Bessie Smith Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F][F#dim][C][Am][D][G][C][F]
[C]
[Abdim]Bessie was more

[Verse 1]
[Am]
than just [D]a friend of [F]mine[G][C]
We shared the [E]good times
with the [Am]bad[D][F][C]
Now [G]many [Am]a year has
[D]passed me [F]by[G][C]
I still [E]re call the best [Am]thing I [D]ever [F]had

[Verse 2]
I'm just [C]goin' down the
road t' see [F]Bessie[C]
Oh, see her [G]soon
I'm just [C]goin' down the road
t' see [F]Bessie [F#dim]Smith
When I [Am]get there I w[D]onder [F]what
she'll do
[C][F]

[Verse 3]
[C][G]
[Abdim]All the crazy[Am] things
I [D]had to [F]try[G][C]
Well I tried them [E]all and then [Am]some[D][F][C]
But [G]if you're [Am]lucky one day
[D]you find [F]out[G][C]
Where it [E]is [Am]you're really comin' [D]from
[F]I'm just

[Verse 4]
[C]goin' down the
road t' see [F]Bessie[C]
Oh, see her [G]soon
I'm just [C]goin' down the road
t' see [F]Bessie [F#dim]Smith
When I [C]get [Am]there I [D]wonder [F]what she'll do

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][C][Abdim][Am][D][F][G][C][E]
[Am][D]
[F][C][Abdim][Am][D][F][G][C][E][Am]
[D][F][C][F][C][G]
[C][F][F#dim][Am][D][C][F]
[C]
[G]Now in my day

[Verse 5]
[Am]I've made
some [D]foolish [F]moves[G][C]
But back [E]then,
I didn't [Am]worry 'bout a thing
[D]And [F]now[C] ag[G]ain [Am]I
still [D]wonder to myself
[F]Was[G] it[C] her sweet love or t[E]he
[Am]way that she could s[D]ing
[F]I'm just

[Verse 6]
[C]goin' down the
road t' see [F]Bessie[C]
Oh, see her [G]soon
I'm just [C]goin' down the road
t' see [F]Bessie [F#dim]Smith
When I [Am]get t[Am]here I w[D]onder

[Outro 1]
what she'll do
[C][F][C][Am][D][C]