Bessie Smith
Down Hearted Blues

Song : 
C
 Intro :
C   A7   D7   Dm7   G7

C                    A7  
Gee but it's hard to love someone 
          D7       G7         C
And that someone don't love you 
                  A7
I'm so disgusted  heartbroken too 
      D7                          G7
Cause I've got those down hearted blues

     C           F     
Once I was crazy about a man 
                          E7
he mistreated me all the time 
        D7
But the next man I get 
                G7           C      D7   G7
has got to promise me to be mine, all mine! 

C                F                  C
Trouble trouble  I've had it all my days 
        F                           C
Trouble trouble  I've had it all my days 
       G7
And it seems that trouble
                            C
Is going to follow me to my grave

               F                     C
I never loved  but three men in my life
  F                              C
I never loved  but three men in my life 
   G7
My father, my brother, 
                           C      G7
The man that wrecked my life
    C
It may be a week,
   F          F7         C
it may be a month or two, 
F
It may be a week, 
            F7            C
it may be a month or two, 
     G7
But the day you quit me, honey, 
                    C     F   C
it's comin' home to you. 
           C
I got the world in a jug, 
F                     C
the stopper's in my hand, 
F
I got the world in a jug, 
                      C
the stopper's in my hand, 
      G7
I'm gonna hold it until you
                         C      G7  C
meet some of my demands.