Why I Sing The Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][D][Am]
[Em][D][Am][E][Em]
[Am]Everybody wanna

[Verse 1]
know,
why i sing the blues
Yes i say [D]everybody wanna know,
why i [Am]sing the blues
Well i been [Em]around a long time,
[D]people ive really paid my [Am]dues
[Em]

[Verse 2]
When i [Am]first got the blues, they brought me on a ship,
men were standing over me and a lot more with a whip
And every[D]body wanna know
why i [Am]sing the blues
Well ive been [Em]around a long time,
[D]people ive really paid my [Am]dues
Aw I've really paid my [Em]dues
[Am]

[Interlude 1]
[D][Am]
[Em][D][Am][E]

[Verse 3]
[Em]Well my kids[Am] gonna grow up, gonna grow up to be a fool,
because they aint got no more room, no more room for him in school
[D]And everybody wanna know,
why [Am]I sing the blues
Well I've been [Em]around a long [D]time, people I've really paid [Am]my dues,
[Em]hey

[Interlude 2]
[Am][D][Em][D][G][Am][D][Am]
[D][Em][D][Am][Em][Am]
[D][Am][Em][D][Am][Em]
[E]

[Verse 4]
Now [Em]father [Am]time is catching up with me, gone is my youth,
i look in the mirror every day and let it tell me the truth.
[D]And everybody wanna know,
why I [Am]sing the blues
Well been [Em]around a long [D]time, people I've really paid [Am]my dues

[Outro 1]
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[Am][Em][D][Am][Esus4][Em][Am]
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