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The Blues Man

Mel O'Joe

By Hank Williams Jr.

This next song is about the life of a Hank Williams, Jr. — the late nights, the heartbreak, and the grind. Here’s ‘The Blues Man.’"

Intro	G	Am	D	G

	G	C
He's just a s	inger, a natural born guitar r	inger

	D	G
Kind of a c	linger to sad old s	ongs

	C
He's not a walk behinder, he's a new note f	inder

	D	G
But his names a re	minder of a blues man that's already g	one

	C
So he started drinkin', took things that messed up his th	inkin'

	D	G
He was sure si	nkin' when she came a	long

	C
He was alone in the spot light, not too much l	eft in sight

	D	G
She changed a	ll that one night when she sang him this s	ong…

	G	Am
Hey baby I l	ove you, Hey baby I n	eed you

	D	G
Hey baby you a	in't got to prove to me you're some kind of macho m	an

	Am
You've wasted so much of your life, runnin' through the d	ark nights

	D	G
Let me shine a little l	ove light, down on that blues m	an.

Interlude	C	G

	G	C
He got so sick from s	peedin', all the things they said he was	needin'

	D	G
If he was to keep on	pleasin' all of his f	ans

	C
He got cuffed on dirt roads, he got sued over n	o shows

	D	G
She came an took all that o	ld load down off that old blues m	an

And he sang.

	G	Am
Hey baby I l	ove you too, Hey baby I n	eed you

	D	G
Hey baby I d	o get tired of this travelin' b	and

	G	C
I'm over forty years o	ld now, nights would be c	old cold now

	D	G
If you hadn't s	tuck it out with this blues m	an

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	G	Am
He's over forty years o	ld now, nights would be so cold	now

	D	G
If she hadn't h	ung around with that blues ma	n.