{"id":17266,"date":"2023-09-04T20:22:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=17266"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:07:04","slug":"blues-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/blues-in-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues In The\u00a0Night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blues In The\u00a0Night<\/h2>\n

May 17, 2010 by haefsongs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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01077.0200 Blues In The Night
\nWords & Music by Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen, 1941
\nRecorded by Rosemary Clooney, 1952 (#17)
\nWritten for a film called Hot Nocturne, this song became so popular that
\nthe movie was re-titled Blues in the Night
\nBernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords<\/a><\/p>\n

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[MAIN VERSE] \r\n<\/span>My mamma [C] done told me\r\n<\/span><\/span>When I was in [C] Cub Scouts\r\n<\/span><\/span>My [C] mamma done told me, Son\r\n<\/span><\/span>A woman's a [F] two-face\r\n<\/span><\/span>She'll give you the [F] big eye\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] Then when the sweet talking's done\r\n<\/span><\/span>A [F] woman's a two-face\r\n<\/span><\/span>A [F] worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing\r\n<\/span><\/span>The [C] blues in the night\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\n[C] Now the rains a-fallin'\r\n<\/span><\/span>[F] Hear the trains a-callin', [C] whooee!\r\nMY MAMA DONE TOLD ME\r\n<\/span><\/span>[F] Hear the lonesome whistle\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G7] Blowin' across the trestle, [C] whooee\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] A-whooee-ah-whooee, [C] clickety-clack\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] Comes echoing back\r\n<\/span><\/span>The [C] blues in the night\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[C] From Natchez to Mobile\r\n<\/span><\/span>[F] From Memphis to St. Joe\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] Wherever the four winds blow\r\n<\/span><\/span>[F] I've been in some big towns\r\n<\/span><\/span>[F] And heard me some big talk\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] But there is one thing I know\r\n<\/span><\/span>A [G] woman's a two-face, \r\n[F] a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing\r\n<\/span><\/span>The [C] blues in the night\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[MAIN VERSE]<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\nMy [C] mamma done [F] told me [C] [F] [C] \r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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