BLUES AIN'T NOTHIN'
(Hank Mills / Walter Haynes / Shorty Lavender)

Ferlin Husky - 1965



 
When you wake up in the mornin' 
And you're sick from head to toe
No need to get a doctor 
'Cause the doc he won't know
How to take away the hurtin' 
That's been a-tossin' you around
He'll say the blues ain't nothin' 
But a woman lettin' a good man down

Hit your finger with a hammer 
And the pain ain't the same
There ain't nothin' like a woman 
To drive a good man insane
She's gonna keep you in mis'ry 
Like a flea on a hound
'Cause the blues ain't nothin' 
But a woman lettin' a good man down

(Instrumental Break)

When you been out a-walkin' 
In the drizzlin' rain
You gonna hear ev'rybody 
Callin' out her name
Go find yourself a river
Jump in and drown
'Cause the blues ain't nothin' 
But a woman lettin' a good man down



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2010)