Ask Me 'Bout Nothing (But The Blues) chords by Bobby Bland

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Verse 1
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Ask me  who was the first man
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to make a light burn so bright, I don't know, oh
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Lord, I   don't know.
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And ask me  who thought of  using a candle for a light,
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I don't know, oh
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Lord, I   don't know
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But ask me how does a man feel when he's got the blues,
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and I'd say misused, abused, downhearted
and blue
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And oh, the reason I know this, cause the
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blues is  all I was left with.
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And ask me, why does a man
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have to reach beyond his needs?
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I don't know.
Oh,
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Lord, I   don't know.
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And ask me  why does a   tree have
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to shed its leaves, I don't know.
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Lord have mercy, I don't know.
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But ask me how does a man feel
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when he's got the blues
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And I'd say, messed you to bulls,
downhearted and blue
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And oh, the reason I  know this,
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cause the blues is all I was left with
Oh, I could tell you how it feels
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when you've got a dirty deal
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I could even tell you how it hurts
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when you've been stepped on
And treat it just like dirt
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But ask me  why
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Do all good things
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Have to
Come to an end
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I don't know
Lord have mercy
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I   don't know
You see
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Ask me about nothing
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But the blues, the blues, is all I   was left with,
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oh, the blues, is all I was left with,
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Nothing the blues
Nothing but the blues
Nothing but the