Key: C
Introduction:
C C5 D5 Am
verse 1
Am Am/G#
My baby, she left me, my baby, she's gone.
Am7/G Am/F#
My sweet little angel has spread her wings and flown.
F7M E7
Can't think of a reason for going on.
Am Dm Am F9 E7
From this day I will play the blues.
Am Am/G#
She said it was over, this time it's the end.
Am7/G Am/F#
Now bad luck and trouble gonna be my only friend.
Am E7
I still can't believe it, after all we've been through.
Am Dm Am
Every day I will play the blues.
C D Am
Everybody knows what the blues is all about.
C D Am
It's a pain you can't live with.
Am
It's a woman you can't live without.
F9 E7
She came from Chicago.
F9 E7
She read me the news.
Am C D C Am E7
In the headlines was a story of the blues.
verse 2
Am
They say a broken heart can always mend.
Am7/G Am/F#
That time is the healer, and sadness will end.
F7M E7
But I've done so much crying, when will I laugh again?
Am Dm Am
'Til that day I will play the blues.
C D Am
Everybody knows what the blues is all about.
C D Am
It's a pain you can't live with.
Am
It's a woman you can't live without.
F9 E7
Could have cried me a river
F9 E7
when they told me the news.
Am C D C Am E7
On that day was a story of the blues.