C G C
Well I feel like an old hobo I'm sad lonesome and blue
F C G C
I was fair as the summer day now the summer days are through
F C G C
You pass through places and places pass through you
F C G C F
But you carry 'em with you on the soles of your travellin'
C G C F C G C F C G
Shoes.
C F C G
Well I love you so dearly I love you so clearly
C F C G
I wake you up in the mornin' so early
C F C G
Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues
C F C G
I got the wanderin' blues
C F C G C F C G C F C
And I'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon
G C
And I'll sing
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G (C F C G repeat x2)
C F C G C
Well it's times like these I feel so small and wild
F C G C
Like the ramblin' footsteps of a wanderin' child
F C G C
And i'm lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill
F C G C
Singin these blues with a warble and a trill
F C G C
But i'm not too blue to fly
F C G C
No i'm not too blue to fly 'cause
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G (C F C G repeat x6)
C F C G
Well I love you so dearly I love you so fearlessly
C F C G
I wake you up in the mornin' so early
C F C G
Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues
C F C G
I got the wanderin' blues
C F C G C F C G
And I don't wanna leave you I love you through and through
C F C G
Oh I left my baby on a pretty blue train
C F C G
And I sang my songs to the cold and the rain
C F C G
But I had the wanderin' blues
C F C G
And I sang those wanderin' blues
C F C G C F C G C F C
And i'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon
G C
And i'll sing
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
F C G (C F C G repeat x 5) C
F C G C
I don't care if the sun don't shine
F C G C
I don't care if nothin' is mine
F C G C
I don't care if I'm nervous with you
F C G C
I'll do my lovin' in the wintertime