Key: G
Introduction:
G7 C7 G G7
(-3 *)-4 -5 -4 3 -1 * 2 3 -3 * -3 3
I hate to see that eve-nin' sun go down
C/6 C7 G
2 3 -3 2 3 -3 -3 * -3 3
Hate to see that eve-nin' sun go down
D7 G
-2 * -3 -2 *-1 -3 * -3 * -3 * -3 3
'Cause my ba-by, he done lef' this town.
G7 C7 G G7
(-3 *)-4 -5 -4 3 3 -1 *2 3 -3 * -3 3
Feel- in' to-mor-row lak ah feel to-day.
C/6 C7 G
2 3 -3 -3 -1 *2 3 -3 * -3 3
Feel to-mor-row lak ah feel to-day.
D7 G
-2 -3 -2 * -1 -3 * -3 * -3 *-3 3
I'll pack my trunk, make my get-a-way.
Gm Cm D7
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 5 5 *-5 -3 * -3
St. Lou-is wom-an, wid her dia-mon' rings
Gm
5 5 5 5 5 5 * -5 -3 3
Pulls dat man ‘round by her a-pron strings.
Cm D7
-5 -5 -5 -5 5 5 5 *-5 -4 -3
'Twant for pow-der an' for store-bought hair,
Gm A7 D7
5 5 5 5 5 5 * -5 -3 3 -3 -5
De man I love would not gone no-where.
G(G6)
-3 * -4 3 -3 * -4 3
Got de St. Lou-is blues
G(G6)
-3 -4 3 -3 *-4 3-3 * -4 3
jes as blue as Ah kin be
C/6
-3 *-4 -3 3 2 3
Dat man got a heart
G
-3 -3 * -3 3 2 3 -3 * 3
lak a rock cast in the sea.
Am7
-3 *-4 -5 -3 *-4 -1 -3 -4
Or else he would-n't have
D7 G
1 -3 *-4 -1 -3 *-4 3
gone so far from me.