Empty Bed Blues Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Empty Bed Blues
By Johnny Horton
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Well when the sun rose this morning
I was feeling mighty bad
My baby said goodmoring hell it
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made me mad
Because I was
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evil evil hearted
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me
Down right
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evil evil as a man can
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be
Well she even cooked my breakfast
And she brought to my bed
I took a sip of coffee
And threw the
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cup at her head
Because I was
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evil evil hearted
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me
Yeah I'm down right
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evil evil as a man can
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be
I don't even care if my baby leaves me flat
I got forty eleven others if it
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comes to that
She knows I'm
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evil evil hearted
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me
Down right
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evil evil as a man can
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be
My deep sea diver with a stroke
That can't go wrong
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Yeah I'm a
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deep sea diver with a
Stroke that can't go
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wrong
I can
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scrape the bottom
And my wind holds out so
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long
I bought me a coffee grinder
The best one I could find
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Yeah I
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bought me coffee grinder
I got the best one I could
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find
So she
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could grind my coffee
Cause she's got a brand new
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grind
I boiled her first cabbage
And I made it oh so hot
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boiled her first cabbage
And I made it oh so
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hot
And when I
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put in the bacon
Lord it overflowed the
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So when you get good loving
Don't you go and spread the news
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When you
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get good loving baby
Don't go and spread the
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news
Cause your
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man will leave you
With those empty bed
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blues
FAQ
Who sang the the song Empty Bed Blues?
- The song Empty Bed Blues was sang by Johnny Horton.
Who is Johnny Horton?
- John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 - November 5, 1960) was an American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, during the 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his saga songs that became international hits beginning with the 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first No. 1 country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)".
Horton's music usually encompassed folk ballads based on American historic themes and legend. He had two successes in 1960 with both "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska," the latter utilized over the opening credits to the John Wayne film of the same name. Horton died in November 1960 at the peak of his fame in a traffic collision, less than two years after his breakthrough. Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.