Why I Sing The Blues

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Why I Sing The Blues – B.b. King

Everybody wants to know

Why I sing the blues

Everybody wants to know

Why I sing the blues

Yes,

I say everybody wanna know

Why I

sing the blues

Well, I’ve been

around a long time

I really have paid my

dues

When

I first got the blues

They brought me over on a ship

Men were standing over me

And a lot more with a whip

And everybody wanna know

Why I sing the

blues

Well, I’ve been

around a long time

Mm, I’ve really paid my

dues

Verse

I’ve laid in a ghetto flat

Cold and numb

I heard the rats tell the bedbugs

To give the roaches some

Everybody wanna know

Why I’m

singing the blues

Yes, I’ve been

around a long time

People, I’ve paid my

dues

stood in line

Down at the County Hall

I heard a man say, “We’re gonna build

Some new apartments for y’all”

And everybody wanna know

Yes, they wanna know

Why I’m

singing the blues

Yes, I’ve been

around a long, long time

Yes, I’ve really, really paid my

dues

(Now I’m gonna play Lucille)

Solo

F7 C7

Vers

kid’s gonna grow up

Gonna grow up to be a fool

Cause they ain’t got no more room

No more room for him in school

And everybody wanna know

Everybody wanna know

Why I’m

singing the blues

I say I’ve been

around a long time

Yes, I’ve really paid some

dues

Yeah, you know

the company told me

Guess you’re born to lose

Everybody around me, people

It seems like everybody got the

blues

But I had ‘em a long time

I’ve

really, really paid my dues

You know I

ain’t ashamed of it, people

I just love to sing my

blues

Solo

F7 C7

Vers

walk through the cities, people

On my bare feet

I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings

Up in Downbill Street

You know I’m singing the blues

Yes, I

really

I just have to sing my blues

I’ve been around a long time

People, I’ve really,

really paid my dues

Now

Father Time is catching up with me

Gone is my youth

I look in the mirror everyday

And let it tell me the truth

I’m singing the blues

Mm,

I just have to sing the blues

I’ve been around a long time

Yes, yes, I’ve really

paid some dues

Solo

F7 C7

Vers

Yeah,

they told me everything

Would be better out in the country

Everything was fine

I caught me a bus uptown, baby

And every people, all the people

Got the same trouble as mine

I got the blues, huh huh

I say I’ve been

around a long time

I’ve really paid

some

dues

One more time, fellows!

Blind man on the corner

Begging for a dime

The rollers come and caught him

And throw him in the jail for a crime

I got the blues

Mm, I’m

singing my blues

I’ve been

around a long time

Mm, I’ve really paid some

dues

Can we do just one more?

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

“You haven’t been around long enough”

That’s why I got the blues

Mm,

the

blues

say, I’ve been around a long time

I’ve really, really paid

dues

Fellows, tell them one more time

Yes, I

say everybody wanna know

Why I sing

the

blues

Well, I’ve been ar

ound a long time

I rea

lly have paid my dues

When I fi

rst got the blues

They brought me over on a ship

Men were standing over me

And a lot more with a whip

And everybody wanna know

Why I sing the

blues

Well, I’ve been

around a long time

Mm, I’ve really paid my

dues

I’ve laid in a ghetto flat

Cold and numb

I heard the rats tell the bedbugs

To give the roaches some

Everybody wanna know

Why I’m

singing the blues

Yes, I’ve been

around a long time

People, I’ve paid my

dues

stood in line

Down at the County Hall

I heard a man say, “We’re gonna build

Some new apartments for y’all”

And everybody wanna know

Yes, they wanna know

Why I’m

singing the blues

Yes, I’ve been

around a long, long time

Yes, I’ve really, really paid my

dues

(Now I’m gonna play Lucille)

kid’s gonna grow up

Gonna grow up to be a fool

Cause they ain’t got no more room

No more room for him in school

And everybody wanna know

Everybody wanna know

Why I’m

singing the blues

I say I’ve been

around a long time

Yes,

I’ve really paid some dues

Yeah, you know

the company told me

Guess you’re born to lose

Everybody around me, people

It seems like everybody got the

blues

But I had ‘em a long time

I’ve

really, really paid my dues

You know I

ain’t ashamed of it, people

I just love to sing my

blues

walk through the cities, people

On my bare feet

I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings

Up in Downbill Street

You know I’m singing the blues

Yes, I

really

I just have to sing my blues

I’ve been around a long time

People, I’ve really,

really paid my dues

Now

Father Time is catching up with me

Gone is my youth

I look in the mirror everyday

And let it tell me the truth

I’m singing the blues

Mm,

I just have to sing the blues

I’ve been around a long time

Yes, yes, I’ve really

paid some dues

Yeah,

they told me everything

Would be better out in the country

Everything was fine

I caught me a bus uptown, baby

And every people, all the people

Got the same trouble as mine

I got the blues, huh huh

I say I’ve been

around a long time

I’ve really paid

some

dues

One more time, fellows!

Blind man on the corner

Begging for a dime

The rollers come and caught him

And throw him in the jail for a crime

I got the blues

Mm, I’m

singing my blues

I’ve been

around a long time

Mm, I’ve really paid some

dues

Can we do just one more?

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

“You haven’t been around long enough”

That’s why I got the blues

Mm,

the

blues

say, I’ve been around a long time

I’ve really, really paid

dues

Fellows, tell them one more time

Ha, ha, ha. That’s all right, fellows