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(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue Chords

Music by: Lou Rawls
Tone F minor BPM 71 Views 8
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[Intro 1]
[Em][Am][Bbdim][Em]
[Am][A][C][Em][F#][G][Em][D][Cdim][Em]
[F#][B][Em]

[Verse 1]
Cold empty [Am]bed,
[C]springs hard as [Bbdim]lead[Em]
Pains in my [A]head, [C#dim]feel like old [A]Ned[Bm]
What did [Em]I do [E]to [Am]be[D]
so [C]black an[D]d blue?
No [Am]joys for me, no

[Verse 2]
[G]company
Even the mouse ran from my house
All my life [D#dim]through I've b[Em]een
so black [C#]and blue
I'm [D]white in[D#dim]side, but[D]

[Verse 3]
[G]
that [Am]don't [Bbdim]help my c[Bm]ase[G][C#]
[D#]Cause I ca[Em]n't h[C#]ide[G]
what is [Em]on my fa[B]ce[Baug]
[G]I'm[Em] so for[Am]lorn. Life's just a th[A]orn
[Em]My heart is torn[A]. Why
[Bbdim]was I born?[D]
What [Em]did I [Am]do to b[D]e so
[Bm]black [G]and[E] blue?

[Verse 4]
[Bm]I'm [Em]hurt [F#m]inside,
[Bm]but [Cdim]that don[B]'t he[F#m]lp my case[B]
[A]Cause [C#]I[F#][Bm][D][Em][A][F#m][G#m]
[C#]can'[F#m]t hide what is on my face
How will it [Bm]end? [B]Ain't got [F#m]a friend
My only [B]sin is in [C]my [A]skin
[C#]What [F#]did I do to[Bm] be[D]
[A]so black and blue?
[F#]Tell me, what did I do?
What did I do? What did I do?
What did I do? What did I do?
What did I do? What did I do?
[Em]What did I do? Tell me, what did [D]I do to
be so black [A]an [D]d blu[A]e?
What did I do to be [A]so black and blue?
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