E7
Sing it for me, sing it for you
E7
Sing it for the people
E7
Who feel the same way that I do
A7                                E7
Thank God, thank God for the blues
           B7
Singing it for the people
A7                         E7  B7
Feel the same way that I do

[Verse 2]
E7
Singing what’s real, singing what’s true
E7
Singing that’s what I’m here to do
      A7                          E7
I was born, born to sing the blues
                B7
Sing it for the people
A7                         E7  B7
Feel the same way that I do

[Verse 3]
E7
There’s inspiration, there’s meditation too
E7
There’s inspiration coming through
A7
Singing it for the people
                               E7
Who feel the same way that I do
B7
Way out is the way through
A7                     E7  B7
Thank God for the blues

[Chorus]
      E7
Yeah, yeah
E7
Thank God for the bluеs
      A7
Yeah, yeah
                       E7
Thank God for the bluеs
               B7
Mamma had ‘em, Papa had ‘em too
A7                     E7  B7
Thank God for the blues

[Organ Solo]
E7    A7   E7   B7  A7  E7  B7

[Verse 4]
        E7
There’s inspiration, there’s meditation too
E7
There’s information ‘bout a certain point of view
    A7
The way out, the way out
                                     E7
The way out is always the way through
               B7
Mamma had ‘em, Papa had ‘em too
A7                     E7  B7
Thank God for the blues

[Chorus]
        E7
Hey hey hey
E7
Thank God for the blues
          A7
Hey hey hey
                       E7
Thank God for the blues
                             B7
Mamma had ‘em, Pappa had ‘em too
A7                          E7   B7
I was born to sing the blues

[Verse 5]
    E7
I’m singing what’s real
                   A7
Singing what’s true
    E7
I’m singing ‘cause that’s what I’m here to do
      A7                          E7
I was born, born to sing the blues
                         B7
Mamma had ‘em, Papa had ‘em too
A7                     E7  B7
Thank God for the blues

[Chorus]
        E7
Hey hey hey
E7
Thank God for the blues
        A7
Hey hey hey
                       E7
Thank God for the blues
                           B7            A7
Singing’s what I’m here to do, here to do
                       E7  B7
Thank God for the blues
        E7
Hey hey hey
E7
Thank God for the blues
        A7
Hey hey hey
                       E7
Thank God for the blues
                                    B7
Singing for the people who feel the same way that I do
A7                   E7
Thank God for the blues