Blues In The Night (chromatic)

BLUES IN THE NIGHT
W: Johnny Mercer
M: Harold Arlen
Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald
Key: Bb

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My ma-ma done tol' me, 
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when I was in knee-pants
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My ma-ma done tol' me, "Son, 
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a wom-an-'ll sweet talk"
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And give ya the big eye, 
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but when the sweet talk-in's done
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A wom-an's a two-face, 
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a wor-ri-some thing who'll leave ya t’ sing 
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the blues in the night

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Now the rain's a-fall-in', 
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hear the train a-call-in, "Whoo-ee!"
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(My ma-ma done tol' me) 
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Hear dat lone-some whis-tle 
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Blow-in' 'cross the tres-tle, "Whoo-ee!"
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(My ma-ma done tol' me) 
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A-whoo-ee-duh-whoo-ee 
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ol' click-e-ty-clack's a-ech-o-in' back 
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th’ blues in the night
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The eve-nin' breeze-‘ll start 
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the trees to cry-in' 
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and the moon-‘ll hide it’s light 
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when you get the blues in the night

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Take my word, the mock-in’-bird-‘ll
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sing the sad-dest kind o’ song,
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he knows things are wrong, and he's right

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From Nat-chez to Mo-bile, 
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from Mem-phis to St. Joe,
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wher-ev-er the four winds blow
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I been in some big towns 
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An’ heard me some big talk, 
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but there is one thing I know
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A wom-an's a two-face, 
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a wor-ri-some thing who'll leave ya t’ sing 
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the blues in the night

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My ma-ma was right, 
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there's blues in the night.