Tuning: E A D G B E

This is an approximation of the piano chords for guitar of the version of Down Hearted Blues that Bessie Smith recorded in 1923 - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6TiLIeVZA The recording is in C, as here. [Chords] Ddim7: xx0101 [Intro] C A7 D7 Ddim7 G N.C [Verse 1]

^CGee, but it's hard to ^A7love someone When that ^D7someone ^G7don't love ^Cyou. I'm so disgusted, ^A7heart broken too. ^D7 I've got those down hearted ^G7blues. ^C7 Once I was crazy ^F 'bout a man. He mistreated me all the ^E7time. The ^D7next man I get has got to ^G7 promise me To be ^A7mine, ^D7all ^Gmine. ^G7

[Chorus 1]

^CTrouble, trouble, ^F I've had it ^G7all my ^Cdays. ^C7 ^FTrouble, trouble, I've had it ^G7all my ^Cdays. It ^G7seems that trouble's going to follow me to my ^Cgrave. ^F ^C

[Chorus 2]

I ain't ^Cnever loved but ^F three mens ^G7in my ^Clife. ^C7 I ain't ^Fnever loved but three men ^G7in my ^Clife. My ^G7father, my brother, the man that wrecked my ^Clife. ^F ^C

[Chorus 3]

It may be a week, it ^Fmay be a ^G7month or ^Ctwo. ^C7 It ^Fmay be a week, it may be a ^G7month or ^Ctwo. But the ^G7day you quit me honey, it's coming home to ^Cyou. ^F ^C

[Chorus 4]

I got the ^Cworld in a jug, ^F the stopper's ^G7in my ^Chand. ^C7 I got the ^Fworld in a jug, the stopper's ^G7in my ^Chand. I'm going to ^G7hold it until you, man come under my ^Ccommand. ^F ^C

Bessie Smith - Down hearted blues