Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied

Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied
words and music by Mississippi John Hurt
key of G, cross harp, C
relaxed

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Got the blues, can't be satisfied.

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Got the blues, can't be sat -is -fied.

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Keep the blues, I'll catch the train and ride.

Yes, whiskey straight will drive the blues away.
Yes, whixkey straight will drive the blues away.
That be the case, I wants a quart today.

I bought my baby a great big diamond ring.
I bought my baby a great big diamond ring,
Come right back home and caught her shaking that thing.

I said, "Babe, what makes you do me this a-way?"
I said, "Babe, what makes you do me this a-way?"
Well, that I bought, now you give away.

I took my gun and broke the barrel down.
I took my gun and broke the barrel down.
I put that joker six feet in the ground.

You got the blues, and I still can't be satisfied.
You got the blues, and I still can't be satisfied.
Well, some old day, gonna catch that train and ride.