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Lovesick Blues (key of C)

Artist: Hank Williams, Sr.Composer: Cliff Friend and Irving MillsCopyright: 1922GoChords.com

C
G7

I got a feelin' called the blues, oh, Lord, since my baby said good-bye.

C
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And I don't know what I'll do-oo-oo. All I do is sit and sigh, oh, Lord.

C7
F
C
A7

The last long day she said good-bye, well, Lord, I thought I would cry.

D7

She'll do me, she'll do you, she's got that kind of lovin'.

G7
C
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G7

Lord, I love to hear her when she calls me sweet Daddy! Such a beautiful dream!

E
G7

I hate to think it's all over, I've lost my heart it seems.

F
C
A7

I've grown so used to you, somehow. Well, I'm nobody's sugar daddy now,

D7
G7
C

And I'm lo-on-onesome, I got the lovesick blues.

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E
Am
E
Am

Well, I'm in love, I'm in love with a beautiful gal, that's what's the matter with me.

E
Am
D7
G7

I'm in love, I'm in love, with a beautiful gal, but she don't care about me.

G7
C

Lord, I tried and I tried to keep her satisfied, but she just wouldn't stay.

D7
G7

So now that she is leavin', this is all I can say:

NOW REPEAT VERSE

Williams made his own arrangement of this song and recorded it in December of 1948, over the loud protests of his band and his producer, Fred Rose, all of whom detested the song. It was a Number One Smash Hit on the Country Charts.
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