PREACHING BLUES (UP JUMPED THE DEVIL)

Mmmmm mmmmm
It's up this mornin'
        ah, blues walkin' like a man
It's up this morniri'
        ah, blues walkin' like a man
Worried blues
        give me your right hand
And the blues fell mama's child
        tore me all upside down
Blues fell mama's child
        and it tore me all upside down
Travel on, poor Bob
        just cain't turn you' round
The blu-u-u-u-ues
        is a low-down shakin' chill
        spoken: Yes, preach 'em now.
Mmmmm mmmmm
        is a 1ow-down shakin' chill
You ain't never had 'em, I
        bope you never will
WeIl, the blues
        is a achin' old heart disease
        spoken: Do it now.
                            You gon' do it?
                            Tell me all about it.
Let the blues
        is a low-down achin' heart disease
Like consumption
        killing me by degrees
I can study rain
        oh, oh, drive, oh, oh, drive my blues
I been studyin' the rain and
        I'm 'on' drive my blues away
Goin' to the 'stil'ry
        stay out there all day

Notes: 1. The underlined are phonetically correct, although meaningless.

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