C                               F
Dad was my hero God called him away
          C                 G7
Momma was lonely and I was afraid
               C                        F
With no one to lean on I turned to the booze
                C      G7                        C
Hard times come early when you're born with the blues

                                           F
Railroads were leaving and airplanes were in
                  C                 G7
The great war was brewing about to begin
           C                    F
Hungry and lonesome nothing to lose
            C       G7                C
Raised in a boxcar and born with the blues

                                F
Born with the blues trouble in mind
            C                           G7
Smoking and drinking by the time I was nine
                 C                          F
In debt from the start I'm still paying my dues
          C       G7                C
Crazy and lonely and born with the blues

                                            F
In spite of the cocaine and in spite of it all
              C                     G7
God gave me a woman to cushion the fall
                        C                     F
You're like Paul of the bible spreading good news
           C        G7                C
A man on a journey and born with the blues