St. Louis Blues

**St. Louis Blues** *Verse 1:* I hate to see that evening sun go down, I hate to see that evening sun go down, 'Cause my baby, he done left this town. *Verse 2:* Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today, Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today, I'll pack my trunk, make my getaway. *Chorus:* St. Louis woman, with her diamond rings, Pulls that man 'round by her apron strings. Wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair, That man I love wouldn't gone nowhere. *Verse 3:* Got the St. Louis Blues, just as blue as I can be, Got the St. Louis Blues, just as blue as I can be, That man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea. *Guitar Solo:* *Instrumental:* (Here, imagine a soulful bottleneck slide guitar solo, weaving through the melody, full of bends and slides, echoing the pain and longing in the lyrics.) *Chorus:* St. Louis woman, with her diamond rings, Pulls that man 'round by her apron strings. Wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair, That man I love wouldn't gone nowhere. *Verse 4:* I love my baby like a schoolboy loves his pie, Like a Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye, I'll love my baby till the day I die. *Outro:* Got the St. Louis Blues, just as blue as I can be, Got the St. Louis Blues, just as blue as I can be, That man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea.