Lucinda Williams Happy Woman Blues written by Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams lead vocals and acoustic guitar
Mickey White acoustic rhythm and lead guitars, harmony vocals
Rex Bell electric bass and harmony vocals
Andre Matthews electric rhythm, lead and slide guitars
Ira Wilkes drums
Mickey Moody pedal steel guitar
Malcolm Smith fiddle and viola
[E]Tryin' hard to be a happy woman.
But sometimes life just overcomes me,
[A7]Everyday I'm workin' just to pay my d[E]ue[E7]s.[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]Lay down at night, my [A7]mind is so confu[E]sed[E7].[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[E]Goin' down south with the New York City blues,
Gotta hit the road before I blow a fuse,
I might [A7]buy me a Cadillac or a Chevrol[E]et[E7].[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]I don't care what model as [A7]long as it takes me a[E]wa[E7]y[E][E7][E][E7]
SOLO
[E]I've been hiding my heart in a trunk.
Can you come see me when my ship has sunk
[A7]You can give me loovin, that I can't re[E]fu[E7]se,[E][E7][E][E7][E]
And [B7]love is the one thing that's [A7]sure to cure my [E]bl[E7]ues[E].[E7][E][E7]
[E]Goin' down the road with a heave heart,
Tryin' to find lightness in the dark,
[A7]Tryin' to live my life, tryin' to get satisf[E]ie[E7]d.[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]My mind is in the city but my [A7]heart is in the countr[E]ys[E7]ide[E].[E7][E][E7][E]
SOLO
[E]Tryin' hard to be a happy woman.
But sometimes life just overcomes me,
[A7]Everyday I'm workin' just to pay my d[E]ue[E7]s.[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]Lay down at night, my [A7]mind is so confu[E]sed[E7].[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]Lay down at night, my [A7]mind is so confu[E]sed[E7].[E][E7][E][E7][E]
From Lucinda Williams "Happy Woman Blues"
Folkways Records 1980
Lucinda Williams lead vocals and acoustic guitar
Mickey White acoustic rhythm and lead guitars, harmony vocals
Rex Bell electric bass and harmony vocals
Andre Matthews electric rhythm, lead and slide guitars
Ira Wilkes drums
Mickey Moody pedal steel guitar
Malcolm Smith fiddle and viola
[E]Tryin' hard to be a happy woman.
But sometimes life just overcomes me,
[A7]Everyday I'm workin' just to pay my d[E]ue[E7]s.[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]Lay down at night, my [A7]mind is so confu[E]sed[E7].[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[E]Goin' down south with the New York City blues,
Gotta hit the road before I blow a fuse,
I might [A7]buy me a Cadillac or a Chevrol[E]et[E7].[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]I don't care what model as [A7]long as it takes me a[E]wa[E7]y[E][E7][E][E7]
SOLO
[E]I've been hiding my heart in a trunk.
Can you come see me when my ship has sunk
[A7]You can give me loovin, that I can't re[E]fu[E7]se,[E][E7][E][E7][E]
And [B7]love is the one thing that's [A7]sure to cure my [E]bl[E7]ues[E].[E7][E][E7]
[E]Goin' down the road with a heave heart,
Tryin' to find lightness in the dark,
[A7]Tryin' to live my life, tryin' to get satisf[E]ie[E7]d.[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]My mind is in the city but my [A7]heart is in the countr[E]ys[E7]ide[E].[E7][E][E7][E]
SOLO
[E]Tryin' hard to be a happy woman.
But sometimes life just overcomes me,
[A7]Everyday I'm workin' just to pay my d[E]ue[E7]s.[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]Lay down at night, my [A7]mind is so confu[E]sed[E7].[E][E7][E][E7][E]
[B7]Lay down at night, my [A7]mind is so confu[E]sed[E7].[E][E7][E][E7][E]
From Lucinda Williams "Happy Woman Blues"
Folkways Records 1980
