Limehouse Blues

Django Reinhardt

Written by Philip Braham, Douglas Furber

Key of D · Chords: I IV V VI VII ii

Verse 1

C9
Oh, Limehouse kid
C9
Oh, oh, Limehouse kid
A7
Goin' the way That the rest of them did
G
Poor broken blossom
    B7       Em
And nobody's child
A7
Haunting and taunting
       D7
You're just kind of wild

Verse 2

C9
Oh, Limehouse blues
I've the real Limehouse blues
A7
Can't seem to shake off Those real China blues
G
Rings on your fingers
    B7             Em
And tears for your crown
A7
That is the story
   D7
Of old Chinatown
G
Rings on your fingers
    B7             Em
And tears for your crown
A7
That is the story
   D7
Of old Chinatown