Boz Scaggs - Ask me bout nothing but the blues

Ask me ^Bmwho was the ^Amfirst man ^EmTo make a fire in the night I don't ^Amknow Oh Lord I ^Emdon't know^{D Cm} Ask me ^Bm7who thought of u^Amsing ^EmA candle for a light I don't ^Amknow Oh Lord^Em I don't know

But ask me ^Ghow ^Ddoes a ^Emman feel^{D C}When he's got the ^Dblues And I'd say ^EmMisused abused down-hearted and blue ^CKnow the reason I ^Dknow this Is cause the ^Emblues is all I was ^Dleft with ^Cm

Ask me why ^Bmdoes a ^Amman Have to ^Emreach beyond his need I don't ^Amknow Lord have ^Emmercy I don't know ^{D Cm} And ask me ^Bm7why does a ^Amtree Have to^Em shed its leaves I don't ^Amknow Lord have ^Emmercy I don't know

Ask me ^Ghow ^Ddoes a ^Emman feel^{D C}When he's ^Dgot the blues And I'd say ^EmMisused abused down hearted and blue ^CKnow the reason I ^Dknow this Is cause the ^Emblues is all I was left with

^AmOh I could tell you how it feels ^EmWhen you got a dirty deal ^A7I could even tell you how it hurts When you^D been stepped on and treated just like dirt

Ask me ^Bm7why do all^Am7 good things ^EmHave to come to an end I don't ^Amknow Lord have ^Emmercy I don't know you see ^AmAsk me nothin but about the ^Emblues ^AmThe blues is ^Emall that I was left with

^AmOh I could tell you how it feels ^EmWhen you got a dirty deal ^AmTell you how it hurts When you been ^Emstepped on and stepped on ^EmAnd stepped on and treated just like ^Amdirt ^Em

^AmAsk me nothin but ^Emabout the blues ^AmThe blues is all that ^EmI was left with