Blues in the Bottle
Lightnin' Hopkins
Key: Eb (Ab harp in 2nd position)
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Blues in the bottle, blues in the bottle stop pull in my hand lord lordy
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Blues in the bottle stop pull in my hand
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You know I was looking for my woman, she’s out with another man
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Blues in the bottle, blues in the bottle got me blue as I can be, doggone it
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Blues in the bottle I’m blue as I can be
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My baby left me, my heart in misery
[Guitar break]
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Blues come in Texas, blues come in Texas
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Fell in here by land doggone my bad luck so lordy
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Blues come in Texas, fell in here by land
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You know I got the blues in the bottle but I've got this stop pull in my hand
[Guitar break]
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Blues in the bottle, blues in the bottle
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Weary as I can be, doggone my bad lu-ck so
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Blues in the bottle I’m blue as can be
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You know I ain't got nobody now, my heart’s in misery
[Guitar break]
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Picked all my cotton, picked all my cotton
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Pulled all my corn doggone it bad luck so
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Picked all my cotton, picked all my cotton
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Done pulled all my corn
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I ain't got no more crop to gather, guess I better leave this old farm