Got the Blues

Got The Blues (tk.1), Blind Lemon Jefferson . . . . March 1926

(G position, F# pitch)

Well the blues come to Texas loping like a mule

I said the blues come to Texas loping like a mule

You take a high brown woman, man, she is hard to fool

You can't ever tell what a woman's got on her mind

Man, you can't tell what a woman's got on her mind

You might think she's crazy about you, she's leavin' you all the time

She ain't so good-looking, teeth don't shine like pearls

She ain't so good-looking and her teeth don't shine like pearls

But that nice disposition carry that woman all through the world

I'm goin' to the river, carry my rocker chair

Goin' to the river gonna carry my rocker chair

Gonna ask that gal??? the worried blues rest here

Said I think I heard my good gal calling me

Hey hey, is my good gal calling me

She couldn't call so loud but you hear her said Lemon so plain

I'm raised in Texas schooled in Tennessee

I was raised in Texas, was schooled in Tennessee

Said woman you can't make no fatmouth outta me

Can't a woman act funny quittin' you for another man?

Now can't a woman act funny quittin' you for another man?

She never look at me straight but she always raisin' sand