Lovesick Blues by Madeleine Peyroux E7 * ---0------ ---5------ ---7------ ---6------ ---7------ ---X------ A C?7 G7 F#7 I've got a lovesick tale to tell to you B7 E7 A E7 Though it ain't no fail of mine A C?7 It's about a gal named sue G7 F#7 And a boy named lou B7 E7 They were fightin' all the time C#7 F#7 Sue came home one afternoon B7 E7 And found an empty dining room A C?7 Without a word G7 F#7 A turtledove had flown B7 E7 Sue began to moan A A7 "My sweetie went away D7 A/D7 But he didn't say where Dm7 A/Dm7 He didn't say when A7 D7 He didn't say why D9 E7 * Without biddin' me goodbye D9 E7 * A C? E9 E7 * Oh I'm blue as I can be A A7 I know he loves another one D7 A/D7 But he didn't say who Dm7 A/Dm7 He didn't say when A7 D7 He didn't say what D9 E7 * His momma has got D9 E7 * A Dm7 A That took my sweetie from me C#7 I'm like a little lost sheep And I can't sleep F#m7 But I keep tryin' to forget E Fm F#m7 B7 E7 Em7 My travelin' poppa, he left his momma all alone E7 E7 * I groan A A7 "My sweetie went away D7 A/D7 But he didn't say where Dm7 A/Dm7 He didn't say when A7 D7 He didn't say why D9 E7 * I know I'll die D9 E7 * A A7 * D7 Dm7 A G7 Ab7 A7 Why don't he hurry on home?