Beale Street Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D][C][Ab][Bb]
[G]If Beale Street could talk
Beale [Em]Street could [G]talk
[Am]Married [G]men [C]would have to
Take their [D]beds and walk
Ex[G]cept one or two

[Verse 2]
Who [C]never drink booze
And the [G]blind [C]man on the [G]corner
Who sings the Beale Street
[Dm]Blues[G][Dsus4]
[G]I'd rather be [C]here

[Verse 3]
[F]Than any place I k[D]now[C][G]
I'd rather [F]be here
Than any place [F#dim]I know[C]

[Verse 4]
It's gonna [G]take the sergeant
[Ab]For to make me g[G]o[C][F#][C]

[Verse 5]
Goin' to [C]the river
[F]Maybe by [Dm]and b[G]y[C][Cm][C][Am][F]
Goin' to the river
And there's a reason [C]why[Cm][C]
Be[F]cause

[Verse 6]
[G]the river's wet
[F]And Beale Street's done gon[Cm]e dry[F][C]

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][F]
[C][Dm][Em][F][F#dim][G][C][F#dim][F]
[Am][Dm]
[F]

[Verse 7]
Goin' [C]to the river[Am]
[F]Maybe by and[C] by[Am]
Goin' [C]to the river[F]
And there's a reas[C]on why[Am]
Because [G]the river's wet

[Verse 8]
[F]
And Beale Street's done
gone [Cm]dry[C][Am]

[Verse 9]
Because [G]the river's wet
[F]And Beale Street's done gon[Cm]e dry[C][Am]
[C]Because the riv[G]er's wet

[Verse 10]
[F]And Beale Street's done gone [F]dry
[C][Bbaug]