Biography:
Leroy Carr (Nashville, Tennessee, USA, March 27, 1905 - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced artists like Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. He first became famous for "How Long, How Long Blues", with the guitarist Scrapper Blackwell on Vocalion Records in 1928 (as Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell), for which Carr wrote the music.
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[Intro]
E E7 A A7 E B7 E
E E7
How long, baby how long,
A A7
Has that evening train been gone?
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
Went to the station, didn't see no train.
A A7
Down in my heart, I have an aching pain.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
I feel disgusted, I feel so bad
A A7
Thinking 'bout the good time that I once had had.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
I could see the green grass growing on the hill;
A A7
I ain't seen no greenback on a dollar bill.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
You're gonna be sorry you feel so blue.
A A7
When you want me, baby, I declare I want, want you.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
[Instrumental]
(verse chords)
E E7
Don't have no money for to ride the train.
A A7
I would ride the rugs, baby, to be with you again.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
How long, baby how long
A A7
Must I keep my, my watching point?
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7 A A7 E B7 E
E E7
How long, baby how long,
A A7
Has that evening train been gone?
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
Went to the station, didn't see no train.
A A7
Down in my heart, I have an aching pain.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
I feel disgusted, I feel so bad
A A7
Thinking 'bout the good time that I once had had.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
I could see the green grass growing on the hill;
A A7
I ain't seen no greenback on a dollar bill.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
You're gonna be sorry you feel so blue.
A A7
When you want me, baby, I declare I want, want you.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
[Instrumental]
(verse chords)
E E7
Don't have no money for to ride the train.
A A7
I would ride the rugs, baby, to be with you again.
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
E E7
How long, baby how long
A A7
Must I keep my, my watching point?
E B7 E
How long, how how long, baby how long?
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