T.B. Blues Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
T.B. Blues
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmie Rodgers
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My good gal's trying to make a fool out of me
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Lord my
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gal's trying to make a fool out of
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me
Trying to
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make me believe I ain't got that old T
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I've been fightin' like a lion looks like I'm going to lose
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I've been fightin' like a lion looks like I'm going to
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lose
Cause there
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ain't nobody ever whipped the TB
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blues
I've got that old TB I can't eat a bite
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Got that
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old TB I can't eat a
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bite
Got me
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worried so I can't even sleep at
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night
When it rained down sorrow it rained all over me
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When it
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rained down sorrow it rained all over
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me
There
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ain't nobody ever whipped that old T
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Gee but the graveyard is a lonesome place
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old graveyard is a lonesome
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place
Put you on your
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back put that mud down in your
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face
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FAQ
Who sang the the song T.B. Blues?
- The song T.B. Blues was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
