Intro: C C C C (x4)
verse 1
C
Stay out on the levee
Am
Watching the leaves roll by (?)
C
My heart was feeling heavy
Am
Did not know the reason why.
F C
I was crying for you
F C
Wherever you may be
F C
I was crying for you
F C
Because you once were me
verse 2
C
My best friend in this whole world
Am
Is a man who’s dead and gone.
C
Now I’m bound to wander
Am
With nothing but his song.
F C
And he walked out of this world
F C
As lonely as he came
F C F C
You can rest assured you won’t see my man again.
C G Am C
I’ve got the young blood blues
F C
They’re following me
G Am C
I’ve got the young blood blues
F C
They just won’t let me be.
verse 3
C
I'm going back to New York
Am
I won't be back to stay
C
If you see my old friends
Am
Won't you tell them I'm still away
F C
Got heart ache like a river
F C
And it runs a muddy muck
F C
You could rest assure
F C
You won't see me for a long, long while
C G Am C
I’ve got the young blood blues
F C
They’re following me
G Am C
I’ve got the young blood blues
F C
They just won’t let me be.
C G Am C
I’ve got the young blood blues
F C
They’re following me
G Am C
I’ve got the young blood blues
F C
They just won’t let me be.