Chords with lyrics
Bb majorBb
My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants
Bb7Bb7 Eb7Eb7
My mama done tol' me, " Son a woman'll sweet talk"
C7C7 F7F7 F7/13- Bb majorBb
And give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin's done
F7F7
A augmentedA woman's a two-face
C7C7 F7F7 Bb majorBb
A augmentedA worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night
Bb7Bb7 F7/13- BbM7Bbm7 Eb7Eb7
Now the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin
Bb majorBb
"Whooee!" (My mama done tol' me)
Eb7M/9 Em6Em6 F7F7
Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross the trestle
Bb majorBb
"Whooee!" (My mama done tol' me)
F7F7 C7C7 F7F7
A-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety clack's a echoin'
Bb majorBb
Back th' blues in the night
Eb7M/9 Ebm6Ebm6
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
F7F7 Db7Db7 C7M/9 C7C7
And the moon'll hide its light
G7M/9 G5-/7 Bbm6Bbm6 C7C7 F7F7 Abm6Abm6 F7F7
When you get the blues in the night
Eb7M/9 Ebm6Ebm6 F7F7
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing
Db7Db7 C7M/9
The saddest kind o' song
G7M/9 Bbm6Bbm6 C7C7 F7F7 Em6Em6 Abm6Abm6 F7F7 Bb7Bb7 C7C7 F7F7
He knows things are wrong, and he's right
Bb majorBb
From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe
Bb7Bb7
Wherever the four winds blow
Eb7Eb7
I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk
C7C7 F7F7 F7M/9 Bb majorBb
But there is one thing I know
F7F7 C7C7 F7F7
A augmentedA woman's a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya
Bb majorBb Bb7Bb7 C7/9-
To sing the blues in the night
F7F7 C7C7 F4/7 Bb majorBb
My mama was right, there's blues in the night
F7F7 C7C7 F7F7
A augmentedA man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya
Bb majorBb Bb7Bb7 C7/9-
To sing the blues in the night
F7F7 C7C7 F4/7 Bb majorBb
My mama was right, there's blues in the night