DO NO GOOD WOMAN
(Waylon Jennings)

Waylon Jennings - 1971


 
You're lookin' at a man who's livin' in the wrong time
My mind's lost in my lonesome past
I wrote myself a sad song about troubles and a worried mind
And a do no good woman, my first love and my last

Well I wanted the world to know her like I do
So I tried to paint her picture in a song
I sang the blues, but the only words that I knew
Were do no good woman, I love you right or wrong, girl
Lord, Lord, what's a good man gonna do

(Instrumental Break)

>From the streets of New Orleans to a penthouse in Chicago
I tried to play the lover for a time
But I just can't hold a woman in the night with the lights low
With a do no good woman always on my mind

Look at me and you can see I've seen my better days
Hopin' for better times to come
Well, I never thought that love could drive a good man to his grave
That do no good woman, Lord, you damn near got it done, girl



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2010)