Key: B
Bb
My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants
Bb7
Eb7
My mama done tol' me, " Son a woman'll sweet talk"
C7
F7
Bb
And give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin's done
F7
A woman's a two face,
C7
F7
Bb
A worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night
Bb7
F7
Bbm7
Eb7
Now the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin,
Bb
Whooee! My mama done tol' me
Eb7M(9) Em6
F7
Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross the trestle,
Bb
Whooee! My mama done tol' me
F7
C7
F7
Bb
A
Eb7M(9) Ebm6
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
F7
Db7
C7M(9)C7
And the moon'll hide its light
G7M(9) G7(b5)
Bbm6
C7
F7
Abm6
F7
When you get the blues in the night
Eb7M(9) Ebm6
F7
Db7
C7M(9)
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind o' song,
G7M(9) Bbm6
C7
F7
Em6
Abm6
F7
Bb7
C7
F7
He knows things are wrong, and he's right
Bb
From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe,
Bb7
Wherever the four winds blow
Eb7
I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk,
C7
F7
F7M(9) Bb
But there is one thing I know
F7
C7
A woman's a two face, a worrisome thing who'll
F7
Bb
Bb7
C7
Leave ya to sing the blues in the night
F7
C7
F4/7 Bb
My mama was right, there's blues in the night
F7
C7
A man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll
F7
Bb
Bb7
C7
Leave ya to sing the blues in the night
F7
C7
F4/7 Bb
My mama was right, there's blues in the night