Beale Street Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][Am][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]I've seen
the [C]lights of gay [G]Broadway
[C]Old Market Street down
by the Frisco [G]Bay
I've strolled [D]the Prado,
[A]I've gambled [D]on the
[G]boards[D][G][Bb][D]
[G]The seven won[C]ders of
the world [G]I've seen
[C]And many other places I [Am]have [G]been
[Bb]Take my [D]advice, folks,
an[A]d visit B[D]eale Street f[G]irst
[D]If [G]Beale Street could talk,
if Beale Street could talk
Mar[C]ried men would [Am]have to
[G]take their [A]beds and walk
[D]Except one[G] or two who
never [C]drink that [Eb]booze
And the [D]blind man [C]on the [G]corner
[A]Singin' [G]the blues,
[Am]I'd [C]rather be there than any place
I know I'd rather be [F]there
than any place [D]I k[C]now
[Eb]It's gonna [D]take [Dm]the serg[G]eant
[Baug]far to mak[G]e me go[C][F]
[C]Now [G]go to [Cm]the [C]river, maybe by [Am]and b[C]y
Go to the [F]river,
and there's a reason [D]why[C]
Because [Am]the [G]river's wet,
and these streets done gone [C]dry[F]
[Cm][Dm][C]