Suffer To Sing The Blues Chords by David Bromberg

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[G#] I [F#m] sat in on a [Em] poker _ game last Friday [B] [G#m] night _ [F#m] I won a couple _ [G] [A] hands, people I was doing [G] _ _ [A] alright
I [C#] bet [D] my money on a straight [F] _ [G] from the nine up to the ten
But [F] when the dealer [G] showed [A] his hand he had the same [G] damn thing
It [E] seems I _ always lose, [G] you've got to suffer _ [A] if you want [C#] to sing the blues _
_ [D] _ You [A] _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ know sometimes [A] _ I play the horses, _ [G] but it seems [A] I never [G] win
[D] _ [G] I went out to the [C#] races [N] late last [G] week again, this time I won three hundred [D] dollars
_ _ [G] But as I left the track some greasy man come up behind me
[C] Stuck [C#] a gun [G] in my back, it seems [E] I always lose
_ You've [F#m] got to suffer if you want to sing the blues
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I've got a sweet little girl, _ [D] call her run around Sue _
_ [C#] _ She's [F#m] kind of rank looking, _ but she knows how to do
Well [D] now old Sue she's [C] got a [F#m] boyfriend, _ [G] they call him Gentleman [D] Jim
_ [G] [E] I said listen [G] Susan _ sweetheart, _ choose me or him
And she said, _ _ [D] _ _
_ you've got to suffer [A]
if you want to sing the blues _
_ Well [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ you can [F] sing a happy _ _ song if you're glad
_ _ [C] You can sing [D] a protest _ _ song if you're mad
_ _ But _ _ [G] _
if you want to sing the blues
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Then boy you better learn how [Am] to lose
It [E] seems like I [Am] have had the same [Em] old blues now [D] _
since all [C] time [G] began
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So I went to talk my [G] troubles [D]
[Am] to the [B] hood [A] room [D] man
I told him all about my problem _ [C]
and [D] I asked [G] him what was [G#] wrong
He said you've got [G] to live the blues if you [A] want to sing your song
[G#] Seems like I'll always [G] lose _
You've got to suffer [G#m] if you want [G#] to sing [F#m] the blues _ _ _
Well _ [G#m] _ [E] _ _ _
you can [G#m] sing a happy _ _ song if you're [F] glad _ _
You [Cm] can sing a [Bm] [D] protest _ song if [G] you're mad
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_ _ [G] But if you [B]
want to sing the [A] blues
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_ _ _ _ [E] Then boy you better learn how to lose
I went and bought [Am] myself a [Em] white-eye red ticket
_ [F#] _ Just to change [Bm] my luck
_ [Cm] I [F#m] thought I wouldn't mind [G#] losing
_ [D] [Am] Cause it only [Em]
cost a [B] buck
I won an electric _ [C] poster
_ [F] And a [G] baritone _ [C] sax
[G] But [F#m] I had to pawn [G] my clothes
_ Just to pay off the [F#] tax
[G] It seems [E] I'll always lose
[G] You've got to [E] suffer if you want to [G] sing the blues
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I'll [C] always [G] lose
You've got to [D] suffer if you want to sing the blues
[G] How [G#] come I'll always lose
_ [D] You've got to [G] suffer if you want [C] to [F#m] sing the [G] blues
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[C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F#] Thanks for watching! _
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