HOW LONG, HOW LONG BLUES
As recorded by Ella Fitzgerald
(From the 1963 Album THESE ARE THE BLUES)
Intro
[A7] [D7] [A7] [Bm7] [E7] [A7] [E7]
Verse 1
[A7]
Tell me, baby, how long?
[A7]
Baby, how long
[D7] [G7]
Has that evenin' train been gone?
[G7]
How long?
[B7]
How long?
[E7] [A7] [D7]
Baby, how long?
Verse 2
[A7]
Heard the whistle blowin'
[A7]
Couldn't see no train
[D7] [G7]
Way down in my heart I had an achin' pain
[A7]
How long?
[E7] [A7] [E7]
Baby, how long?
Verse 3
[A7]
I'm sad and lonely all the whole day through
[D7] [G7]
Why don't you write me and give me the news?
[A7]
You have left me, yes, you left me
[B7] [E7] [A7] [Cm7]
Singin' the blues, those how long blues
[Trumpet Solo]
[F7] [Bb7] [Eb7] [Ab7] [Eb7] [Bb7] [G7]
[Cm7] [F7] [Bb7] [G7] [Cm7] [F7]
Verse 4
[Bb7]
If I could holler like the mountain jack
[Eb7] [Ab7]
I'd go up on a mountain and call my baby back
[Bb7] [G7]
Tell me how long?
[C7]
How long?
[F7] [Bb7] [F7]
Oh, how long?
Verse 5
[Bb7]
I went up on a mountain
[Bb7]
Looked as far as I could see
[Eb7]
That woman had my man
[Ab7] [G7]
And the blues had poor me
[C7]
Yes, tell me, baby
[F7] [Bb7] [G7]
Tell me, baby, how long?
[C7] [F7]
How long must I go on like this?
Verse 6
[Bb7] N.C.
The brook runs into the river
N.C.
The river runs into the sea
[Bb7] N.C.
If I don't run into my baby a train is goin' to run into me
[Bb7] [G7] [C7]
How long? How long?
[F7] [Bb7] [C7]
How long?
Outro
[C7] [F7]
I say
[Bb7]
I'm sad and lonely all the whole day through
[Eb7]
Why don't you write me?
[Eb7]
Tell me, baby, what's the news?
[G7]
You have left me, left me
[F7] [Bb7] [F7] [Bb7]
Singin' those how long blues
