Biografia:
Bessie Smith (Chattanooga, Tennessee, 15 de abril de 1894 - Clarksdale, Mississippi, 26 de setembro de 1937) A imperatriz do Blues começou a carreira cantando em bordéis, e em 1923 foi a Nova Iorque para a sua primeira gravação. Bessie Smith ficou na história da música devido ao seu incrível senso rítmico e habilidade de improvisar em cima das estruturas do Blues.
Dona de um forte temperamento, a cantora passava por constantes conflitos, visto que viveu num época marcada pela opressão racial nos Estados Unidos.
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St Louis Blues
Written by W.C. HANDY
Recorded by BESSIE SMITH
This is a much shorter and much simplified version of the original,
but I think you can still get the feel coming through.
G C7 G G7
I hate to see that evening sun go down,
C7 G G
I hate to see that evening sun go down,
D7 C7 G D7
'Cause my lovin' baby done left this town.
G C7 G G7
If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
C7 G G
If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
D7 C7 G D7
I'm gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway.
Gm D7 D7
Oh, that St. Louis woman, with her diamond rings,
Gm Gm D7
She pulls my man around by her apron strings,
Gm D7 D7
And if it wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair,
Gm A7 D7
Oh, that man of mine wouldn't go nowhere.
G C7 G G7
I got those St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be,
C7 G G
Oh, my man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
D7 C7 G D7
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.
G C7 G G7
I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie,
C7 G G
Like a Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye
D7 C7 G D7
I'll love my man until the day I die, Lord, Lord.
G C7 G G7
I got the St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be, Lord, Lord!
C7 G G
That man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
D7 C7 G D7
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.
G C7
I got those St. Louis blues, I got the blues
G G7
I got the blues,
C7 G G
My man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
D7 C7 G D7 G
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me
Written by W.C. HANDY
Recorded by BESSIE SMITH
This is a much shorter and much simplified version of the original,
but I think you can still get the feel coming through.
G C7 G G7
I hate to see that evening sun go down,
C7 G G
I hate to see that evening sun go down,
D7 C7 G D7
'Cause my lovin' baby done left this town.
G C7 G G7
If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
C7 G G
If I feel tomorrow, like I feel today,
D7 C7 G D7
I'm gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway.
Gm D7 D7
Oh, that St. Louis woman, with her diamond rings,
Gm Gm D7
She pulls my man around by her apron strings,
Gm D7 D7
And if it wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair,
Gm A7 D7
Oh, that man of mine wouldn't go nowhere.
G C7 G G7
I got those St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be,
C7 G G
Oh, my man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
D7 C7 G D7
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.
G C7 G G7
I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie,
C7 G G
Like a Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye
D7 C7 G D7
I'll love my man until the day I die, Lord, Lord.
G C7 G G7
I got the St. Louis blues, just as blue as I can be, Lord, Lord!
C7 G G
That man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
D7 C7 G D7
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me.
G C7
I got those St. Louis blues, I got the blues
G G7
I got the blues,
C7 G G
My man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
D7 C7 G D7 G
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me
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