St Louis Blues Written by W.C. HANDY Recorded by BESSIE SMITH # PLEASE NOTE. # # This file is the authors own work and represents their # #. interpretation of the song.YOU MAY ONLY USE THIS # #. FILE FOR PRIVATE STUDY, SCHOLARSHIP OR # #. RESEARCH ! ######## This is a much shorter and much simplified version of the original, but I think you can still get the feel coming through.

I ^Ghate to see t^C7hat evening sun go d^Gown, ^G7 ^C7I hate to see that evening sun go d^Gown, ^G 'Cause my l^D7ovin' baby d^C7one left this t^Gown. ^D7

^GIf I feel tomorrow, ^C7like I feel to^Gday, ^G7 ^C7If I feel tomorrow, like I feel ^Gtoday, ^G I'm gonna ^D7pack my trunk and^C7 make my ge^Gtaway. ^D7 O^Gmh, that St. Louis woman, with her diamond ^D7rings, ^D7 She pulls my man around by her apron st^Gmrings, ^Gm ^D7 A^Gmnd if it wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair^D7, ^D7 Oh, that man of mine wouldn't go nowh^Gmere. ^A7 ^D7

I ^Ggot those S^C7t. Louis blues, just as blue as I can ^Gbe, ^G7 O^C7h, my man's got a heart like a rock cast in the ^Gsea, ^G Or else^D7 he wouldn't have g^C7one so far from m^Ge. ^D7

^GI love my man l^C7ike a schoolboy loves his p^Gie, ^G7 Like a ^C7Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and ^Grye ^G I'll ^D7love my man unt^C7il the day I d^Gie, Lord, Lo^D7rd.

I got the St. ^GLouis blues, ju^C7st as blue as I can ^Gbe, Lord, Lo^G7rd! That man'^C7s got a heart like a rock cast in the s^Gea, ^G Or else he^D7 wouldn't have gone s^C7o far from ^Gme. ^D7

I got those S^Gt. Louis blues, ^C7I got the blues I got the blu^Ges, ^G7 My man^C7's got a heart like a rock cast in the se^Ga, ^G Or e^D7lse he wouldn't have ^C7gone so far from m^Ge ^D7 ^G

Bessie Smith - St louis blues