St. Louis Blues Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
St. Louis Blues
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Asleep At The Wheel
Written by William Handy
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Lord I hate to see
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that evening sun go
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down
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I hate to see that evening sun go
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Cause my
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baby she's gone she don't love me n
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I'm insane rich man with a diamon
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Ah she pulls that guy around town by her apron
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And if it weren't for powder and that store bough
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Well that gal of mine wouldn't have gone s
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St. Louis blues I'm a
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s blue as I ca
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man got a heart like a rock cast in the
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sea
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else he wouldn't have carried her so dog-gone so far from
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me
Listen all you rounders
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you better leave my good gal
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alone
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said listen all you rounders you better leave my good gal
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alone
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you can't give her nothing that she can't get
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Sump'um about you momm
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a sure give me th
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blues
Ah there'
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s sump'um about you momma sure give me
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t your drop stitch stockings might be your blue buckl
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Cause a black-headed
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women makes a freight train jump the
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I said a
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black headed woman makes a freight train jump the
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And that ole
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long tall gal makes a bullfrog ball the
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jack
FAQ
Who sang the the song St. Louis Blues?
- The song St. Louis Blues was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
