Key: G
Gm
life can be mighty monotonous,
Gm
We're always battlin' boredom;
Gm
Where, tell me where has it gotten us?
Cm
Everything's still so doggone hum-drum!
Gm
Eb
Dm
Stuck in a rut, gettin' nowhere fast!
Gm
Bb
Eb
D
Mmmm-mmm, I got the hum-drum blues!
Gm
C
D
Fightin' the future and mad at the past!
Gm
Bb
Eb
Mmmm-mmm, I got the hum-drum blues!
D
Ooh honey,
C
When you ain't got money,
C
Then you just can't do as you choose;
D
Gm
Eb
Just gotta live with the hum-drum blues!
F
Gm
Eb
Gm
Don't know which way I'm goin',
Gm
I don't know which way I come from?
Gm
Rainin', a shine or a-snowin',
Gm
Everything's so doggone hum-drum!
F
Love me honey, I wish you would!
Bb
D
Uh-huh, I got the hum-drum blues!
Gm
Eb
D
Sure would do me a world o' good,
Bb
Eb
'Cause I've got the blues!
Gm
Oooh baby,
C
If you love me, maybe
Cm
we could get together and lose
D
Gm
Eb
Cm
Gm
F
D
These mean old, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, a-humdrum blues!