CDmBbFG
I get a little sadness now, just now and then.
CDmBbFG
It comes to remind me, what it was like when.
FGCFC
I was out on that road,
FGC
happy, hungry and cold.
FG
First you win and then you lose.
FGCAm
Oh, Lord, I got the Zimmerman blues.
FGC
Oh, Lord, I got the Zimmerman blues
CDmBbFG
Don't get me money now, if it's bad for my head.
CDmBbFG
You can keep the honey now, put something else on the bread.
FGCFC
To lose all them old time friends,
FGC
who missed how they were making it end.
FG
And we all wound up confused.
FGCAm
That's what you call the Zimmerman blues.
FGC
That's what you call the Zimmerman blues.
CDmBbFG
Do a concert for Angela, build a building or two.
CDmBbFG
It gets harder for me, but easier for you.
FGCFC
As sure as the stars turn above,
FGC
all we ever asked for was love.
FG
And I think that we've all been used.
FGCAmEnding up with the Zimmerman blues.
FGCEnding up with the Zimmerman blues.
CDmBbFG
I get a little sadness now, just now and then.
CDmBbFG
It comes to remind me, when I called you a friend.
FGCFC
So where do we go from here?
FGC
For me it won't ever get that near.
FG
And if it did I know what I would choose.
FGCAm
Anything but the Zimmerman blues.
FGC
Anything but the Zimmerman blues.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.