C 
Once I was happy as I could be,  
    F                  G7      C 
But I let a gal make a fool of me,  
 
And ever since she let me down,  
                                G7       C 
The blues come around when the sun goes down. 
 
                   Chorus:  
         C7          F 
Oh, the blues come a-round,  
                    C 
Oh the blues come a-round,  
           G7 
Lawd, the blues come around,  
                                 C 
Ev'ry evenin' when the sun goes down.  
 
As long as the sun is in the sky,  
       F                          C 
These doggone blues never make me cry,  
 
But ever since she left this town,  
                               G7       C 
The blues come around when the sun goes down.  
 
              Repeat chorus:  
 
I built my castles very high,  
     F                         C 
And then she went and said goodbye,  
 
And ever since she tore 'em down,  
                                G7       C 
The blues come around when the sun goes down. 
 
                 Repeat chorus:  
 
Once she called me all her own,  
    F                       C 
But now she's gone and I'm alone,  
 
And ever evenin' I'm sorrow bound,  
                                       D7       C 
'Cause the blues come around when the sun goes down.  
 
                      Repeat chorus: