in E
Covered by many folk: Muddy Waters, Jimmi Hendrix, B.B. King, Gov't Mule, Garry Clark Jr., etc.
Just an E chord and riffs throughout.
Oh I wish, I was a catfish,
Swimmin' in the deep blue sea,
I'd have all you good lookin' women,
Fishin' after me.
Well, I went, to my baby's house,
And I sat down on her steps,
She said "Come on in Tall Papa,"
"My husband just now left."
Well, my mother told my father,
just before, I was born,
"I got a boy child comin,
He's gonna be a rollin stone."
There aint two, two trains runnin',
Ain't neither one going my way,
One leave at midnight,
The other at break of day.
Same tune: Two Trains Running; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
But I love, love my baby,
Woman, don't I tell the world I do,
Baby and I cried so hard,
Trying to get along.
I say, Baby, two train a running
Baby, aint never going my way,
Baby, anit one run at midnight,
The other one ...
Sure nuf they do.
I say how, how hard love
Somebody help me with those blues
Cuz I'm in love with that woman, now
Woman I hate to lose.
I've been crazy,
Child, I've been a fool,
I've been a creep, whoah
All my life
Fell in love with ...
I say oh oh she don't talk,
But she weep like a willow tree
But I love that woman, oh oh
...
Sure enough I do.
Same tune: Alberta; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
Well I love, love Alberta
Baby I tell the world I do,
That I hope someday, Darlin
Have your love for me.
I went down to Alberta's house
Lord, I knocked on her door.
She had the nerve enough to tell me,
She didn't want me there no more.
There's a change, change in the ocean,
A change in the deep blue sea,
Alberta, there's a change in the ocean,
Ought to be a change in you.
I went down, down to the river
I jump on the boating ground,
I love singing Alberta,
I turned to the shore.
Baby I love my Mama told me.
But my papa stood and cried,
You have too many women, now
Now, Boy, let them be.
I love, Mama told me.
Just a little bit before I was born
Got a boy child commin,
going to be a rolling stone
But I love, love Alberta
Baby I tell the world I do,
But I'm leaving now, Alberta,
Wonder what in the world
I'm gonna do.
Tommy McClennan: Deep Blue Sea Blues
I'm going, babe I'm going,
and cryin wont make me stay
The more you cry, the more you drive me away.
Oh I wish I was a bull frog,
Swimmin' in the deep blues sea,
I'd have all you good lookin women,
Fishin after me.
I went to my baby's house,
And sat down on her steps,
She said walk on in now now Tommy,
My husband just now left.
Now it aint none of my business,
Babe, but you know I know it aint right,
Kiss your cheatin man all day,
And sleep with your husband at night.
Now Lord, whoah Lord,
Baby hear me blowin blue,
I got no bottoms nah nah,
In my last pair of shoes.
Muddy called the tune Rollin Stone.