Beale Street Blues Harmonica Tabs

BEALE STREET BLUES
By: W. C. Handy
Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong
Key: Bb

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I’ve seen the lights of gay Broad-way,
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Old Mar-ket Street down by the Fris-co Bay,
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I’ve strolled the Pra-do,
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I’ve gam-bled on the Bourse;

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The sev-en won-ders of the world I’ve seen,
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And man-y are the pla-ces I have been,
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Take my ad-vice, folks,
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and see Beale Street first!

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You’ll see pret-ty browns in beau-ti-ful gowns,
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You’ll see tail-or-mades and hand-me-downs,
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You’ll meet hon-est men,
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and pick-pock-ets skilled,
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You’ll find that bus-�ness nev-er clos-es
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’til some-bod-y gets killed!

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If Beale Street could talk,
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if Beale Street could talk,
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Mar-ried men would have to
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take their beds and walk,
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Ex-cept one or two who nev-er drank booze,
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And the blind man on the cor-ner
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Who sings the Beale Street Blues!

Key: Eb

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I’d rath-er be here than an-y place I know,
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I’d rath-er be here than an-y place I know,
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It’s goin� to take the ser-geant
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for to make me go!

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Goin’ to the riv-er, may-be by and bye,
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Goin� to the riv-er,
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And there�s a rea-son why
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Be-cause the riv-er’s wet,
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and Beale Street’s done gone dry!