The Bourgeois Blues
LeadbellyVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Me and my wife went all over town
And everywhere we went people turned us down
Lord, in a bourgeois town
Its a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all a- round
Home of the brave, land of the free
I dont wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie
Lord, in a bourgeois town
Uhm, the bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around
Well, me and my wife we were standing upstairs
We heard the white man say I dont want no niggers up there&65533;�?
Lord, in a bourgeois town
Uhm, bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around
Well, them white folks in Washington they know how
To call a colored man a nigger just to see him bow
Lord, its a bourgeois town
Uhm, the bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around
I tell all the colored folks to listen to me
Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC
Cause its a bourgeois town
Uhm, the bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around
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Readable chord sheet for The Bourgeois Blues by Leadbelly
[G7] [C7] [G] [D7] [G7] Me and my wife went all over town And everywhere we went people turned us down Lord, in a [C7] bourgeois town Its a [G] bourgeois town I got the [D7] bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all a- [G] round Home of the brave, land of the free I dont wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie Lord, in a bourgeois town Uhm, the bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around Well, me and my wife we were standing upstairs We heard the white man say I dont want no niggers up there& Lord, in a bourgeois town Uhm, bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around Well, them white folks in Washington they know how To call a colored man a nigger just to see him bow Lord, its a bourgeois town Uhm, the bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around I tell all the colored folks to listen to me Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC Cause its a bourgeois town Uhm, the bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around