Signifying Blues (Extended Version) (1960) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E]

[Verse 1]
(Well, well) ('At sho' is a old [E]man
there
playin' that guitar)
(My, you look ten days
older than water)
Hee- hee
Say, look here!
(A- what dat?)
It look like your process
took a recess
(Ha- ha)
(A- that's alright,
at least I can afford to get one)
(You wear one of them do-
it- yourself job things)

[Verse 2]
Eee
[E]
(Say!)
Yeah
(I wrote a song about you)
Lemme hear it!
(You sho' you wanna hear it?)
I wanna hear all of it, nevermind the tempo
You just shove on in there,
a- he- he
(Alright)

[Verse 3]
(You is [E]one ugly child,
who can yo' mama be?)
He- he
(Ooh, I gotta 'nuther verse,
you wanna hear it?)
Go ahead sing it, lemme hear it, man
Lay it down there to me
(Well, if I was yo' daddy I'll
go an jump in the sea)
(No, I ain't gonna talk about
you like that)
(After all, it wasn't yo' fault)
He- ee

[Verse 4]
Look it, [E]here!
(Yeah)
I heard you had a new job, too
(Isn't that right?)
You wanna hear what kinda job I
heard that you had?
(And what kinda job I got,
now?)
Standin' out front of a doctor's
office makin' people sick
A- hee- hee
(That's alright,
I heard somethin' about you too)
You heard nothin' about me
(Yes, I did)
(I heard that you were so ugly
That when you cry,
the tears run down the back- a yo' head
To keep from comin'
towards yo' face)

[Interlude 1]
He- he- he
[E]

[Verse 5]
(Say!) [E]Yeah
(I wonder what you would- a been
if you would- a lived?)
What's that?
(I said, I wonder what you would-
a been if you had- a lived?)
You, wait a minute
Now, I dare you to say it, again
(I said, I wonder what you would- a
been if you had- a lived?)
Yo daddy! hee- hee

[Verse 6]
(Hey, there!) [E]Yeah
(Did yo' mama ever have any children?)
A- wh- what?
(Did yo' mama ever
have any children?)
Hoo, I betcha yo' ma didn't raise no dummies either,
did she?
(She musta raised one I'm
up here wit' you)

[Interlude 2]
Yeah
[E]

[Verse 7]
Say, look [E]here!
(What dat?)
What size shoes you wear?
(Ten n' half)
Yeah
(I right)
I figured you was gon' say that
Yo' feet look like you got on violin cases
A- hee- hee

[Verse 8]
(Say, now) [E]Yeah
(What air force you belong to?)
The same one yo' daddy
belong to
(I thought so,
I saw that propeller around yo neck)
A hee- hee

[Verse 9]
Say, look- it- [E]here
(Yeah)
You've got on a thirty- five
dollar bow tie
(Hmm, that right)
Fifty- five dollar white shirt
(Uh- huh)
Hundred n' fifty dollar coat
(Sho nuff)
Eighty- five dollar pair a pants
(Yeah)
Sixty- five dollar pair a shoes
(A- ha)
And no underwear
(That's alright)
(The reason I ain't wearin'
none a them
Yo' wife couldn't afford
to buy 'em)
He- he

[Verse 10]
(Hey, there!) [E]Yeah
(I don't need you to
play that thing)
You act like I could be replaced,
huh?
(There's other guitar players,
ya know)
Ain't [E]no mo' like me!
(I know it, one like you is enough!)
He- he

[Outro 1]
Ooh
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