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{t:Empty Bed Blues} {key:A} {artist:Bessie Smith} Bess Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BsIntS_Io4 (Capo on 1st) - simplified {c: } [A] I woke up this morning with an [D7] awful aching [A7] head I woke [D7] up this morning with an awful aching [A7] head My new [E7] man had left me, just a [D7] room and an empty [A7] bed [E7] {c: } Bought me a [A] coffee grinder that's the [D7] best one I could [A7] find Bought me a [D7] coffee grinder that's the best one I could [A7] find Oh he could [E7] grind my coffee, cause he [D7] had a brand new [A7] grind [E7] {c: } He's a [A] deep sea diver with a [D7] stroke that can't go [A7] wrong He's a [D7] deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go [A7] wrong He can [E7] stay at the bottom and his [D7] wind holds out so [A7] long [E7] {c: } He [A] knows how to thrill me and he [D7] thrills me night and [A7] day Oh he [D7] knows how to thrill me, he thrills me night and [A7] day He's got a [E7] new way of loving, almost [D7] takes my breath a[A7]way [E7] {c: } Lord he's [A] got that sweet somethin' and [D7] I told my girlfriend [A7] Lou He's got that [D7] sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend [A7] Lou From the [E7] way she's raving, she must have [D7] gone and tried it [A7] too [E7] {c: } When my [A] bed get empty make me feel [D7] awful mean and [A7] blue When my [D7] bed get empty make me feel awful mean and [A7] blue My [E7] springs are getting rusty, [D7] sleeping single like I [A7] do [E7] {c: } Bought him a [A] blanket, pillow for his [D7] head at [A7] night Bought him a [D7] blanket, pillow for his head at [A7] night Then I [E7] bought him a mattress so he [D7] could lay just [A7] right [E7] {c: } He came [A] home one evening with his [D7] beret way up [A7] high He came [D7] home one evening with his beret way up [A7] high What he [E7] had to give me, make me [D7] wring my hands and [A7] cry [E7] {c: } He give me a [A] lesson that I never [D7] had be[A7]fore He give me a [D7] lesson that I never had be[A7]fore When he [E7] got to teachin' me, from my [D7] elbow down was [A7] sore [E7] {c: } He poured [A] my first cabbage and he [D7] made it awful [A7] hot He poured [D7] my first cabbage and he made it awful [A7] hot When he [E7] put in the bacon, it over[D7]flowed the [A7] pot ! [E7] {c: } When you [A] git good lovin', never [D7] go and spread the [A7] news When you [D7] git good lovin', never] go and spread the [A7] news Yes, he'll [E7] double-cross you, and [D7] leave you with them empty bed [A] blues [A7]