4-Bar Intro
Verse 1
MY HEART'S SAD AND I AM ALL
FOR-LORN,
MY MAN'S TREAT-ING ME MEAN,
I RE-GRET THE DAY THAT I
WAS BORN,
AND THAT MAN OF MINE I'VE
EV-ER SEEN.
MY HAP-PI-NESS IT NEV-ER
LASTS A DAY,
MY HEART IS AL-MOST BREAK-ING
WHILE I SAY,
Verse 2
YES-TER-DAY MY HEART FROM
CARE WAS FREE,
I SANG ALL THROUGH THE DAY,
NOW THE BLUES HAVE OV-ER-TAK-EN
ME,
SINCE MY LOV-IN' MAN HAS
GONE A-WAY.
I TRIED MY BEST TO TREAT
HIM NICE AND KIND,
BUT NOW THESE WORDS ARE
RUN-NING THROUGH MY MIND.
Chorus
A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
YOU AL-WAYS GET THE OTH-ER
KIND,
JUST WHEN YOU THINK THAT
HE IS YOUR PAL
YOU LOOK FOR HIM AND FIND
HIM FOOL-IN' 'ROUND SOME OTH-ER GAL,
THEN YOU RAVE, YOU EV-EN
CRAVE,
TO SEE HIM LAY-ING IN HIS
GRAVE,
SO IF YOUR MAN IS NICE,
TAKE MY AD-VICE AND
HUG HIM IN THE MORN-ING,
KISS HIM EV'-RY NIGHT,
GIVE HIM PLEN-TY LOV-IN',
TREAT HIM RIGHT,
FOR A GOOD MAN NOW-A-DAYS
IS HARD TO FIND.