Lyric Shotgun Blues

Shotgun Blues
Author unknown, this version from "Briefcase Full of Blues"
by the Blues Brothers



Ev ry night I go to sleep,
The blues fall down like rain.
Ev ry night I go to sleep,
The blues fall down like rain.
Takin pills and cheap whiskey,
Just to try to ease the pain.

It s hard to gamble,
When you lose every bet.
Hard to save money,
When you re twenty years in debt.
The blues is fallin
Fallin down on me like rain.
I m gonna good shotgun, now, good people,
And disconnect my brain.

I made some mistakes,
Had some bad breaks,
Now my mind don t work,
And my whole body aches.
The blues is fallin
Fallin down on me like rain.
My life is like water,
Just swirlin down the drain.

Well, I tried standin up,
Keep on fallin down.
Tried standin up,
Keep on fallin down.
Everywhere I go--
The blues is all around.


Transcribed by Rich Kulawiec, rsk@ecn.purdue.edu