By axehappy - [email protected]
The rhythm for this song is awkward to get at first, but if you play
along with the recording a few times, you'll find that it is really
easy once you get into it.
C G C
Well I feel like an old hobo, I'm sad lonesome and blue,
F C G C
I was fair as the summer day now the summer days are through.
F C G C
You pass through places and places pass through you,
F C G C F
But you carry 'em with you on the soles of your travellin'
C G C F C G C F C G
Shoes.
C F C G
Well I love you so dearly I love you so clearly
C F C G
I wake you up in the mornin' so early,
C F C G
Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues.
C F C G
I got the wanderin' blues,
C F C G C F C G C F C
And I'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon,
G C
And I'll sing :
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G (C F C G repeat x2)
INSTRUMENTAL
C F C G C
Well it's times like these I feel so small and wild
F C G C
Like the ramblin' footsteps of a wanderin' child.
F C G C
And i'm lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill,
F C G C
Singin these blues with a warble and a trill.
F C G C
But i'm not too blue to fly,
F C G C
No i'm not too blue to fly 'cause
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G (C F C G repeat x6)
INSTRUMENTAL
C F C G
Well I love you so dearly I love you so fearlessly,
C F C G
I wake you up in the mornin' so early
C F C G
Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues.
C F C G
I got the wanderin' blues,
C F C G C F C G
And I don't wanna leave you I love you through and through.
C F C G
Oh I left my baby on a pretty blue train,
C F C G
And I sang my songs to the cold and the rain.
C F C G
But I had the wanderin' blues,
C F C G
And I sang those wanderin' blues.
C F C G C F C G C F C
And i'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon,
G C
And i'll sing :
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F C G (C F C G repeat x 5) C
INSTRUMENTAL
F C G C
I don't care if the sun don't shine,
F C G C
I don't care if nothin' is mine.
F C G C
I don't care if I'm nervous with you,
F C G C
I'll do my lovin' in the wintertime.