The Girl Sang The Blues:Everly Brothers.
#25 on UK ROCK CHARTS on WARNER BROTHERS Records
in 1963.
INTRO: Eb
#1.
G Eb F# Ab Eb
The band and I we played from nine to five.
F# Ab Eb
It didn't pay much cause the place was just a dive.
Ab B Db Ab
Then one night I saw her in the crowd.
Eb F# Ab Eb
And she asked if singing with the band would be allowed.
Bb Db Ab B
It was just a weekday night, so, I said it would be alright.
Eb F# Ab Eb
That's how I met the girl who sang the blues.
#2.
Eb F# Ab Eb
She sang the blues like no one has ever heard.
Eb F# Ab Eb
And you could tell that she'd lived every word.
Ab Abm Db Ab
That girl was somethin' special we could see.
Eb F# Ab Eb
Then she sang a song of love and looked at me.
Bb Db Ab F#
That girl could do no wrong, so I let her sing all night long.
Eb F# Ab Eb
And I fell in love with the girl who sang the blues.
BRIDGE:
Gm Eb Abm F# Eb F#
I still remember that fateful night the man with a big cigar,
Ab
Walked in the club, right up to her.
Bb Cm Bb
Said, 'Hey girl, I'm gonna make you a star!'
#3.
Eb F# Ab Eb
The band and I still play from nine to five.
Eb F# Ab Eb Ab Eb
But since that night the music ain't alive.
Ab B Db Ab
That girl still sings the songs to me I know.
Eb F# Ab Eb
But now she's singin' 'em on the radi..o.
Eb Bb Db Abm Ab B
And it hurts to real..ize, I'm just one of a million guys,
Eb F# Ab Eb
in love with the girl, the girl who sings the blues.
OUTRO
Bb Eb F# Ab Eb
In love with the girl, the girl who sings the blues.
Gm Eb F# Ab Eb
In love with the girl, the girl who sings the blues..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.