IntroAmE
Lady sing the blues so well as if she mean it
DmDm
As if it's hell down here in the smoke filled world where the jokes are cold
E
They don't laugh at jokes, they laugh at tragedies
AmDmE
Corner street societies, they believe her
DmE
They never leave her while she sings, she makes them feel things
Chorus
(begin strumming)
AmDm
She says "I can sing this song so blue
AmDmE
That you will cry in spite of you
AmDm
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
AmE
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
VerseAmDm
And I have walked these streets so long
AmDmE
There ain't nothin' right, there ain't nothin' wrong
AmDm
But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
AmE
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder"
VerseAmEmDmE
Lady lights a cigarette, puffs away, no regrets
DmAmE
Takes a look around, no regrets no regrets
AmEmDmE
Stretches out like branches of a poplar tree
AmE
Says "I am free", sings so soft as if she'll break
ChorusAmDm
Says "I can sing this song so blue
AmE
That you will cry in spite of you
AmDm
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
AmE
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
VerseAmEmAmDm
And I have walked these streets so long
AmDmE
There ain't nothin' right, nothin' wrong
AmDm
But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
AmE
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
BridgeAAmaj7
But on this stage I've learned to fly
A7F#
Learned to sing and learned to cry
Bm
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
GE
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
AAmaj7
But now it's time to say goodbye
A7F#
Some might laugh, but I will surely cry
Bm
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
GE
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder"
OutroAmE
Lady lights a cigarette
DmEAm
Puffs away and winter comes and she forgets
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.