Key: B
Introduction:
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)
Bb
Back th' blues in the night
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
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing
Db7 C7M(9)
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 F7
A woman's a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya
Bb Bb7 C7
To sing the blues in the night
F7 C7 F4/7 Bb
My mama was right, there's blues in the night
F7 C7 F7
A man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya
Bb Bb7 C7
To sing the blues in the night
F7 C7 F4/7 Bb
My mama was right, there's blues in the night
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