T.B. Blues

Merle Haggard

Written by Jimmie Rodgers

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                            C7
My good gal's trying to make a fool out of me
        F                                  C
Lord my gal's trying to make a fool out of me
          G7                                    C
Trying to make me believe I ain't got that old TB

Verse 2

                                                           C7
I've been fightin' like a lion looks like I'm going to lose
F                                                      C
I've been fightin' like a lion looks like I'm going to lose
            G7                               C
Cause there ain't nobody ever whipped the TB blues

Verse 3

                                       C7
I've got that old TB I can't eat a bite
         F                    C
Got that old TB I can't eat a bite
       G7                               C
Got me worried so I can't even sleep at night

Verse 4

                                                C7
When it rained down sorrow it rained all over me
        F                                     C
When it rained down sorrow it rained all over me
      G7                                  C
There ain't nobody ever whipped that old TB

Verse 5

                                         C7
Gee but the graveyard is a lonesome place
     F                           C
That old graveyard is a lonesome place
                G7                             C
Put you on your back put that mud down in your face

Verse 3

                                       C7
I've got that old TB I can't eat a bite
         F                    C
Got that old TB I can't eat a bite
       G7                               C
Got me worried so I can't even sleep at night