Bessie Smith-Empty Bed Blues Chords

[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ [G] I _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gb] _
[Gm] woke up [Bb] this [Eb] morning with an [F] awful [Bb] aching head.
_ _ _ [D] I [Eb] woke up this morning [Bbm] with [Eb] an [Gb] [Cm] awful [Bb] aching head.
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [C]
[F] My new man had left me [C] just a room [Cm] and an empty [Bb] bed.
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bbm] Bought me [Bb] a coffee grinder, [Eb] got the best [A] one I could [Bb] [Cm] find.
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] [Ab] So [Bb] _ [Dbm] [F] he could grind my [Eb] coffee, [C] cause he had [Cm] a brand [Bb] new grind.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gb] He's [Bb] a deep sea diver with a [G] stroke [F] that can't [Bb] go wrong.
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ He's [Eb] a deep sea [Bb] diver with [Eb] a stroke [F] that can't [Bb] go wrong.
_ [G] _ [Fm] _ [G] _ [Bb] [B] He [Am] can [F] test the bottom and [Am] his [Eb] wind holds out so [D]
[G] long.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ He [Bb]
[Fm] knows how to thrill [Bbm] me and he [C] thrills me night and [Bb] day.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ He's [Dbm] got [Am] a new [F] way [Dm] of loving, almost takes [F] my [Dm] breath away.
[Em] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] Lord, he's got that sweet [Db] something and [Eb] I told [Gb] my [Cm] girlfriend [Bb] Lou. _
[E] _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ He's [Eb] got that sweet something and I told [Gb] my [Cm] girlfriend [Bb] Lou.
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] All [F] the ways she's raving, she [Gm] must have gone [Cm] and [Bb] tried it. _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ When my bed get empty, make [Eb] me feel [F] awful mean [Bb] and blue.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] My _ _ _ [Dbm]
[A] springs are getting rusty, [C] _ [Cm] sleeping single [Bb] like I do.
[F] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] [Bb] Bought him a blanket, [Eb] pillow for [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ his [F] head [Bb] at night.
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] Then [F] I bought him a mattress [Gm] so he [F] could lay [Bb] just right.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [G] He [F] came [Fm] [Bbm] home one evening [Eb] with his spirit [D] way up [Bb] high.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Cm] _
[Bb] What [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dbm]
[F] he had to give me made [C] me ring [F] hands and [Bb] cry.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gb] He [Bb] gave me a lesson that [Eb] I never _ [F] had [Bb] before. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ When _ _ _ [Ab] he [Cm] got [Dm] through [Cm] teaching me from [Gb] my elbow [F] [A] down [Bb] what so ever.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ He [Fm] bought my first [Bbm] cabin [Cm] and he [Eb] made [D] it [Bb] awful high.
_ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ He [Gm] bought [Eb] my first cabin and he made it awful high.
[Ebm] _ [F] _
[Bb] _ [D] Then [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _ [Bb]
[F] he put in the bacon [Gm] and _ [Cm] overflowed [Fm] the pot.
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [G] [Bb] When you get good loving, [G] never go [Fm] and spread [Bb] the news.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm]
[F] Girls will double cross you [C] and leave you [F] with them empty [Ab] baskets.
[Bb] _ [Gb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _