTRO:

C F Bb C F

The lonesome blues.....the weary blues.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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