The rhythm for this song is awkward to get at first, but if you play
along with the recording a few times, you'll find that it is really
easy once you get into it.
C5 G5 C5
Well I feel like an old hobo, I'm sad lonesome and blue,
F5 C5 G5 C5
I was fair as the summer day now the summer days are through.
F5 C5 G5 C5
You pass through places and places pass through you,
F5 C5 G5 C5 F5
But you carry 'em with you on the soles of your travellin'
C5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5
Shoes.
C5 F5 C5 G5
Well I love you so dearly I love you so clearly
C5 F5 C5 G5
I wake you up in the mornin' so early,
C5 F5 C5 G5
Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues.
C5 F5 C5 G5
I got the wanderin' blues,
C5 F5 C5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5 C5 F5 C5
And I'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon,
G5 C5
And I'll sing :
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 ( C5 F5 C5 G5 repeat x2)
INSTRUMENTAL
C5 F5 C5 G5 C5
Well it's times like these I feel so small and wild
F5 C5 G5 C5
Like the ramblin' footsteps of a wanderin' child.
F5 C5 G5 C5
And i'm lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill,
F5 C5 G5 C5
Singin these blues with a warble and a trill.
F5 C5 G5 C5
But i'm not too blue to fly,
F5 C5 G5 C5
No i'm not too blue to fly 'cause
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 ( C5 F5 C5 G5 repeat x6)
INSTRUMENTAL
C5 F5 C5 G5
Well I love you so dearly I love you so fearlessly,
C5 F5 C5 G5
I wake you up in the mornin' so early
C5 F5 C5 G5
Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues.
C5 F5 C5 G5
I got the wanderin' blues,
C5 F5 C5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5
And I don't wanna leave you I love you through and through.
C5 F5 C5 G5
Oh I left my baby on a pretty blue train,
C5 F5 C5 G5
And I sang my songs to the cold and the rain.
C5 F5 C5 G5
But I had the wanderin' blues,
C5 F5 C5 G5
And I sang those wanderin' blues.
C5 F5 C5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5 C5 F5 C5
And i'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon,
G5 C5
And i'll sing :
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 C5
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
F5 C5 G5 ( C5 F5 C5 G5 repeat x 5) C5
INSTRUMENTAL
F5 C5 G5 C5
I don't care if the sun don't shine,
F5 C5 G5 C5
I don't care if nothin' is mine.
F5 C5 G5 C5
I don't care if I'm nervous with you,
F5 C5 G5 C5
I'll do my lovin' in the wintertime.
