Blues by Eddie Bowles

Blues - Eddie Bowles; C position, standard tuning.

I woke up this morning, nothing on my mind

And I looked out the window, saw my baby cryin'

I wondered in my mind what the reason is my woman's out there cryin'

And I asked her, "Baby, why are you cryin' today?"

Say, "I got the blues, sweet daddy, feel like goin' away."

I told her, "Sweet baby, I ain't got a dime to my name."

I said, "Sweet mama, I haven't got a dime to my name.

So you see, sweet mama, I have no money for your carfare or the train."

She looked at me, this what she said to me,

"You don't need no money where I intend to go.

I think I'm goin' to the river and jump over and drown."

Well, she started to the river, she stopped and turned 'round and 'round

I was sittin' there, baby, with my head hung down 'most to the ground

When she turned to start walkin' back to me, baby, I could go through the ground

I taken her by the hand, walked away from where she was

And I taken her by the hand, "Mama, don't get them kind of blues no more."

Ever since that, baby, we never had no blues no more