Bb    F/A    Gm           Eb    F    Bbsus4    Bb


[Verse 1]
Bb         F/A           Gm
    Pick up any morning paper
Eb                Bb         F
       Turn on the 6 o'clock news
Bb             F/A             Gm
     The devils been so busy lately
Eb            F          Bbsus4   Bb   Bbsus4  Bb
    That Even God must get the Blues


[Verse 2]
Bb               F/A                  Gm
      A young man lies there in the street
Eb                              Bb          F
      His life gone like it was nothing to lose
Bb                F/C      Gm
     And for the shoes the - e - re on his feet
Eb              F          Bbsus4   Bb   Bsus4  Bb
      Yes, even God must get the blues


[Bridge]
          F
When this rain falls down from Heaven
        Eb             Bb
It must be the angels crying
     Gm           Cm         Fsus4   F   Fsus4  F
From all the sorrow in the world tonight


[Verse 3]
Bb               F/A                  Gm
     A Young girl hides her face in sha -a - ame
Eb                              Bb            F
   So they can't see   Its been battered and bruised
Bb                F/C                Gm
             Like shes the one to bla- a -ame
Eb              F          Bbsus4   Bb   Bsus4  Bb
       Yes even God must get the blues


[Interlude]
F        Eb    Bb   Gm   Cm     Fsus4   F   Fsus4  F
                             OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Verse 4]
Bb               F/A           Gm
          Pick up any evening paper
Eb                  Bb          F
        Turn on the 10 o'clock news
Bb              F/C               Gm
      The devils   been so busy lately
Eb              F          Bbsus4   Bb   Bb  F/C  Gm
      That even God must get the blues
Eb              F                     Bb    F/A   Gm
  Yeah Even     God must get.......the blues
    Eb        F         Bb
Oooooh   Oooh