Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]My mama done [G]tol' me,
when I [C]was in knee- pants
My mama done tol' me,
[G]"Son [Am]a wom[A]an[C]'ll sweet talk"[G]
[C]And give you the big eye,
[Dsus4]but when [G]the sweet talkin[Am]'s don[G]e[Bm][Em][E]
[D]A woman's a [Dsus4]two- face[D],
[C]A worrisome thing who'll leave you [D]singing the [G]blues [C]in the night
[G]

[Verse 2]
[C]
[G]Now[C] the rai[A]n's a- [G]fallin', hea[C]r the train's a- callin,
[G]"Wh[Em]ooee!"
(My mama done [G]tol' me) Hear [C]that lonesome whi[G]stle blo[C]win[Ab]' 'cross[C] the trestle,
[G]"Wh[Am]ooee![Bm]"
[G](My mama done [D]tol' me) A- [A]who[D]oee- ah- whooee ol'[C] clickety-
[G]clack's a- echoin' back the [C]blues in [G]the night[Em]
[G]The eve[C]nin' breeze'll start the[Eb] trees to [Cm]cryin' [C]and the moon'll [Fm]hide
[Bb]its [Bbdim]light when[Edim] you ge[E]t the bl[Abdim]ues in the ni[E]ght[A][G][A][D][Am][D][Bm]
[D]Boy[G], tak[C]e my word, the[Fm] moc[Fsus4]kingbird'l[F]l [Fm]sing the saddest kind o'[Bb] song,[A]
[C#dim]he knows [A]thi[E]ngs are wrong, and [Bbdim]he's righ[A]t[D][F#dim]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][D][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]From Natchez to [C]Mobile,
From Memphis to St. [G]Joe,
Wherever [D]the four wind[Dsus4]s[G][E][C][Em][G][C][A][G][Am][A][Bm][E][D][Am][D][C][A][D][G]
[C][C#dim][Dsus4][G][Am][D][C][G][C][Fm][Am][Cm][Fm]
[Ab][Bb][A][C#dim][A][E][A][D][A][Asus4][Bm][C][Fsus4][Fm][Ab]
[Fm][Bb][A][C#dim][E][Bdim][Abdim][A][D][Bm][D][G][C][Edim][G]
[C]blo[G]w[A][G][A]
[G]I bee[C]n in some big towns an' heard me some big tal[A]k,
[D][G]
But there [Am]is one [A]thing [Bm]I know
[E]A w[D]oman's a two- face,
A [C]worrisome thing who'll leave you [G]singing
[C#dim]the blues [C]in the night

[Interlude 2]
[G][C]

[Verse 4]
My [C]mama [Am]was right,
[C]there's blues in the night.

[Outro 1]
[C][C#dim][G]