Ry Cooder - Bourgeois Blues Lyrics
(huddie ledbetter/alan lomax)(g7) - (c7) - (g) - (d7)(g7) me and my wife went all over townAnd everywhere we went people turned us downLord, in a (c7) bourgeois townIts a (g) bourgeois townI got the (d7) bourgeois bluesGonna spread the news all a- (g) roundHome of the brave, land of the freeI dont wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisieLord, in a bourgeois townUhm, the bourgeois townI got the bourgeois bluesGonna spread the news all aroundWell, me and my wife we were standing upstairsWe heard the white man say i dont want no niggers up thereLord, in a bourgeois townUhm, bourgeois townI got the bourgeois bluesGonna spread the news all aroundWell, them white folks in washington they know howTo call a colored man a nigger just to see him bowLord, its a bourgeois townUhm, the bourgeois townI got the bourgeois bluesGonna spread the news all aroundI tell all the colored folks to listen to meDont try to find you no home in washington, dccause its a bourgeois townUhm, the bourgeois townI got the bourgeois bluesGonna spread the news all around
