Key: G
Introduction:
G C
He s just a singer, a natural born guitar ringer
D G
Kind of a clinger to sad old songs
C
He s not a walk behinder, he s a new note finder
D C D G
But his names a reminder of a blues man that s already gone
C
So he started drinkin , took some things that messed up his thinkin
D G
He was sure sinkin when she came along
C
He was alone in the spot light, not too much left in sight
D G
She changed all that one night when she sang him this song
G Am
Hey baby I love you, Hey baby I need you
D C G
Hey baby you ain t got to prove to me you re some kind of macho man
Am
You ve wasted so much of your life, runnin through the dark nights
D C D G
Let me shine a little love light, down on that blues man.
G C
He got so sick from speedin , all the things they said he was needin
D G
If he was to keep on pleasin all of his fans
C
He got cuffed on dirt roads, he got sued over no shows
D C G
She came an took all that old load down off that old blues man
And he sang
G Am
Hey baby I love you too, Hey baby I need you
D C G
Hey baby I do get tired of this travelin band
Am
I m over forty years old now, nights would be cold now
D G
If you hadn t stuck it out with this blues man
Am
He s over forty years old now, nights would be so cold now
D G
If she hadn t hung around with that blues man.
(Solo)