Biografía:
Bessie Smith (Chattanooga, Tennessee, 15 de abril de 1894 - Clarksdale, Mississippi, 26 de septiembre de 1937) fue la cantante de blues más popular de los años 20 y 30 y la más influyente en los cantantes que la siguieron. Cantantes como Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson o Janis Joplin reconocieron su influencia.
En 1923, cuando el blues comienza a vender discos, firmó con la Columbia records, y rápidamente trazó la línea de la Theater Owners Bookers Association.
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This is an approximation of the piano chords for guitar of the version of Down Hearted Blues that Bessie Smith
recorded in 1923 - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6TiLIeVZA
The recording is in C, as here.
[Chords]
Ddim7: xx0101
[Intro]
C A7 D7 Ddim7 G N.C
[Verse 1]
C A7
Gee, but it's hard to love someone
D7 G7 C
When that someone don't love you.
A7
I'm so disgusted, heart broken too.
D7 G7
I've got those down hearted blues.
C7 F
Once I was crazy 'bout a man.
E7
He mistreated me all the time.
D7 G7
The next man I get has got to promise me
A7 D7 G G7
To be mine, all mine.
[Chorus 1]
C F G7 C C7
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days.
F G7 C
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days.
G7 C F C
It seems that trouble's going to follow me to my grave.
[Chorus 2]
C F G7 C C7
I ain't never loved but three mens in my life.
F G7 C
I ain't never loved but three men in my life.
G7 C F C
My father, my brother, the man that wrecked my life.
[Chorus 3]
F G7 C C7
It may be a week, it may be a month or two.
F G7 C
It may be a week, it may be a month or two.
G7 C F C
But the day you quit me honey, it's coming home to you.
[Chorus 4]
C F G7 C C7
I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand.
F G7 C
I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand.
G7 C F C
I'm going to hold it until you, man come under my command.
recorded in 1923 - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6TiLIeVZA
The recording is in C, as here.
[Chords]
Ddim7: xx0101
[Intro]
C A7 D7 Ddim7 G N.C
[Verse 1]
C A7
Gee, but it's hard to love someone
D7 G7 C
When that someone don't love you.
A7
I'm so disgusted, heart broken too.
D7 G7
I've got those down hearted blues.
C7 F
Once I was crazy 'bout a man.
E7
He mistreated me all the time.
D7 G7
The next man I get has got to promise me
A7 D7 G G7
To be mine, all mine.
[Chorus 1]
C F G7 C C7
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days.
F G7 C
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days.
G7 C F C
It seems that trouble's going to follow me to my grave.
[Chorus 2]
C F G7 C C7
I ain't never loved but three mens in my life.
F G7 C
I ain't never loved but three men in my life.
G7 C F C
My father, my brother, the man that wrecked my life.
[Chorus 3]
F G7 C C7
It may be a week, it may be a month or two.
F G7 C
It may be a week, it may be a month or two.
G7 C F C
But the day you quit me honey, it's coming home to you.
[Chorus 4]
C F G7 C C7
I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand.
F G7 C
I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand.
G7 C F C
I'm going to hold it until you, man come under my command.
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