Blues With Helen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Helen [G]Humes
is that wonderful new singer
with Count Basie's big band.
She made her record debut back
in 1929
with James P. Johnson at the piano
on OK.
Tonight I got the idea of teaming her
with a small band
with Count Basie on piano,
Lester Young switching over to clarinet,
Buck Clayton on trumpet,
Joe Jones on drums,
and Walter Page on bass.
Helen's going to sing the blues,
[C]very young.[G][D][G][C][G]
[C]
[G]Better[C] than I lov[G]e mys[C]elf
[G]And if he won[C]'t have me[G]
He won't have nobody [C]else[G]
[C]Why, [F#]I went [G]up on a mountain
Looked [C]down as far [G]as I [F#]could see[G][C]
[G]I went up on [C]the mou[G]ntain,
[C]looked down [G]as far [F#]as I [G]could see
All the women had my man,

[Interlude 1]
all the blues had me
[C][G][C][G][C][G][C][C#][F#][G]
[F#][G][Ab][C#][Ab]
[G][D][C#][F#][G][C][G][F#][G][C][G][C]
[G][F#][G][C][G][F#][C][F#]
[G]Why,

[Verse 2]
you can take my man,
but [C]you sure can[G]'t keep [C]him long
[G]Oh,[F#] you [C]can [F#]take[C] my man,[B]
[G]you [C]sure [F#]can 't keep him l[G]ong
[Bb]I've [G]got that old[C] way[G] of lovin'
the other [C]women [G]can't catch up
[F#]Why, I'm a[G] big fat mama[F#]
with [G]the [C]meat shak[B]in' on [F#]my bones
Oh, I'm a [C]big, fat mama
[G]with [C]the meat shakin' [G]on [B]my [F#]bone[G]
[F#]Why, [G]every time I [F#]shake it,
some skinny woman loses her bone
[C][F#]