Verse 1: Oh! the blues aint nothing, Oh! the blues aint nothing,
But a good man feeling bad,
Oh! the blues aint nothing but a good man feeling bad,
Oh! that's a feeling That I've often had.

Verse 2: You can call the blues, you can call the blues,
Any old thing you please,
You can call the blues any old thing you please,
But the blues aint nothing but the doggone heart desease.

Verse 3: When a man gets blue, when a man gets blue,
He takes a train and rides,
When a man gets blue, he takes a train and rides.
When a woman gets blue, she hangs her little head and cries.

Verse 4: Oh! yonder comes, Oh! yonder comes,
The train comin' [rollin'] down the track,
Oh! yonder comes The train comin' [rollin'] down the track,
To take me away, but it aint going to bring me back.

Verse 5: Oh! when I die, Oh! when I die,
Honey, Honey, don't you wear no black,
Oh! when I die, honey, don't you wear no black,
'Cause if you do, my ghost will come sneaking back.

Verse 6: I'm goin' to lay my head, I'm goin' to lay my head
Down on some railroad line,
I'm goin' to lay my head down on some railroad line,
Let the Santa Fe try to pacify my mind.

Verse 1: Oh! the blues aint nothing, Oh! the blues aint nothing,
But a good man feeling bad,
Oh! the blues aint nothing but a good man feeling bad,
Oh! that's a feeling That I've often had.