Beale Street Blues
by Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong · tab for chromatic harmonica
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I've seen the lights of gay Broad-way,
Old Mar-ket Street down by the Fris-co Bay,
I've strolled the Pra-do,
I've gam-bled on the Bourse;
The sev-en won-ders of the world I've seen,
And man-y are the pla-ces I have been,
Take my ad-vice, folks,
and see Beale Street first!
You'll see pret-ty browns in beau-ti-ful gowns,
You'll see tail-or-mades and hand-me-downs,
You'll meet hon-est men,
and pick-pock-ets skilled,
You'll find that bus-'ness nev-er clos-es
'til some-bod-y gets killed!
If Beale Street could talk,
if Beale Street could talk,
Mar-ried men would have to
take their beds and walk,
Ex-cept one or two who nev-er drank booze,
And the blind man on the cor-ner
Who sings the Beale Street Blues!
I'd rath-er be here than an-y place I know,
I'd rath-er be here than an-y place I know,
It's goin' to take the ser-geant
for to make me go!
Goin' to the riv-er, may-be by and bye,
Goin' to the riv-er,
And there's a rea-son why
Be-cause the riv-er's wet,
and Beale Street's done gone dry!