Chords for Am I Blue Ethel Waters
Tempo:
102.05 bpm
Chords used:
Db
Ab
Eb
Bb
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Db]
[Bb] [Eb] [Db]
I'm just a woman, a lonely woman, [Gb] waiting [Ab] on the weary [Db] shore.
[Db] I'm just a [Bbm] woman, that lonely human, [G] one you should [C] be [Fm] sorry for.
[Ebm]
Woke up this [Gbm] morning, along about dawn, [Gb] without a warning I [Eb] found he was [Db] gone.
How could he do it?
Why [Bbm] should he do it?
[Eb] He'd never done [Ab] it before.
[Db] Am I blue?
Am [Ab] I blue?
Ain't [Db] these [Bb] tears in [Eb] these [Ab] eyes telling [Db] you?
Am I [Db] blue?
Why [Ab] you'd be too, [Db] if each plan [Bb] which your [Ab] man's done [Db] fell through.
[Fm] There was a time [C] he's only one, but now I'm the sad and lonely one.
[Ab] Lordy, [Db] was I gay until [Ab] today.
Now he's gone [Bb] and [Eb] we're [Ab] through.
Am I [Bbm] blue?
[Db] [Eb] [G] I know it.
[Eb] He's [Db] in Chicago and I'm down here in Birmingham.
[Gb] Trying to get some money to go and [Ab] find my honey, [Db] I am.
Yes, indeed I am.
[Ab] I've got the blues in my heart and [Bb] my shoes wanna [Ab] start, [Db] yet I'm in a jam, a terrible jam.
Oh, don't ask me am I blue?
[Ab] Why [Ebm] do you ask me am [Ab] I blue?
[Db] Ain't these [Bb] tears in [Eb] these eyes [Db] telling you?
[Ab] [Bb] [Db] Again you ask me am I blue?
[Ab] Why wouldn't you be too, [Db] if each plan [Bb] [Eb] your [Ab] man has [Db] done fell through.
[Fm] Don't I remember the time [C] when I was his only one?
But look at me now I'm [Fm] the sad [Ebm] and [Ab] lonely one.
[Db] Oh, didn't I used to be [Ab] gay until today.
[Db] [Bb] [Eb] Can't we two [Db] love him up too?
[G]
[Ab] [Db]
[Bb] [Eb] [Db]
I'm just a woman, a lonely woman, [Gb] waiting [Ab] on the weary [Db] shore.
[Db] I'm just a [Bbm] woman, that lonely human, [G] one you should [C] be [Fm] sorry for.
[Ebm]
Woke up this [Gbm] morning, along about dawn, [Gb] without a warning I [Eb] found he was [Db] gone.
How could he do it?
Why [Bbm] should he do it?
[Eb] He'd never done [Ab] it before.
[Db] Am I blue?
Am [Ab] I blue?
Ain't [Db] these [Bb] tears in [Eb] these [Ab] eyes telling [Db] you?
Am I [Db] blue?
Why [Ab] you'd be too, [Db] if each plan [Bb] which your [Ab] man's done [Db] fell through.
[Fm] There was a time [C] he's only one, but now I'm the sad and lonely one.
[Ab] Lordy, [Db] was I gay until [Ab] today.
Now he's gone [Bb] and [Eb] we're [Ab] through.
Am I [Bbm] blue?
[Db] [Eb] [G] I know it.
[Eb] He's [Db] in Chicago and I'm down here in Birmingham.
[Gb] Trying to get some money to go and [Ab] find my honey, [Db] I am.
Yes, indeed I am.
[Ab] I've got the blues in my heart and [Bb] my shoes wanna [Ab] start, [Db] yet I'm in a jam, a terrible jam.
Oh, don't ask me am I blue?
[Ab] Why [Ebm] do you ask me am [Ab] I blue?
[Db] Ain't these [Bb] tears in [Eb] these eyes [Db] telling you?
[Ab] [Bb] [Db] Again you ask me am I blue?
[Ab] Why wouldn't you be too, [Db] if each plan [Bb] [Eb] your [Ab] man has [Db] done fell through.
[Fm] Don't I remember the time [C] when I was his only one?
But look at me now I'm [Fm] the sad [Ebm] and [Ab] lonely one.
[Db] Oh, didn't I used to be [Ab] gay until today.
[Db] [Bb] [Eb] Can't we two [Db] love him up too?
[G]
Key:
Db
Ab
Eb
Bb
Fm
Db
Ab
Eb
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_ [Ab] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm just a woman, a lonely woman, [Gb] waiting [Ab] on the weary [Db] shore.
_ [Db] I'm just a [Bbm] woman, that lonely human, [G] one you should [C] be [Fm] sorry for.
_ [Ebm]
Woke up this [Gbm] morning, along about dawn, [Gb] without a warning I [Eb] found he was [Db] gone.
How could he do it?
Why [Bbm] should he do it?
[Eb] He'd never done [Ab] it before.
[Db] Am I blue? _ _
Am [Ab] I blue? _ _
Ain't [Db] these [Bb] tears in [Eb] these [Ab] eyes telling [Db] you?
_ _ Am I [Db] blue?
_ _ Why [Ab] you'd be too, _ _ [Db] if each plan [Bb] which your [Ab] man's done [Db] fell through.
_ [Fm] There was a time _ _ _ _ [C] he's only one, but now _ I'm the sad and lonely one.
_ [Ab] Lordy, [Db] was I gay _ _ until _ [Ab] today.
_ _ Now he's gone [Bb] and [Eb] we're [Ab] through.
Am I [Bbm] blue? _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [G] I know it.
[Eb] He's [Db] in Chicago and I'm down here in Birmingham.
_ _ [Gb] Trying to get some money to go and [Ab] find my honey, [Db] I am.
Yes, indeed I am.
[Ab] I've got the blues in my heart and [Bb] my shoes wanna [Ab] start, [Db] yet I'm in a jam, a terrible jam.
_ Oh, don't ask me am I blue? _
[Ab] Why [Ebm] do you ask me am [Ab] I blue?
[Db] Ain't these [Bb] tears in [Eb] these eyes [Db] telling you? _
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Db] Again you ask me am I blue?
_ [Ab] Why wouldn't you be too, [Db] if each plan [Bb] [Eb] your [Ab] man has [Db] done fell through.
_ _ [Fm] _ Don't I remember the time [C] when I was his only _ one?
But look at me now I'm [Fm] the sad [Ebm] and [Ab] lonely one.
[Db] _ Oh, didn't I used to be [Ab] gay until _ _ today.
[Db] _ [Bb] [Eb] Can't we two [Db] love him up too?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm just a woman, a lonely woman, [Gb] waiting [Ab] on the weary [Db] shore.
_ [Db] I'm just a [Bbm] woman, that lonely human, [G] one you should [C] be [Fm] sorry for.
_ [Ebm]
Woke up this [Gbm] morning, along about dawn, [Gb] without a warning I [Eb] found he was [Db] gone.
How could he do it?
Why [Bbm] should he do it?
[Eb] He'd never done [Ab] it before.
[Db] Am I blue? _ _
Am [Ab] I blue? _ _
Ain't [Db] these [Bb] tears in [Eb] these [Ab] eyes telling [Db] you?
_ _ Am I [Db] blue?
_ _ Why [Ab] you'd be too, _ _ [Db] if each plan [Bb] which your [Ab] man's done [Db] fell through.
_ [Fm] There was a time _ _ _ _ [C] he's only one, but now _ I'm the sad and lonely one.
_ [Ab] Lordy, [Db] was I gay _ _ until _ [Ab] today.
_ _ Now he's gone [Bb] and [Eb] we're [Ab] through.
Am I [Bbm] blue? _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [G] I know it.
[Eb] He's [Db] in Chicago and I'm down here in Birmingham.
_ _ [Gb] Trying to get some money to go and [Ab] find my honey, [Db] I am.
Yes, indeed I am.
[Ab] I've got the blues in my heart and [Bb] my shoes wanna [Ab] start, [Db] yet I'm in a jam, a terrible jam.
_ Oh, don't ask me am I blue? _
[Ab] Why [Ebm] do you ask me am [Ab] I blue?
[Db] Ain't these [Bb] tears in [Eb] these eyes [Db] telling you? _
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Db] Again you ask me am I blue?
_ [Ab] Why wouldn't you be too, [Db] if each plan [Bb] [Eb] your [Ab] man has [Db] done fell through.
_ _ [Fm] _ Don't I remember the time [C] when I was his only _ one?
But look at me now I'm [Fm] the sad [Ebm] and [Ab] lonely one.
[Db] _ Oh, didn't I used to be [Ab] gay until _ _ today.
[Db] _ [Bb] [Eb] Can't we two [Db] love him up too?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _