(Huddie Ledbetter/Alan Lomax) 

(G7) - (C7) - (G) - (D7) 



(G7) Me and my wife went all over town 

And everywhere we went people turned us down 

Lord, in a (C7) bourgeois town 

It's a (G) bourgeois town 

I got the (D7) bourgeois blues 

Gonna spread the news all a- (G) round 



Home of the brave, land of the free 

I don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie 

Lord, in a bourgeois town 

Uhm, the bourgeois town 

I got the bourgeois blues 

Gonna spread the news all around 



Well, me and my wife we were standing upstairs 

We heard the white man say “I don't want no niggers up there” 

Lord, in a bourgeois town 

Uhm, bourgeois town 

I got the bourgeois blues 

Gonna spread the news all around 



Well, them white folks in Washington they know how 

To call a colored man a nigger just to see him bow 

Lord, it's a bourgeois town 

Uhm, the bourgeois town 

I got the bourgeois blues 

Gonna spread the news all around 



I tell all the colored folks to listen to me 

Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC 

‘Cause it's a bourgeois town 

Uhm, the bourgeois town 

I got the bourgeois blues 

Gonna spread the news all around