Chords for Ella Fitzgerald - Blues In The Night (Verve Records 1961)

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[Ab] My mama done told me [A] [Ab] when I was in pigtails [F]
My mama done told [B] me a [Eb] _ _
[C] man's gonna sweet [Ebm] talk
And give you the big [C] eye [Eb] But when the [Gm] sweet talking's [C] done
A man is [A] a two-faced, [Ab] a worrisome thing Who'll leave you [Eb] to sing the blues [B] in the
night _ [Eb]
Now the rains are [Ab] falling, hear the train a
[G] calling _ _ My mama done told [Ab] me hear that lonesome [B] whistle
Blowing across the [Eb] trestle _ _ [Ab] My mama done told [Ebm] me [Bb] a hooey to [Db] hooey
[C] Oh clickety clacks [Bb] and echoing back [Eb] the blues [Ab] _ [Eb] in the night
The [Ebm] evening breeze [Ab] will stop [Gbm] the trees [Bb] to cry And [Dbm] the moon will hide [Eb] its light
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When [C] you get the [F] _ [Fm] blues [F] in the [Bb] night
_ _ _ [G] Take [Ebm]
my word, [Gbm] the _ [B] _ [Dbm] mockingbird will sing the [Gb] saddest [F] kind of song
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He [C] knows things [F] are [Fm] wrong
And [Bb] he's _ _ _ _ _ wrong
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] From _ [Eb]
Natchez to the Philippines [Bb] From Memphis to [C] the St.
Joe
[Eb]
Wherever the [Bb] wind blows
[Eb] Give [Ebm] _
me some big talk and hurt me some [Eb] big talk
_ [Fm] I [Em] _ [C] know a man is a two [Bb]-faced, [B] a worrisome [Bm] thing Who'll leave you to sing the [Gm] blues in [Gb] the [Cm] night _ _ _
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_ _ [Ab] The _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ evening breeze will stop [Gbm] the [B] trees to cry [Dbm] And the moon [Gb] will hide [Dm] its light
[F] _ [G] When you get the blues [Fm] _ [Bb] in the night _
_ Take _ _ [Fm] my word, [B] the [C] mockingbird will [E] sing the [Gb] saddest kind of [Ebm] song
[G] He knows things are _ [F] wrong
[Ab] And _ _ he's wrong
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ From Natchez to the Philippines From Memphis to the St.
Joe
Wherever the wind blows
Give [Cm] _ _ [Ebm] me some big talk and hurt me some big talk
[Fm] I know _ _ [C]
a [C] man [Bb] is a two-faced, [F] a worrisome thing
[Bb] Who'll leave you to sing the [Ab] blues [Db] in the [Ebm] night
[Fm] You'll leave me _ [Eb] _ blue in the night
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