[VERSE 1]
[G]You must leave now, take what you need, you [F]think will [C]last
But what[G]ever you wish to keep, you better [F]grab it [C]fast
[Dm]Yonder stands your [F]orphan with his [C]gun
[Dm]Crying like a [F]fire in the [C]sun
[E7]Look out the saints are [F]coming [G]through
And [Dm]it's all over [F]now, Baby [C]Blue.
[VERSE 2]
[G]Leave your stepping stones behind, something[F] calls for [C]you.
Forget t[G]he dead you've left, they will not[F] follow [C]you.
[Dm]The vagabond who's [F]rapping at your [C]door
[Dm]Is standing in th[F]e clothes that [C]you once wore.
[E7]Strike another match, go[F] start [G]anew
And [Dm]it's all over [F]now, Baby [C]Blue.
[VERSE 3]
[C]They sat together in the park [Cmaj7]as the evening sky grew dark
[C7]She looked at him and he felt a spark [F]tingle to his bones
[Fm]It was then he felt alone and [C]wished that [G]he'd gone [F]straight
[C]And watched out for a [G]simple twist of fate [C]
[VERSE 4]
[C]A saxophone someplace far off played [Cmaj7]as she was walking on by the arcade
[C7]As the light bust through a beat-up shade where [F]he was waking up,
She dropped a [Fm]coin into the cup of a [C]blind man [G]at the [F]gate
[C]And forgot about his [G]simple twist of fate [C]
[VERSE 5]
[C]He woke up, the room was bare, [Cmaj7]he didn't see her anywhere
[C7]He told himself he didn't care, pushed the [F]window open wide,
Felt an [Fm]emptiness inside to which he [C]just could [G]not re[F]late
[C]Brought on by a [G]simple twist of fate [C]
[VERSE 6]
[C]People tell me its a sin [Cmaj7]to know and feel too much within
[C7]I still believe she was my twin, [F]but I lost the ring
[Fm]She was born in spring, but [C]I was [G]born too [F]late
[C]Blame it on a [G]simple twist of fate [C]
[VERSE 7]
[C]William Zan[Am]zinger killed [Em]poor Hattie Carroll
With a [C]cane that he [Am]twirled 'round his [Em]diamond ring finger
At a [C]Baltimore [Am]hotel so[Em]ciety gatherin'
And the [C]cops was called [Am]in and his [Em]weapon took from him
As they [C]rode him in [Am]custody [Em]down to the station
And booked [C]William Zan[Am]zinger for [Em]first degree murder
[CHORUS]
But [F]you [G]who phi[C]losophise dis[Am]grace
And [F]criti[G]cise all [C]fears
[F]Take the [G]rag a[C]way from your [Am]face
[F]Now ain't the [G]time for your [C]tears
[VERSE 8]
In the [C]courtroom of [Am]honour the judge [Em]pounded his gavel
To [C]show that all's [Am]equal and that the [Em]courts are on the level
And that the [C]strings in the [Am]books ain't [Em]pulled and persuaded
And that [C]even the [Am]nobles get [Em]properly handled
[C]Once that the [Am]cops have chased [Em]after and caught 'em
And that the [C]ladder of [Am]law has no [Em]top and no bottom
[C]Stared at the [Am]person who [Em]killed for no reason
Who just [C]happened to be [Am]feelin' that [Em]way without warnin'
And he [C]spoke through his [Am]cloak most [Em]deep and distinguished
And [C]handed out [Am]strongly for [Em]penalty and repentance
[C]William Zan[Am]zinger with a [Em]six-month sentence
[G]
[CHORUS]
Ah but [F]you [G]who phi[C]losophise dis[Am]grace
And [F]criti[G]cise all [C]fears
[F]Bury the [G]rag [C]deep in your [Am]face
For [F]now's the [G]time for your [C]tears
[VERSE 9]
Oh, the [C]ragman draws [Am]circles
[C]Up and down the [Am]block
I’d [C]ask him what the [Am]matter was
But I [F]know that he don’t [G(7)]talk
And the [F]ladies treat me [C]kindly
And they f[Am]urnish me with t[C]ape
But [Am]deep inside my [C]heart
I [F]know I can’t es[C]cape
[Em]Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
To be [C]stuck in[G/B]side of [Am]Mobile,
[C/G]With the [F/G]Memphis blues a[C]gain?
[VERSE 10]
Well, [C]Shakespeare, he’s in the [Am]alley
With his [C]pointed shoes and his [Am]bells
[C] Speaking to some [Am]French girl
Who [F]says she knows me [G]well
And [F]I would send a [C]message
To f[Am]ind out if she’s [C]talked
But the [Am]post office has been [C]stolen
And the [F]mailbox is [C]locked
[Em]Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
To be [C]stuck in[G/B]side of [Am]Mobile,
[C/G]With the [F]Memphis [F/G]blues a[C]gain?
[VERSE 11]
[C]Grandpa died last [Am]week
And now he’s [C]buried in the [Am]rocks
But [C]everybody still [Am]talks about
How [F]badly they were [G]shocked
But [F]me, I expected it to [C]happen
I [Am]knew he’d lost con[C]trol
When he [Am]built a fire on [C]Main Street
And [F]shot it full of [C]holes
[Em]Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
To be [C]stuck in[G/B]side of [Am]Mobile,
[C/G]With the [F]Memphis [F/G]blues a[C]gain?
[VERSE 12]
[C]I've seen lo[Cmaj7]ve go by my door
[F]It's never been this close before
[C]Never been [Cmaj7]so easy or so [G7]slow
[C]Been shootin' in[Cmaj7] the dark too long
[F]If something's not right it's wrong
[C]You're gonna make me [G]lonesome when you [C]go
[VERSE 13]
[C]Purple clover[Cmaj7] Queen Anne lace
[F]Crimson hair across your face
[C]You can make [Cmaj7]me cry if you don't [G7]know
[C]Can't remember [Cmaj7]what I was thinking of
[F]You might be spoiling me too much love
[C]You're gonna make me [G]lonesome when you [C]go
[CHORUS]
[G]Flowers on the hillside blooming [C]crazy
[G]Crickets talking back and forth in [C]rhyme
[D7]Blue river running slow and lazy
[F]I could spend forever with you and [G]never realise the time
[VERSE 14]
[C]Situations h[Cmaj7]ave ended sad
[F]Relationships have all been bad
[C]Mine have bee[Cmaj7]n like Verlaine's and [G7]Rimbaud
[C]But there’s no way [Cmaj7]I can compare
[F]All those scenes to this affair
[C]You're gonna make me [G]lonesome when you [C]go
[G]You must leave now, take what you need, you [F]think will [C]last
But what[G]ever you wish to keep, you better [F]grab it [C]fast
[Dm]Yonder stands your [F]orphan with his [C]gun
[Dm]Crying like a [F]fire in the [C]sun
[E7]Look out the saints are [F]coming [G]through
And [Dm]it's all over [F]now, Baby [C]Blue.
[VERSE 2]
[G]Leave your stepping stones behind, something[F] calls for [C]you.
Forget t[G]he dead you've left, they will not[F] follow [C]you.
[Dm]The vagabond who's [F]rapping at your [C]door
[Dm]Is standing in th[F]e clothes that [C]you once wore.
[E7]Strike another match, go[F] start [G]anew
And [Dm]it's all over [F]now, Baby [C]Blue.
[VERSE 3]
[C]They sat together in the park [Cmaj7]as the evening sky grew dark
[C7]She looked at him and he felt a spark [F]tingle to his bones
[Fm]It was then he felt alone and [C]wished that [G]he'd gone [F]straight
[C]And watched out for a [G]simple twist of fate [C]
[VERSE 4]
[C]A saxophone someplace far off played [Cmaj7]as she was walking on by the arcade
[C7]As the light bust through a beat-up shade where [F]he was waking up,
She dropped a [Fm]coin into the cup of a [C]blind man [G]at the [F]gate
[C]And forgot about his [G]simple twist of fate [C]
[VERSE 5]
[C]He woke up, the room was bare, [Cmaj7]he didn't see her anywhere
[C7]He told himself he didn't care, pushed the [F]window open wide,
Felt an [Fm]emptiness inside to which he [C]just could [G]not re[F]late
[C]Brought on by a [G]simple twist of fate [C]
[VERSE 6]
[C]People tell me its a sin [Cmaj7]to know and feel too much within
[C7]I still believe she was my twin, [F]but I lost the ring
[Fm]She was born in spring, but [C]I was [G]born too [F]late
[C]Blame it on a [G]simple twist of fate [C]
[VERSE 7]
[C]William Zan[Am]zinger killed [Em]poor Hattie Carroll
With a [C]cane that he [Am]twirled 'round his [Em]diamond ring finger
At a [C]Baltimore [Am]hotel so[Em]ciety gatherin'
And the [C]cops was called [Am]in and his [Em]weapon took from him
As they [C]rode him in [Am]custody [Em]down to the station
And booked [C]William Zan[Am]zinger for [Em]first degree murder
[CHORUS]
But [F]you [G]who phi[C]losophise dis[Am]grace
And [F]criti[G]cise all [C]fears
[F]Take the [G]rag a[C]way from your [Am]face
[F]Now ain't the [G]time for your [C]tears
[VERSE 8]
In the [C]courtroom of [Am]honour the judge [Em]pounded his gavel
To [C]show that all's [Am]equal and that the [Em]courts are on the level
And that the [C]strings in the [Am]books ain't [Em]pulled and persuaded
And that [C]even the [Am]nobles get [Em]properly handled
[C]Once that the [Am]cops have chased [Em]after and caught 'em
And that the [C]ladder of [Am]law has no [Em]top and no bottom
[C]Stared at the [Am]person who [Em]killed for no reason
Who just [C]happened to be [Am]feelin' that [Em]way without warnin'
And he [C]spoke through his [Am]cloak most [Em]deep and distinguished
And [C]handed out [Am]strongly for [Em]penalty and repentance
[C]William Zan[Am]zinger with a [Em]six-month sentence
[G]
[CHORUS]
Ah but [F]you [G]who phi[C]losophise dis[Am]grace
And [F]criti[G]cise all [C]fears
[F]Bury the [G]rag [C]deep in your [Am]face
For [F]now's the [G]time for your [C]tears
[VERSE 9]
Oh, the [C]ragman draws [Am]circles
[C]Up and down the [Am]block
I’d [C]ask him what the [Am]matter was
But I [F]know that he don’t [G(7)]talk
And the [F]ladies treat me [C]kindly
And they f[Am]urnish me with t[C]ape
But [Am]deep inside my [C]heart
I [F]know I can’t es[C]cape
[Em]Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
To be [C]stuck in[G/B]side of [Am]Mobile,
[C/G]With the [F/G]Memphis blues a[C]gain?
[VERSE 10]
Well, [C]Shakespeare, he’s in the [Am]alley
With his [C]pointed shoes and his [Am]bells
[C] Speaking to some [Am]French girl
Who [F]says she knows me [G]well
And [F]I would send a [C]message
To f[Am]ind out if she’s [C]talked
But the [Am]post office has been [C]stolen
And the [F]mailbox is [C]locked
[Em]Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
To be [C]stuck in[G/B]side of [Am]Mobile,
[C/G]With the [F]Memphis [F/G]blues a[C]gain?
[VERSE 11]
[C]Grandpa died last [Am]week
And now he’s [C]buried in the [Am]rocks
But [C]everybody still [Am]talks about
How [F]badly they were [G]shocked
But [F]me, I expected it to [C]happen
I [Am]knew he’d lost con[C]trol
When he [Am]built a fire on [C]Main Street
And [F]shot it full of [C]holes
[Em]Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
To be [C]stuck in[G/B]side of [Am]Mobile,
[C/G]With the [F]Memphis [F/G]blues a[C]gain?
[VERSE 12]
[C]I've seen lo[Cmaj7]ve go by my door
[F]It's never been this close before
[C]Never been [Cmaj7]so easy or so [G7]slow
[C]Been shootin' in[Cmaj7] the dark too long
[F]If something's not right it's wrong
[C]You're gonna make me [G]lonesome when you [C]go
[VERSE 13]
[C]Purple clover[Cmaj7] Queen Anne lace
[F]Crimson hair across your face
[C]You can make [Cmaj7]me cry if you don't [G7]know
[C]Can't remember [Cmaj7]what I was thinking of
[F]You might be spoiling me too much love
[C]You're gonna make me [G]lonesome when you [C]go
[CHORUS]
[G]Flowers on the hillside blooming [C]crazy
[G]Crickets talking back and forth in [C]rhyme
[D7]Blue river running slow and lazy
[F]I could spend forever with you and [G]never realise the time
[VERSE 14]
[C]Situations h[Cmaj7]ave ended sad
[F]Relationships have all been bad
[C]Mine have bee[Cmaj7]n like Verlaine's and [G7]Rimbaud
[C]But there’s no way [Cmaj7]I can compare
[F]All those scenes to this affair
[C]You're gonna make me [G]lonesome when you [C]go
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