12 Bar Blues/Black & Blue
by Fats Waller · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
Cold, empty bed,
Springs hard as lead,
Pains in my head,
Feel like old Ned.
What did I do
To be so black and blue?
No joys for me,
No com-pa-ny,
Ev-en the mouse
Ran from my house,
All my life through
I've been so
Black and blue.
I'm white inside,
But that don't help my case.
Cause I can't hide
What is on my face, O---h
I'm so forlorn,
Life's just a thorn,
My heart is torn,
Why was I born?
What did I do to be so
Black and blue?