Down Hearted Blues

Bessie Smith

  • A7
  • C
  • C7
  • D7
  • E7
  • F
  • G
  • G7
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C A7 Gee, but it's hard to love someone
D7 G7 C When that someone don't love you.
A7 I'm so disgusted, heart broken too.
D7 G7 I've got those down hearted blues.
C7 F Once I was crazy 'bout a man.
E7 He mistreated me all the time.
D7 G7 The next man I get has got to promise me
A7 D7 G G7 To be mine, all mine.
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[Chorus 1]
C F G7 C C7 Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days.
F G7 C Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days.
G7 C F C It seems that trouble's going to follow me to my grave. [Chorus 2]
C F G7 C C7 I ain't never loved but three mens in my life.
F G7 C I ain't never loved but three men in my life.
G7 C F C My father, my brother, the man that wrecked my life. [Chorus 3]
F G7 C C7 It may be a week, it may be a month or two.
F G7 C It may be a week, it may be a month or two.
G7 C F C But the day you quit me honey, it's coming home to you. [Chorus 4]
C F G7 C C7 I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand.
F G7 C I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand.
G7 C F C I'm going to hold it until you, man come under my command.
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