Intro
[Bb]
My mama done tol' me
[Bb]
When I was in pigtails
[Bb] [Bb7]
My mama done tol' me so
Verse 1
[Eb7]
A man's gonna sweet talk
[Ab7]
Give you the big eye
[Bb7] [Cm] [Dm] [Dbm]
But when the sweet talk is done
[F7]
A man is a two-face
[Gb7] [F7]
A worrisome thing who'll leave you
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7] [F7]
Singing the blues in the night
Verse 2
[Bb7] [Eb7]
Now you know the rain is fallin'
[Bb7]
Hear that train callin' whooee
[Eb7]
My mama done tol' me
[Ab7]
Oh that lonesome whistle
[Bb7]
Howlin' cross the trestle
[Eb7]
My mama done tol' me
[F7]
Awhooee ahwhooee
[Gb7] [F7] [Bb7]
Clicketyclacks echoin' back
[Eb7] [Bb7] [F7]
The blues in the night
Bridge
[Eb7] [Cdim] [F7]
The evening breeze will start the trees to cryin'
[Db7] [C]
And the moonlight hides its light
[G] [C] [F] [Gb] [F] [E] [Eb7]
When you get the blues in the night
[Eb7] [Cdim] [F7]
Oh take my word the mockingbird will sing
[Db7] [C]
His saddest saddest kind of song
[G] [C] [F] [Gb] [F] [E] [Eb7]
He knows things are wrong and he's right
Verse 3
[Bb7] [Eb7]
From Natchez to Mobile from Memphis to St. Joe
[Bb7]
Wherever the four winds blow
[Eb]
Yeah I've been to the big towns
[Ab7]
And I heard me some big talk too
[Bb7]
But when the big talk is done
[F7]
A man is a two-face
[Gb7] [F7]
A worrisome thing leave you
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7] [F7]
Singing oh the blues in the night
Outro
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7]
[Eb] [Ab7] [Bb7]
[F7] [Gb7] [F7]
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7] [F7]
