[Intro]
C D Am
[Verse]
Am Am/G#
My baby she left me___ my baby she's gone___
Am/G Am/F#
My sweet little angel___ has spread her wings and flown.
Fmaj7 E7
To think of a reason for going on____
Am Dm Am F9 E7#9
From this day___ I will play___ the blues__
Am Am/G#
She said it was over__ she said it's the end.
Am/G Am/F#
A-bad luck and trouble___ gonna be my only friends.
Fmaj7 E7
I still can't believe it, after all_____ we've been through__
Am Dm Am A5
Every day___ I will play___ the blues___
[Chorus]
C D5 Am
Everybody knows what the blues is all about.
C D5
It's a pain you can't live with.
Am
It's a woman you can't live without__
F9 E7#9
She came from Chicago.
F9 E7#9
She read me the news.
Am C D C Am E7
In the headlines was a__ story of the blues.
[Verse]
Am Am/G#
They say a broken heart__ can always mend___
Am/G Am/F#
That time is the healer__ and sadness will end__
Am E7
But I've done so much crying, when will I laugh again?
Am Dm Am
‘Til that day___ I will play___ the blues.
[Chorus]
C D5 Am
Everybody knows what the blues is all about.
C D5
It's a pain you can't live with.
Am
It's a woman you can't live without__
F9 E7#9
Could’ve cried me a river
F9 E7#9
when they told me the news.
Am C D C Am E7
On that day was a___ story of the blues.