Comfortable Shoes Blues

                                 Marion Parsons’ Songbook

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Woke up this morning, an aching in my head

Woke up this morning, and in an empty bed

If I ain’t got no woman, I’ll get a cat instead.


My shoes they may be comfy, but all my nights are free

My shoes they may be comfy but I’m crying in my tea

I let a bald headed woman make a fool out of me.


Gonna find another love, babe, treat me better than you

And when I find another love, babe, I’ll stick to her like glue

Cause I ain’t closer to fine, babe, I’m just closer to blue.


That girl she stole my honey, she left me crying you see

That girl she stole my honey, she left me sad’s can be

Cause when she stole my pretty baby, I wish she’d stolen me.


Chords: (4/4)

             

E                   A                     E           E7

Woke up this morning,     an aching in my head


A                   A7                    E           E7

Woke up this morning,     and in an empty bed


   B7                   A7                      E       B7

If I ain’t got no woman,     I’ll get a cat instead.



 
  1. Lyrics and music © 2003

  2. Novelty song about breaking up

  3. See bottom of the page for comments and chords

Hear the demo (MP3, 1:43):

This one was written on a train in Germany; it’s not a true story, just having some fun with blues cliches and queer cliches.  The line “closer to fine” refers to a great Indigo Girls song by that title.  The music is a standard 12 bar blues; a lot of the chord changes don’t correspond to syllables, but you can keep the timing on by giving each chord the same number of beats.