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Blues Keep Chasing Me by Kenny Neal

[Intro]
A#   F7    C7     Cm7
A#7  F7    C7     Cm7    C
 
[Verse 1]
C7                 A#
I been having the Blues
Cm7        C7
All of my life
C7                Cm7
Didn't want to do wrong
Cm7                C7
Couldn't get it right
F      F7        F
Blues keep chasing me
C7  Cm7      C7
All my self
C7        A#           A#7
I said I tried to get away
F7           C7    C7
Ooh, I tripped and I fell
 
[Verse 2]
C7         Cm7
I get back up
Cm7           C7
And dust my feet
C7      Cm7      C7
Can't let these Blues
Cm7    C7    Cm7  F7
Get the best of me
F7                F7
I've been trying y'all
Fm7             F7
Doin' the best that I can
C7       Cm7                C7
But these old Blues don't know
Cm7            C7
I'm a changed man
A#     A#          F7
Blues leave me alone
F7      F7                  Cm7
'Cause I know right from wrong
 
[Instrumental Bridge]
C7        C7       C7      C7
F7        F7       C7      Cm7
A#        F7       C7      Cm
C     C7 Cm7       C7      Cm7
F         F        C7      C7
A#7      F7        C7      Cm7
 
[Verse 3]
C7                      A#7
When the Blues come knockin'
Cm7        C7
At my door
C7          Cm7 C7
Gonna tell the Blues
C7   Cm7            C7          F7
That man don't live here no more
F7        F7         F7
Got a new way of living
F7           C7      C7
I finally got it right
C7       A#7     F7
So go on Blues
F7               C7
Stay out of my life
 
[Outro]
C7          Cm7
And go on Blues
C7      C7    Cm7
Stop chasing me
C7     F7      F7
Mmm Blues
F7     F7     C7
Stop chasing me
A#7           F7
I once was blind
F7          C7
But now I see
 
[Instrumental Outro]
C7    C7   A#   C7
Cm7   F7   Cm7  C7
[Repeat and slow Fade]

Neal preserves the blues sound of his native south Louisiana, as befits someone who learned from Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy, and his father, harmonica player Raful Neal.