Blues in the Night Chords
Blues in the Night by Johnny Mercer is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, A7, D7, B7, E7, Am7, D9, Dm6, C7, B7+, F#7/5-, Am6, F#m7/5-, Gm6 and E7sus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A
My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee pants,
A7
My mama done tol' me, "Son,
D7
A woman'll sweet talk and give ya the big eye,
B7 E7 A
But when the sweet talkin's done,
E7 Am7 E7
A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
A D9 A
The blues in the night."
A7 E7 Am7 D7
Now the rain's a-fallin', hear the train a-callin',
A
"Whoo-ee." (My mama done tol' me,)
D9 Dm6 E7
Hear that lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross the trestle,
A
"Whoo-ee." (My mama done tol' me.)
E7
A whoo-ee-duh whoo-ee,
B7 E7 A D9 A
Ol' clickety clack's a-echoin' back the blues in the night.
D9 Dm6
The evening breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
E7 C7 B7+ F#7/5- Am6 B7 E7 Dm6 E7
And the moon'll hide it's light when you get the blues in the night;
D9 Dm6 E7 C7 B7+
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind of song,
F#m7/5- Am6 B7 E7 Dm6 Gm6 E7
He knows things are wrong, and he's right.
From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to Saint Joe,
Wherever the four winds blow;
I've been in some big towns and heard me some big talk,
But there is one thing I know:
A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya t' sing
The blues in the night.
Refrain:
Coda:
A A7 B7 E7
Oooo - oooo - oooo, oooo - oooo - oooo,
B7 E7sus4 A
My mama was right, there's blues in the night.