I'm Going Back To My Used To Be (1923-10-04) chords by Bessie Smith

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I feel
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sad, you feel blue
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I can hardly sleep at night
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For your man was
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sore all the time
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And I know I didn't
treat him right
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Verse 2

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You're going back

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to your first love

'Cause a good man is

hard to find

I say you'll have such

a grand good man

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Believe me,

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he is sure on my mind

Verse 3
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I'm going back
Yeah, you carrying it on back
I'm going back to my
used to be
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You're going back
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I'm going back, 'cause my man was so
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good to me

Verse 4
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When last winter when times
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was rough
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Look out there, Clara
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You know your man was in the pool yard
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Strutting his stuff, strutting
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Verse 5
I'm going back
Clara, you say you're going
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back
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I'm going back to my used to be
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And it's this

Verse 6
morning
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Back to my used to be
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What can you use      him for
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Crazy about my
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used to be
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He ain't good- looking
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I love my used to be