HOW TO WRITE THE BLUES

Well sit back and listen
Gonna teach you how to write the blues
Well sit back and listen
Gonna teach you how to write the blues
And before this song is over
You can write a blues song too

The first line of the blues,
you gotta sing a second time
The first line of the blues,
you gotta sing a second time
And the third line doesn’t matter
But the fourth one’s gotta rhyme

Then you throw in some words like mojo
juke joint and johnny cocker root
Then you throw in some words like mojo
juke joint and johnny cocker root
Black Cat Bone, Woke up this morning
Gypsy woman and Hoochie Coochie Too

Then the band stops on the one note,
They stop once again
And after the third time, they all come in again
Then you say the name of the song
Like.. “This is How To Write the Blues”
And it helps if you’re in prison
or if your baby left your for somebody new
 
And then you get to the last verse
You tell the band to take you home
And then you get to the last verse
You tell the band to take you home
And then the band stops playin
And you sing the last line all alone