For old-time country fans....not a I-IV-V song....
This is "Lovesick Blues', originally a ragtime/jazz song by Mills & Friend, 1922
It became a Country Standard after Hank Williams recorded it in 1948.
I got a [C]feel-in' called the blu-u-ues, oh, Lawd
Since my ba-by said good–[G7]bye ,
And I don't know what I'll do-o-o-o-o-o
All I do is sit and [C]sigh-e-igh, oh, Lawd ;
That [C7]last long [F]day she said good-[F7]bye
Well, [C]Lawd I thought I would [A7]cry,
She'll [D7]do me, she'll do you, she's got that kind of lov-in'
[G7]Lawd, I love to hear her when she calls me
Sweet [C]da-a-a-a-a-dy, such a beau-ti-ful [G7]dream
I hate to think it all o-o-over, I've lost my heart it [E]seems.
I've [C7]grown so [F]used to you some-[F7]how,
Well, I'm [C]no-body's sugar [A7]dad-dy now, And I'm [D7]lo-o-one-some, [G7]
I got the Love-sick [C]Blu-ues.
Well, I'm in [E] love, I'm in [Am] love, with a beau-ti-ful gal
[E]That's what's the mat-ter with [Am]me.
Well, I'm in [E]love, I'm in [Am] love, with a beau-tiful gal,
But [D7]she don't care a-bout [G7] me
Lawd, I [G6]tried and I [G7] tried, to keep her sat-is-fied ,
But [C7]she just would-n't [D7] stay, so now that she is le-e-eav-in',
This is all I can [G7]say : …………..(Repeat First Verse)
Another truly great version was by Merle Haggard on his "I Love Dixie Blues" album of 1973.
This is in C major because that's where I sing it.. :wink:
"A child of five could understand this...send someone to fetch a child of five !"--Groucho Marx
I liked Frank Ifield's version in 1963 too.
Wow...someone else remembers Frank Ifield...I'm impressed.
I'm not joking.
British singers who used yodel effects were rare indeed.
"A child of five could understand this...send someone to fetch a child of five !"--Groucho Marx
