Ry Cooder - The Bourgeois Blues Lyrics
(Huddie LedbetterAlan 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 townIt's a (G) bourgeois townI got the (D7) bourgeois bluesGonna spread the news all a- (G) roundHome of the brave, land of the freeI don't 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 don't want no niggers up there”Lord, 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, it's a bourgeois townUhm, the bourgeois townI got the bourgeois bluesGonna spread the news all aroundI tell all the colored folks to listen to meDon't try to find you no home in Washington, DC‘Cause it's a bourgeois townUhm, the bourgeois townI got the bourgeois bluesGonna spread the news all around
