Brickyard Blues (Play Something Sweet)
Allen Toussaint

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Well, I tried to run my game
          D                        C#                 F#m
She said "Man, that's the same old thing I've heard before"
    Am               E           B7    Ab
And I'm too tired to go for your show
   E                   D 
So again and again she tried to explain
                  C#                    F#m
She said "I ain't sayin' that you don't make it
Am                 E          B7  C7  B7
But I know I can't take it anymore"

B7             E                     B7
Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
               E                           A
Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
               E
Play something I can understand
B7                     E    A   E   B7
Play me some Brickyard Blues
               E                 B7
Play somethin' sweet now make it funky
            E                        A
Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
               E
Play something I can understand
B7                     E    A   E   B7
Play me some Brickyard Blues

        E                            D
Well, I started to sweat - She said "Don't get upset,
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'Cause you just might break a string
    Am              E              B7     Ab
And that won't do a thing for your show", no
     E                        D
So I said to myself, I said, "Self, do you see
         C#                F#m
What is sailin' through my soul?"
    Am                E              B7  C7  B7
And I gotta have some more, don't ya know

B7             E                     B7
Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
               E                           A
Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
               E
Play something I can understand
B7                     E    A   E   B7
Play me some Brickyard Blues
               E                 B7
Play somethin' sweet now make it funky
            E                        A
Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
               E
Play something I can understand
B7                     E
Play me some Brickyard Blues

BRIDGE
B7
It's enough to make a light in the dark
B7
It's enough to make a bite just a bark
B7
It's enough to make a body move around
B7
It's enough to make a rabbit hug a hound

B7             E                     B7
Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
               E                           A
Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
               E
Play something I can understand
B7                     E    A   E   B7
Play me some Brickyard Blues
               E                 B7
Play somethin' sweet now make it funky
            E                        A
Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
               E
Play something I can understand
B7                     E    A   E   B7
Play me some Brickyard Blues

OUTRO:
E  B7  E  A
E  B7  E  A  E
