Feeling Blue Chords by Eric Burdon

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[Am] _ Let's say you're living in the [Dm] inner city, you're an [A] angry young man.
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[Am] They say you got a pretty good [Dm] chance, my brother, of [Am] winding up in jail.
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[Am] _ _ Incarceration, [Dm] understand, is [F] a lucrative [B] industry.
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[Am] Whole towns are living on it.
[F] It's a 21st [Am] century slavery.
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[Dm] Somewhere [F] is there a [G] solution? _
[C] If there is, [G] we've got [Am] to find it
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[Dm] and get our heads and hearts [G] behind it.
But [E] right now, don't know what to [Em] do.
Why [Am] I'm feeling blue.
You [D] _ _ see _
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[Am] _ a lot of guys [Dm] so frustrated, they [Am] just want to kick [D] somebody's ass.
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[Am] It's not just a racial [Dm] thing these days.
Oh yeah, [Am] it's privilege and class.
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[Am] _ Education is a [Dm] factor you can't afford [Am] to ignore.
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[Am] _ Still the best way, my [Dm] brother, to even [Am] up the score.
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[Dm] Somewhere [C] is there a [G] solution? _ _
[C] If there is, [G] we've got [Am] to find it
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[Dm] and get our [C] heads and hearts [G] behind it.
But [E] right now, don't know what to [Em] do.
[Am] Why I'm feeling blue.
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[Dm] Somewhere [C] is there a [G] solution? _ _
[C] If there is, [G] we've got [Am] to find it
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[Dm] and get our [C] heads and hearts [G] behind it.
But [E] right now, don't know what to do. _
_ _ _ [Em] Why _ I'm [Am] feeling blue.
_ _ [D] Lord, I'm feeling [Am] so blue.
_ _ [D] _ _ That's [Am] why I'm feeling blue.
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[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] That's why I'm feeling blue.
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[Am] _ I _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Am] can't believe what [D] I'm seeing out there.
_ [Em] Why I'm [Am] feeling blue.
_ _ [Dm] _ That's why I'm [A] feeling blue.
_ [D] _ _ _ Why I'm [Am] feeling blue.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] That's why [Am] I'm feeling blue.
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] Why [Am] I'm feeling blue.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] Lord, I'm feeling so blue.
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