Chords for Eric Bibb & Jean-Jacques Milteau "Bourgeois Blues" @Jazz_in_Marciac 2017
Tempo:
109.35 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C#
C#m
G#
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N]
Me and my [C#m] wife was walking around town and everywhere we [C#] went people turned us [D#] down,
Lord, [F#] in a bourgeois town, bourgeois town.
I [G#] got the bourgeois blues, [F#] gonna spread the news all around.
[C#]
Home of the brave, land of the free, [F#] I don't want to be mistreated, I know the [C#m] bourgeoisie,
in [F#] a bourgeois town, bourgeois town.
I [G#m] got the bourgeois [F#] blues, spread the news all around.
[C#]
[C#m]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] [G#m]
[F#]
[C#] [F#] [C#] Me and my [C#m] wife was standing up there, heard a white man say, I don't want no niggas up there,
[F#] in a bourgeois town, bourgeois town.
[C#m] I got the [G#] bourgeois blues, [F#]
gonna spread the news all around.
[C#m] Well the white folk in Washington [F#] sure know [C#] how, call a colored man a [F#] nigga just to see him bow,
in a bourgeois town, bourgeois town.
I got the [G#m]
bourgeois blues, [F#] gonna spread the news all around.
[C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[C#m]
[G#] [F#]
[C#m]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#m]
I tell the colored folks in [C#] Washington, people listen to me,
no Taliban, no homie, Washington, D.C.
in [F#] a bourgeois town, bourgeois [C#] town.
I got the bourgeois blues, spread the news all around.
Me and my [C#m] wife was walking around town and everywhere we [C#] went people turned us [D#] down,
Lord, [F#] in a bourgeois town, bourgeois town.
I [G#] got the bourgeois blues, [F#] gonna spread the news all around.
[C#]
Home of the brave, land of the free, [F#] I don't want to be mistreated, I know the [C#m] bourgeoisie,
in [F#] a bourgeois town, bourgeois town.
I [G#m] got the bourgeois [F#] blues, spread the news all around.
[C#]
[C#m]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] [G#m]
[F#]
[C#] [F#] [C#] Me and my [C#m] wife was standing up there, heard a white man say, I don't want no niggas up there,
[F#] in a bourgeois town, bourgeois town.
[C#m] I got the [G#] bourgeois blues, [F#]
gonna spread the news all around.
[C#m] Well the white folk in Washington [F#] sure know [C#] how, call a colored man a [F#] nigga just to see him bow,
in a bourgeois town, bourgeois town.
I got the [G#m]
bourgeois blues, [F#] gonna spread the news all around.
[C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[C#m]
[G#] [F#]
[C#m]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#m]
I tell the colored folks in [C#] Washington, people listen to me,
no Taliban, no homie, Washington, D.C.
in [F#] a bourgeois town, bourgeois [C#] town.
I got the bourgeois blues, spread the news all around.
Key:
F#
C#
C#m
G#
G#m
F#
C#
C#m
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Me and my [C#m] wife was walking around town and everywhere we [C#] went people turned us [D#] down,
Lord, [F#] in a bourgeois town, _ _ _ _ bourgeois town.
I [G#] got the bourgeois blues, [F#] gonna spread the news all around.
[C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ Home of the brave, _ land of the free, [F#] I don't want to be mistreated, I know the [C#m] bourgeoisie,
in [F#] a bourgeois town, _ _ _ bourgeois town.
I [G#m] got the bourgeois [F#] blues, _ spread the news all around.
[C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
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_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ Me and my [C#m] wife was standing up there, heard a white man say, I don't want no niggas up there,
[F#] in a bourgeois town, _ _ _ bourgeois town.
_ [C#m] I got the [G#] bourgeois blues, [F#]
gonna spread the news all around.
[C#m] Well _ _ _ _ _ the white folk in Washington [F#] sure know [C#] how, call a colored man a [F#] nigga just to see him bow,
in a bourgeois town, _ _ _ bourgeois town.
I got the [G#m]
bourgeois blues, [F#] gonna spread the news all around.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ I tell the colored folks in [C#] Washington, people listen to me,
no Taliban, no homie, Washington, D.C.
in [F#] a bourgeois town, _ _ _ bourgeois [C#] town. _
I got the bourgeois blues, spread the news all around. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Me and my [C#m] wife was walking around town and everywhere we [C#] went people turned us [D#] down,
Lord, [F#] in a bourgeois town, _ _ _ _ bourgeois town.
I [G#] got the bourgeois blues, [F#] gonna spread the news all around.
[C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ Home of the brave, _ land of the free, [F#] I don't want to be mistreated, I know the [C#m] bourgeoisie,
in [F#] a bourgeois town, _ _ _ bourgeois town.
I [G#m] got the bourgeois [F#] blues, _ spread the news all around.
[C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ Me and my [C#m] wife was standing up there, heard a white man say, I don't want no niggas up there,
[F#] in a bourgeois town, _ _ _ bourgeois town.
_ [C#m] I got the [G#] bourgeois blues, [F#]
gonna spread the news all around.
[C#m] Well _ _ _ _ _ the white folk in Washington [F#] sure know [C#] how, call a colored man a [F#] nigga just to see him bow,
in a bourgeois town, _ _ _ bourgeois town.
I got the [G#m]
bourgeois blues, [F#] gonna spread the news all around.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ I tell the colored folks in [C#] Washington, people listen to me,
no Taliban, no homie, Washington, D.C.
in [F#] a bourgeois town, _ _ _ bourgeois [C#] town. _
I got the bourgeois blues, spread the news all around. _ _ _ _ _