[Chorus] I got those blues
Nashville blues
I got those blues those Nashville blues
I got those blues those Nashville blues
I got a hat but I ain't got no shoes!

[Verse] You see my gal (see my gal!)
Tennessee (in Tennessee!)
I know a gal in Tennessee
I know a gal in Tennessee
She says "poor boy don't you bother me"

I'm going back (goin back!)
To Arkansas (to Arkansas!)
I will go back to Arkansas
I will go back to Arkansas
I'll stay right there with my maw and paw

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[Verse 2]
I surely wish (surely wish!)
That train would come (train would come!)
I surely wish that train would come
I sure do wish that train would come
Take me back from where I come from
I'm goin back (goin back!)
To Birmingham
I'm going back to Birmingham
I'm going back to Birmingham
I'll stay right there just as long as I can

Those people there
They treat me fine (treat me fine!)
The people there they treat me fine
The people there they treat me fine
They buy me beer and they buy me wine!

[Chorus] I got those blu-uuu- (Nashville blues!)
I got those blues them Nashville blues
I got those blues those Nashville blues
I got a hat but I ain't got no shoes!