Blues In The Night

01077.0200 Blues In The Night
Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen, 1941
Recorded by Rosemary Clooney, 1952 (#17)
Written for a film called Hot Nocturne, this song became so popular that
the movie was re-titled Blues in the Night
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords

[MAIN VERSE] 
My mamma [C] done told me
When I was in [C] Cub Scouts
My [C] mamma done told me, Son
A woman's a [F] two-face
She'll give you the [F] big eye
[C] Then when the sweet talking's done
A [F] woman's a two-face
A [F] worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing
The [C] blues in the night
 
[C] Now the rains a-fallin'
[F] Hear the trains a-callin', [C] whooee!
MY MAMA DONE TOLD ME
[F] Hear the lonesome whistle
[G7] Blowin' across the trestle, [C] whooee
[G] A-whooee-ah-whooee, [C] clickety-clack
[G] Comes echoing back
The [C] blues in the night
 
[C] From Natchez to Mobile
[F] From Memphis to St. Joe
[C] Wherever the four winds blow
[F] I've been in some big towns
[F] And heard me some big talk
[C] But there is one thing I know
A [G] woman's a two-face, 
[F] a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing
The [C] blues in the night
 
[MAIN VERSE]
My [C] mamma done [F] told me [C] [F] [C]